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An Executive Leader with proven abilities to create and align organizational groups based on trust, commitment, accountability, and results. Leads with courage and a unique “story telling” style that creates a strong following and returns extraordinary impact to colleagues, organizations and customers. Delivered 10x revenue growth in current and strategic markets. Highly regarded people empowerment approach to drive a consistent culture that lowers personnel turnover and enables people to do what they do best. A strong acumen to balance top level executive leadership and knowing the right time to leap into the weeds. Well-developed problem-solving competence based on international experience that respects cultural differences. Author B.J. Neblett is credited with saying, “We are the sum total of our experiences. Those experiences — be they positive or negative — make us the person we are, at any given point in our lives.” My leadership development and success is strongly correlated to this notion.Contributing a positive impact has always been a part of my life. In my early years, I traded my ice hockey stick for a referee’s whistle extending me the opportunity to work with children and adults, which sometimes was fraught with conflict and adversity. This experience gave me the opportunity to coach and mentor young, less experienced ice hockey officials and test my “story telling” approach now leveraged throughout my career.Leadership and life-long learning are vital experiences for career development, and both were extremely critical during my 10 years of self-employment. Hiring and leveraging people’s best skills, while also being required to execute on every detail of running a business were powerful awakenings. This lesson marked my current approach and my strong appreciation of the benefits of empowerment. Recognizing and celebrating successes on one hand while not being afraid to openly navigate challenges. Positive and impactful feedback with an authentic personal interest in employee well-being and growth is the cornerstone of my approach.My leadership experience in both national and international organizations has contributed to my belief that culture is the glue that binds the foundation, vision, and mission of an organization to employee engagement. It fosters increased levels of trust and collaboration, while driving increased accountability on results. My slant on developing culture has allowed for extraordinary impact to employees, organizations, and customers.

Listed skills include Business Development, Leadership, Sales Management, Solution Selling, and 9 others.