Experienced strategist with 20+ years of leadership in financial consulting, C-level advising, and innovative business development/architecture. Proven ability to drive $500M+ in sales and savings by leveraging advanced analytics, strategic pricing, and competitive intelligence. Expertise in crafting compelling value propositions, negotiating high-stakes contracts, and aligning solutions with client business objectives to maximize profitability and mitigate risk.Executive-level leader, Higher Education expert with veteran Entrepreneurship start up experience and exit successes. Adept at pricing strategy, curricula design, and complex platform (GUI/UX/AI) development, deployment; adroit at problem-solving and revenue saving / producing. Skilled at developing tailored go-to-market strategies, crafting compelling value propositions, and negotiating high-stakes contracts to align solutions with client objectives. Demonstrated success in guiding startups to scale, leveraging generative AI to solve complex business challenges, and fostering executive relationships to unlock growth opportunities. Passionate about building high-performing teams and using technology to deliver transformative impact. Known for executing on-time, on-budget, on-point. As a professor I am an accomplished researcher, speaker, and communicator across disciplines, across technical industries using Generative AI and producing patented algorithms. As an entrepreneur I am efficient in operations and strong in perpetuating programs and driving sales. I have started, sold, and exited several companies in my career long before I entered academe. My software company and fast-casual restaurant chain were huge pieces of my working life where I learned how to control cash flow, how to handle people from employees to customers to competition, and mostly that entrepreneurship is a combat sport, you have to get dirty, you to work hard, you have to be fiercely creative and fundamentally resourceful.