Known for his production work on such internationally-broadcast events as the Live Earth and Live 8 benefit concerts and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he also worked for an environmentally-conscious technology fund called Craton Equity Partners. As a young man, he worked for a Michigan-based company that built portable stages for music concerts. He later started his own similar, larger-scale company that supplied stages and lighting for the likes of The Who and The Rolling Stones.