Buyer and seller of a variety of building materials, not limited to lumber, panels, flooring, lighting, siding, doors, cabinets, and commercial, industrial, and retail surplus, discontinued or downgraded items.

Assistant Varsity Coach role with a focus on assisting our players with hitting, strength & conditioning, and mental skills development.

Trading & sourcing construction materials

Global Footwear: Finished Goods and Materials (Engineered textiles)

EmergePDX provides project management services to start-ups and small businesses in Pacific Northwest. Leveraging the experience and networks I developed from my entrepreneurial endeavors, I look to provide start-ups with value-based consulting that has immediate ROI. The scope of work I have performed has served software developers and consumer product and service providers. Clients can be found in the PROJECTS section.

I launched a wholesale garden pottery business with a shipping container of pots, a muddy field and a pick-up. I began travelling to Asia independently in 2001, to source all my wholesale products after getting burned by a local distributor, and never looked back. With sourcing efforts and strong margin control, my team and I grew annual sales to ~$1M by 2007.I developed strong manufacturing alliances in Asia which catalyzed sales channel expansion to include international distribution direct from China and Vietnam factories. My brokerage clients ranged from Canada, USA, Europe, South America, New Zealand and the Caribbean with 20' and 40' full container loads (FCL). I traveled to Asia over a dozen times from 2001 through 2011, procuring products, services and assets. In 2008, I successfully pivoted the business from a wholesale model to a retail model while continuing FCL sales. I re-worked and managed all marketing, advertising, branding and identity efforts, while leading inside sales team and collaborating with CPA on strategic planning, implementation and metric tracking.Leveraging these experiences, and feeling the need to be more than a retail shop-keeper, I wanted to share my experiences with other start ups, help them avoid the traps I survived. This goal evolved into EmergePDX.

Volunteer position, supporting professional Sports Cinematographer, Stephen Andrich as he captures the games on film, by transporting new and shot film from his camera to the film prep professional during Seattle Seahawk home games. Great opportunity to see football at it's highest level, up close and personal. Thank you Steve and Gervin. NFL films has some fantastic people capturing their content... every one a consummate professional.

I primarily treated out-patient post-surgical, orthopedic patients in clinic. Clinic focused on work hardening and sports medicine. I also collaborated with peers and leadership to develop solid clinical policies and procedures which resulted in the Hospital's successful JCAHO certification.

My summer job in college, leading guests on wildlife excursions and salmon fishing adventures in and around the tidal waters near Campbell River, BC. Clientele consisted of premium enterprise and corporate personnel. Most trips resulted in trophy salmon, cod and halibut. Guests frequently were able to get up close and personal with Orcas, Sea Lions, White-sided Dolphins, Bald Eagles and many other critters, including deer and elk.