About
I host and interview guests for PTU Studio, Path to Unity's media project focused on raising the quality and transparency of public discourse. That work matters even more in an election year.
Before this, I spent years on operations and marketing at Wilcox Law, the firm my wife, Lisa Renee Wilcox, ran. I built its website, its systems and its client acquisition. That work became the foundation for my SEO and digital marketing client work through Keylink Agency, which I ran with my brother Tero, for companies ranging from home services businesses to Amazon sellers.
That chapter ended when the firm closed and our family's priorities changed. I pivoted back into education, which turned out to be the most fun I'd had in my career.
That excitement faded when I encountered a school system that treats kids as an afterthought to everything else it's built around. Looking for a way to speak up about it, I reached out to Path to Unity hoping to share my perspective and pursue a grant. That conversation turned into something bigger: I now host PTU Studio, a platform for surfacing the concerns I see in our communities, starting with the ones in our schools.
Preparation, curiosity, and operational discipline: that's what I bring to every conversation, on air or off.
While earning my MBA at DeVry University, I founded myBike, a bike-share startup that became Tampa Bay Bike Share, run by CycleHop. I signed the contract with the City of Tampa. From there I moved into operations and marketing at Wilcox Law.
My story began in Florida, where I was born to US Navy parents, Warren and Kathy. We bounced from Hawaii to California to Maine and finally to Texas, just in time for DFW to enter a decades-long boom.
This was in 3rd grade, and I was tossed into a brand new situation — farm life in Pilot Point, Texas. Cows, chickens, hay, and our family garden got us started, and we've had to learn each of them, the hard way.
After finishing high school, I was quickly accepted to the University of North Texas, where I studied economics, history, philosophy, and writing. I also took enough German classes to test as "fluent" — deshalb darfst du mir ein Bier einkaufen!
Once I finished my bachelor's degree, I accepted a job offer in St. Petersburg, Florida. Working for DeVry University was an excellent experience and an employer I'd recommend to everybody, and I'm grateful they financed my Master's.
During my Master's coursework, I had the idea to start myBike, the precursor to Tampa Bay Bike Share, now Coast. The idea attracted considerable attention and press, and I'm thankful to those who helped make bike share come true for Tampa and St. Pete.
In the process, I met a wonderful woman, Lisa Renee Wilcox, and I went on to work on her firm's operations and marketing. We planned the most wonderful wedding at the Plantation Inn in Crystal River, and a warm reception followed at Feather Sound Country Club. Then along came Jackson.
When the firm closed, I became our family's sole provider and went back to the classroom, teaching history and social studies. It was the most fun I'd had in my career at first, and then a harder, more disillusioning stretch than I expected, once I saw a school system that treats kids as an afterthought. Lisa is retired now; her site, lisareneewilcox.com, is being converted into an archive of her past work.
In August 2026, Robert Liva at Path to Unity asked me to become the primary host and interviewer for PTU Studio — the media project inside Path to Unity's broader work as a non-partisan movement built to give citizens real tools to organize locally, talk to their representatives, and fund neighborhood-level change. It's the same work I've been doing the whole time, just with a microphone instead of a spreadsheet, a courtroom, or a whiteboard: take something complicated and make it make sense to the person across from me. I still teach part-time. PTU Studio is where my focus is now.
Because I love my land, my clean air, and the abundant wildlife that live with me, I write occasional guides on farming, aquaponics, native birds, honeybees, tools, home repair, solar energy, and more — the tried-and-true blended with a little high-tech automation. It's where I go to unwind between interviews.
Thanks for stopping by.
— Andrew Blikken