Currently providing ad hoc recruitment consulting services to Kathy Carpenter, founder and CEO of HR Pilots. I provide strategic planning and execution of recruitment strategies to attract change leadership talent. Key consultant from 2014- 2016 focused on C-Suite retained executive search contracts. Created unique candidate validation process for HR Pilots that is still employed. Influenced 15% national business growth.

Building heightened awareness of the parallels between America's most elite Military Special Operators and America's leading Business Operators. Success, however you define this, is based on informed leadership. Your Grateful Nation continues to build and refine a process of identifying, vetting, and then coaching outstanding warriors into careers that make an organization better. Corporate America has the opportunity to partner with YGN with the simple business proposition of "help us help you" . YGN has the capability to provide a new breed of leadership that is focused, disciplined, analytical AND tested in the most harsh and demanding conditions. We have an impressive story to share and it is my honor to be the tip of this spear building new partnerships.

Initiating and managing private sector partnerships with SOTF to enable direct access to our select special operations veteran talent. Responsibilities also include creating and managing career workshops for SOTF Fellows and education forums on Adaptive Leadership for organizations interested in learning how to integrate Special Ops problem solving techniques in volatile conditions.

Co-Architect of vSourceUSA.com with CEO Audie Ramananth. Responsible for Concept development, refinement, value proposition, marketing and strategic positioning. Coordination of program development with founder of HR Pilots Kathy Carpenter. I oversee and participate in sourcing executive and mid level management talent.

Chief Creative Officer of aHa Communications with offices in Washington DC and Chicago. Responsible for strategic concept development, program design and creative direction. For the past 34 years, he has consulted on and directed a wide variety of alternative communications initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, not-for-profits and business associations. Client relationships include McDonald's Corp., State Farm Insurance, Aid Association for Lutherans (now Thrivent), AT&T, American Dietetic Association; Evanston Northwestern Health Care, National Association of Home Builders, Freddie Mac, Procter & Gamble, Citibank, John Deere, National Junior Achievement, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV); LIFE Council, Phillips Petroleum, National Association of Independent Insurers, Alliance of Independent Insurers, Insurance Education Institute, National Council For Adoption, LaSalle Banks, and The Quaker Oats Company.www.aha-comm.com

Client Relationships:Corporate: McDonald's Corporation; State Farm Insurance Companies (Auto, Home, Life); North Shore Health Systems; Shindengen America; Country Insurance & Financial Services; Federal Express.Non Profit: American Dietetic Association; North Shore Health Systems, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Home Builders Institute (HBI); Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA); National Junior Achievement, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV); LIFE Council, National Sprinkler Coalition; Insurance Education Institute, National Council For Adoption; Plasma Protein Therapeutic Association; United Brotherhood of Carpenters.

Media Options, a corporate communication company that wrote and produced print, film and video program and evolved into an interactive development company specializing in "education" campaigns. The company, over 25 years, helped people make informed decisions. Organizations were assisted in achieving cooperation from state and federal regulators, influencing thought leadership and modifying opinions and attitudes about products, services, or policy. Strategies and tactics are created to educate, engage and motivate change. Successful national campaigns include:• Hague InterCountry Adoption compliance training• Emergency procedures for catastrophic events• Financial literacy foundation for 2-6 grade children and young adults• Fundamental education about how auto, life, and property insurance works• Business impact of domestic violence in the workplace• Teen driver risks and accident prevention • First interactive game simulation about home building, land use, and finance• Awareness of power of diversity in the workforce • Fundamentals of good nutrition• Disaster Relief Community Disaster Organization (AAL)• Estate Planning (AAL)• Sexual Harassment Training (McDonald’s)• Recruitment & Retaining People with Disabilities (McDonald’s)• Recruitment and Retaining Older Workers (McDonald’s)• Impact of Domestic Violence in Workplace (Corporate Alliance To End Partner Violence)• Media Awareness on Importance of Better Nutrition (ADA)• Home Fire Safety (City of Chicago)K – 12• How Life Insurance Works NEXTGen3 (Life Foundation)• How Auto Insurance Works * Choice Chance Control (Insurance Education Foundation)• How Property Insurance Works * Risk Responsibility Reality (IEF)• Financial Responsibility *Common Sense (SF)• Tornadoes Preparedness (SF)• Smoke Detectives (SF)• Earthquake Preparedness (SF)• Teen Driving Discount Safety Program (SF)• Farm Safety (Country Insurance)• Character Counts* Thought Word & Deed (SF)