Erik is a NYC-based marketing professional of 13+ years, who's been thriving with ADHD for 23+ years. An innovation nerd through and through, and lover of science, art/film and technology. An embracer of ADHD as a gift to be harnessed. Born and raised on Long Island and a native to the most welcomingly distracting city on Earth, where he lives with his girlfriend and their array of rescue animals.

Erik Sassone
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