Microsoft — Xbox contractor, then Asheron's Call I & II
Began as a Microsoft-paid Xbox contractor, then hired directly by Microsoft to administer Asheron's Call 1 and support development of Asheron's Call 2 — the MMORPGs developed by Turbine and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
OptimERA, Inc. — Founder & CTO, Head of R&D
Wireless ISP serving Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The company's own business plan names a three-person founding team — Emmett Fitch (CEO), Brett Buffone (General Manager), and Jeff Ferguson (Research & Development) — with dedicated R&D budgets on a formation-era milestone schedule. Still operating in 2026, now partnered with SES Networks and Starlink.
Manifestiville launches
The flagship project of The Manifestations goes public — branding and a live site announcing the venture.
The Manifestations, Inc. — President
Officer of record of a Florida corporation built around a town-scale vision — acquiring and redeveloping a California ghost town into a village of guild halls organized under five academies, with a land trust and a membership community. The concept was delivered as a real theme camp at Love Burn Miami in 2017.
Black Rock City & regional burn camp leadership
Attended Black Rock City 2007–2015 and again in 2025, plus dozens of regional burns. Directed a 135-person Love Burn camp with a core team of 35 active volunteers. Camps and projects: Destiny Lounge (2009), Root Society, Chakralicious, Camp Questionmark, and others.
CryptoCon — Co-Founder & Funder
Co-founded and helped fund a cryptocurrency conference at the San Diego Convention Center.
Unique Magic Studio — Magic Leap Independent Creator Program
A collaborator-built studio submitted as a group entry to Magic Leap's Independent Creator Program, including a Celia Cruz AR/VR proposal for the Cuban Diaspora Museum tracing to a first-place win at the 2017 Miami Maker Faire.
XR Labs, Miami
Contributed to a Miami WebXR studio — virtual classrooms, auditoriums, and 3D-scanning services, including a platform partnership (Ozone Universe) that later powered the METABURN build.
Teslasuit haptics R&D
Full-body haptic suit evaluation from first software load through experiential prototype — live demonstrations at a Midtown Miami pop-up next to the Tesla Store.
METABURN — The Bridge Experience
Named a Recognized Universe of the 2020 Burning Man Multiverse in Burning Man's own announcement film. $16,500 budget, 40 days of active development, live 30 Aug–6 Sep 2020.
Luminous Lotus Temple — Technical & Creative Contributor
3D environment integration and blockchain/NFT asset work on the official 2021 virtual Temple, alongside creator-producer Simeone Scaramozzino.
Art Basel — AR/NFT mural
An augmented-reality and NFT-linked layer over a physical art mural, produced with the 2021 Art Basel collective.
CoPlay — Garfield Campus, Muncie, Indiana
A venture with Susannah Rosenthal to convert the former Garfield Inc. headquarters into a Science & Technology Park and Family Entertainment Center — including a navigable digital twin of the campus and direct engagement with the property's IP rights holder.
Published Deforum/ControlNet configs
An original GitHub repository of working ControlNet and Deforum animation configurations for Stable Diffusion.
64 Gamma client & venture decks
Sustained AI-assisted pitch and concept design across sectors — aerospace, fintech, quantum computing, smart textiles, marine services, and nonprofit advocacy — described by sector under client confidentiality.
FTHP Cloudflare platform deployed
A live multi-service edge architecture built for a nonprofit client — distributed compute, databases, and object storage segmented by trust level.