Andy Hayes is a creative web producer based in sunny Portland, Oregon. Although his background is in IT, he’s owned a hospitality company, published two books, and has bought & sold a variety of travel and tourism websites.

Currently, he is the chief creative producer of popular lifestyle website Plum Deluxe, which was founded in 2007. When not feverishly blogging or speaking, you’ll find Andy on twitter: @andrewghayes.