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Davey is an award-winning editor, producer, and sound designer based in Portland. He is currently a managing editor for Snap Judgment Studios at KQED.
His stories and original scores have aired on Snap Judgment across 500+ public radio stations. Most recently, he received Gold at the 2026 Signal Awards for Best Paranormal or Horror Show and Best Original Score + Listener’s Choice, following his 2025 Gold for Best Paranormal or Horror Show, and Gold + Listener’s Choice in the Best Live Podcast Recording category. He also edited Spooked’s translated “Los Chaneques” story, which was selected as one of Spotify’s “Best Episodes of 2022.” His producing work on Snap Judgment has earned recognition from Thrillist (#3 on its Best Podcast Episodes of 2016) and The Atlantic (#13 in 2016 and #36 in 2015). He has also contributed to NPR, Marketplace, The Dinner Party Download, The World, KCRW, and KPCC.
Davey created and served as senior producer of Adult ISH, a PRX Radiotopia and Youth Radio interview and storytelling podcast featured by The New York Times, The Guardian, CBC, and CNN. He was also a freelance sound designer and engineer for Snap’s spinoff Spooked Podcast (Top Apple Arts Podcast and 2 million monthly downloads) + production advisor for Self Evident (Golden Crane Winner), a show by and about Asian Americans.
Davey has taught storytelling courses at the award-winning Writing Pad in San Francisco and Oakland School for the Arts. Several of his students and clients have aired their stories on NPR and The Moth. He has also provided early outside production assistance for San Quentin’s Ear Hustle and has directed light cues for storytelling shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Ace Hotel Theater LA, Sydney Goldstein Theater SF, and Paramount Theater in Oakland.
His side hustles include point-and-shoot film, fishing, and bike polo (6th at the 2023 North American Championships, 7th in 2025, 4th in 2026, and T-13 at the 2025 World Championships). He was on "The North Pole" comedic web series pretending to know about Game of Thrones. But real life Davey does not.