I'm an entrepreneur and a student, so don't come asking for money...

I grew up in southern California and graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2003 with a degree in Government. Upon graduation, I was offered a job as a financial advisor to Orange County’s rich and famous but turned it down to start my illustrious career in China.

There, I worked as a business development manager for a Chinese logistics company at the Port of Shanghai. Having had the unique experience of being the only white boy in the entire Chinese company, I was exposed to quite possibly every fashion faux pas known to man, thanks to my Chinese colleagues.

In early 2006, after reaching the tipping point of cultural confusion and fashionable frustration, I quit my job to start DressMonkey.com. At the time, I felt compelled to address what I thought had become a growing need for young professionals like myself: the creation of a more respected and fashionably-dressed office monkey.

My main duties include managing all front-end aspects of the company: customer service, sales and marketing, promotional campaigns, brand collateral, budgets, accounting, and importing.

I moved back from Shanghai in the summer of 2006 and now live in an extremely over-priced one-bedroom apartment in San Diego, CA. Remarkably (though if you asked his business partner he’d say otherwise), I manage DressMonkey while also getting my Master’s Degree in Pacific International Affairs and Management at UCSD.

Member Since

Jul 31, 2007

Sites

• DressMonkey Retail Store
• DressMonkey Blog