Executive Creative Leader | Advisor | Speaker
Experience
Professional Summary
Paul is a seasoned creative executive and leader who turns strategy, design, and emerging tech into business results. With 30 years at the crossroads of creativity and commerce, he’s helped Fortune 500s transform at scale, led a high-growth automotive startup to a successful exit, and pioneered early moves in e-commerce before it was mainstream. You’ve probably seen his work on national TV, Apple’s WWDC stage, or even during Super Bowl 58. Trusted by brands like Forrester, L2 Gartner, and global orgs, Paul is a speaker, coach, and advisor who helps people and companies lead what’s next, with confidence, culture, and craft.
At The Home Depot, Paul played a key role in modernizing the "phy-gital" customer experience and scaling digital innovation—work that fueled $3B+ of incremental revenue and earned industry recognition for the #1 mobile app in retail. As a Certified Scrum Master and Product Owner, he’s led design and product orgs through change and complexity, always with a bias for clarity, creativity, and outcomes over noise.
As Vice President of Customer Experience at Big Green Egg, the world’s leading manufacturer of ceramic kamado-style cookers, he leads design, creative, engineering, program management, and customer service to shape and elevate the customer journey across every touchpoint. He focuses on building interconnected experiences that put customers first, upholds brand promises, pursues excellence at each interaction, and creates lasting emotional connections.
Paul is a founding cohort member of Punks & Pinstripes -- a private network of transformation executives. Find them at punksandpinstripes.com.
Key Capabilities
Executive Leadership Creative Direction User Experience Design User Interface Design Design Thinking Product Development Strategy GenerativeAI ChatGPT Claude Firefly Magnific AI Branding E-commerce Visual Design Information Architecture Digital Production Design Leadership Business Development Business & Financial Acumen Sales Strategies Team Leadership Management Emotional Intelligence Coaching Development Presentations + Public Speaking
Work Experience
2025-Present
Big Green Egg
VP, Customer Experience
2024-Present
KICK Consultancy, LLC
Founder, Chief Problem Solver
2022 - 2024
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Vice President, SCADpro
2021 - 2022
Fair (acquired by Shift)
Vice President, Design & Product Development
2017 - 2020
The Home Depot
Director, Online User Experience
2016 - 2017
Barclays Investment Bank
VP Creative + Global Head of User Experience
2014 - 2016
Dressbarn
Senior Director, Design + User Experience
2013 - 2014
Viacom
Senior Director, Digital
2009 - 2013
Avon
Creative Director, North American Online Division
2003 - 2009
Bloomingdale's
Senior Online Art Director
Education
Drew University
BA Art History