Executive Summary

A seasoned executive leader with a two-decade track record of building, transforming, and scaling organizations through complex economic and organizational challenges. My expertise is rooted in direct P&L ownership as a CEO and intrapreneurial leadership as an Executive Director, and is complemented by my work as a recognized thought leader for publications like Inc.com and Entrepreneur.com.

Expertise

Strategic P&L Leadership & M&A: Sets organizational vision and builds the financial frameworks that sustain growth, overseeing the full P&L from strategy to successful exit.

People-Centric Business Transformation: Unites project management rigor with change management to transform systems and culture, delivering frameworks that ensure user adoption and engagement.

Global Cross-Functional Leadership: Masters complexity in diverse industries and geographies, applying cross-sector best practices to accelerate growth and lead multicultural teams.

Career Highlights

Co-founded and scaled an Inc. 500 company, expanding to 1,500+ retail stores and $5.8M in revenue while navigating the Great Recession, secured international licensing, and successfully led the company through acquisition by a hedge fund.

Directed federal transformation initiatives, including designing and implementing an innovative digital modernization framework that has become a standard procotol for one agency and directing change management initiatives for a multi-billion dollar ERP modernization for another agency that impacted 100,000+ users.

Founded and scaled an international consulting institute, building partnerships across the U.S., Europe, and the UAE to deliver 60+ strategic projects for private and nonprofit clients while developing a talent pipeline that placed graduates with Deloitte, EY, Amazon, and others.

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Change Practitioner (PCCP), Prosci
Cloud Architecture Fundamentals, Microsoft Azure
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design, Google
Innovation Engineer Practitioner, University of Maine-Eureka Ranch
Professional Development Badges, Skillsoft

Publications

Author- One Million Frogs - Lessons About Entrepreneurship Learned the Hard Way
Business Thought Leadership- Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc Magazine
Personal Missives- Medium
Podcast - Beyond the Wall

Education

M.B.A. (Finance), Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business
B.S. (Project Management), Arizona State University, Ira A Fulton School of Engineering

Profile

Strengths: Input, Futuristic, Learner, Ideation, Communication
Builder Profile: Role-Expert
Talents-Disruptor, Determination, Independence, Risk
Protagonist: ENFJ-A
AOE: Design Thinking, Organizational Leadership, Change and Growth Management, Process Reengineering, UX and CX, Communications

Fleeting #hashtags (interests)

#fitness, #running, #PADIdiving, #travel, #photography, #starwars, #podcasts, #craftbeer, #fiction

Open to executive opportunities in strategy, transformation, and organizational growth.
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