TL;DR: I'm passionate about learning, leadership, and my life (my wife, dog, and everything in it)! I'm on a mission to help organizations align their leadership with their operation to create environments where all employees can thrive!
Hey there! I'm glad you decided to stop by. I wanted to include a more comprehensive bio on my site, one that conveys not only my experience but also how my journey has unfolded over time to lead me to this particular place in my life. Anyway, it's great to meet you, and I look forward to learning more about you sometime soon.
My early years were dominated by sports, reading, and working out. I wasn’t particularly interested in any one subject, but I was fascinated with the world around me and the interactions people had with one another. After graduating from high school, I wanted to learn new things and have some adventures, so I joined the United States Marine Corps. Joining the USMC was one of the best decisions I ever made. I learned about discipline, strategy, leadership, and a whole lot about myself. I was immediately drawn to the work and the leadership opportunities offered by the Marine Corps. I graduated from multiple leadership schools and deployed twice during my service in the USMC infantry. Much of what I’ve learned about leadership comes from my own experience and from others in the Marine Corps. I served four years, earned the rank of Sergeant, and left the USMC with an honorable discharge in 2018. You'll definitely hear some stories if you follow me.
I started working as a front-line manager as soon as I got out of the Marine Corps. I began as a supervisor in a third-party logistics warehouse network, where I led teams of various sizes and gained valuable experience in civilian leadership and logistics. I don’t pull on my logistics knowledge much anymore, but it was here that I started to realize my love of leadership. I also realized that becoming a student of leadership was the sweet spot for me. Someone who could learn and teach others. That was what I wanted to do.
This led me to join West Shore Home, where I developed much of its foundational leadership framework. I spent the last four years helping the company grow from 600 to 3,000 employees. I also worked to create a leadership pipeline that aligned with the leadership framework I had developed. It was this work—developing a unified leadership framework—that led me to understand how I can help make work better for everyone. I’m now helping other organizations align their leadership to drive operational results.
Throughout all my journeys, I have received a few formal acknowledgments of the learning I’ve accomplished. I completed my Bachelor’s in Political Science in 2020 after 2.5 years of non-stop school and work. I jumped right into my Master’s in Executive Leadership and graduated in 2021. From there, I earned my Doctorate in Strategic Leadership in 2024. But I’m not done learning yet. I’m always learning and developing my understanding of the world around me by gathering new perspectives. In addition to my degrees, I am a certified Predictive Index analyst and hold a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certificate from the HRCI.
Now, I focus on combating the epidemic of bad leadership that is quickly becoming a pandemic across the globe! I work with businesses to help them create more effective systems and environments for their leaders. And I also work directly with individual leaders to help them grow and progress along their leadership journey.