Brie Austin  (his pen name) began his career as an entrepreneur in 1982 owning/operating transportation/logistics companies that provided time critical and other specialty services  to such industry leaders as DuPont, Couristan Carpets, Exhibit Group, Jaguar, Cannon, Sumitomo, Goldstar, MSC and Ford. By 1995, he and his partner created the largest independent delivery and installation network of its kind in North America. They had service hubs in 28 cities and served clients such as NASA, FBI, Department of Justice, BT Summit, Jannus Group, American Express, and the Federal Reserve. 

By 1998 he oversaw a national trucking & freight brokerage company, an International Freight Forwarding company, a local trucking company, a 200,000 square foot general warehouse and a polymer packaging plant. T

He simultaneously pursued his interests in media throughout the 1990s: produced hip hop concerts, owned & operated two nationally distributed record companies, and served as the Executive Producer for an independent feature film distributed by Pathfinder Home Entertainment, and a documentary that aired on the Bravo cable network in 2003. In 1999 he divested himself of all non-media involvements. 

He began writing professionally as a journalist in 2001 with a column in Girl Talk Magazine called A Bite Of The Big Apple. Since then he has been published in magazines, newspapers and websites in ten countries.  He also has written business content for many websites on a contract basis.

In 2005 Brie completed co-writing the memoir of Harriet Wright entitled,  I'd Do It Again.  Currently, he is working on several book projects. 

Brie is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Writers Union and resides in New York City and Buenos Aires.