The Communicator

Anthony has more than two decades of experience in information technology, communications, and public policy. In 1993 - while a student at the University of Maine - he published The Virtual Journal, the world’s first web magazine. From 1994-1997 he served as chief technology advisor to Maine Governor Angus King, helping Maine set an early example of how online technology can improve government, and it became the first state to bring public services to the web.

In 1998 he started BrainPaste.com, the company that invented dynamic customer acquisition. He was CEO until its acquisition by R3Media in 2000, when he became R3Media's chief communications officer.

In 2001, he co-founded fama PR, helping grow it into one of the nation's top boutique PR firms. Over the next five years, he led or supported marketing & communications programs for technology companies in a variety of fields from consumer software to wireless semiconductors to quantum cryptography.

He helped start Pop!Tech, the world's preeminent conference about the intersection of technology and culture. For more than a decade, he served Pop!Tech in various roles, including three years as its chair.

He is a lifelong civic activist, having worked extensively in public policy, government, and political campaigns. Most recently, from 2007-2008, he served on the finance committee of Obama for America. This was his third engagement with a major political campaign, having worked for Bill Clinton as state student coordinator, and as a key staffer on Angus King's 1994 gubernatorial bid, helping elect the nation's only independent Governor.

He has consulted for dozens of corporations, government agencies, elected officials, and non-profits on issues ranging from media strategy to drug policy.

He is a frequent commentator on American culture, regularly contributing to media including The Huffington Post, Boing Boing, and Money.

He is also a photographer with hundreds of publishing credits that range from major newsweeklies such as TIME to niche fashion magazines such as Iconia and Dazed.

He lives in the Venice district of Los Angeles.