Phantom Watson

WEB DEVELOPER

I'm a senior full-stack web developer and project manager with 20+ years of experience planning, developing, and managing everything from complex, back-end-heavy websites to sophisticated one-page front-end applications.

Currently, I'm the Lead Software Engineer for the redevelopment of the Ticketleap ticketing platform, but I also take contract work and maintain a collection of community websites and personal projects.

PERFORMER

I emcee and produce festivals, concerts, burlesque shows, sideshows, variety shows, gameshows, and just about any other kind of show you can think of. When I'm not hosting, I'm performing fire, sideshow, and body suspension acts.

I've hosted a live gameshow called Trivia Brawl since 2007, most recently at The White Rabbit Cabaret in Indianapolis, but for the safety of myself, my loved ones, and my audience, my show production work is currently on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, enjoy some Trivia Brawl Fun Facts.

The body suspension troupe that I have performed with since 2007 is Subculture Suspension Arts, and the burlesque troupe I've hosted and produced for since 2016 is Project X Burlesque.

MARTIAL ARTIST

I'm a lifelong martial arts nerd, specializing in and teaching Filipino martial arts, women's self-defense, and sexual assault protection.

I've studied about a dozen other martial arts throughout my life, including arrest tactics during the years I worked as a fugitive recovery agent and tactical handgun combat, and on rare occasion I dabble in choreographing fights for film and stage productions.