SmartHouse makes homes more energy efficient, comfortable and healthy! We're the leading Home Performance Contractor in the St. Louis area and include a full-service heating and cooling business, geothermal heating & cooling, air quality solutions, insulation, air sealing and energy efficiency consulting.The typical SmartHouse client is a homeowner wishing to improve the energy efficiency and comfort of their home. Our foundation in building science enables us to diagnose and remediate concerns with a high level of efficiency and certainty.SmartHouse is also sought after by homeowners and builders of luxury, high performance homes for whom we provide design and green program consulting, mechanical system engineering and installation and construction supervision and verification.SmartHouse participates in the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program and is ACCA QA Certified. The SmartHouse staff is accredited by NATE, The Building Performance Institute, RESNET and LEED.SmartHouse has been recognized for its accomplishments on a national level including: --> Winner of the prestigious 2010 "Innovators" award from the United States Green Building Council. --> Winner of the Energy Star "Century Club" Award for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ranking SmartHouse among the top Home Performance Contractors nationally. --> Better Business Bureau A+ rating and Angie's List 'Super Service' repeat award winner.

Served as President of the Board of Directors of the Saul Mirowitz Day School-Reform Jewish Academy during its pivotal early years (June 2005 thru August 2008) and was reactivated from 2011-2013 as a member of the team that negotiated and implemented the successful merger of Mirowitz with the Solomon Schechter School to form the new "Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School."Assembled and led a team of volunteers and professionals that successfully overcame the financial, marketing, operational and other challenges faced by a new organization as it grew from 9 students to more than 100.Key accomplishments included achieving ISACS accreditation, creating and filling positions for admissions and development professionals, and securing more than $2,000,000 in donations. Also led a national search for head of school candidates and managed a successful leadership transition.See more about the school at http://www.Mirowitz.org

PFM SEMINARS: Developed & delivered seminars & participated in panel discussions as a "Headline" speaker at large industry trade shows in Las Vegas, New York, Atlanta and Baltimore. Also taught seminars at smaller conferences throughout the United States & Canada.LARSON-JUHL (A Berkshire Hathaway Company): Developed & delivered seminars throughout the United States and Canada to Larson-Juhl team members and customers on topics including sales, marketing, retail management and retail best practices. Delivered a 2 hour keynote address to an International Sales Meeting. Provided corporate level consulting services to sales and marketing departments. Provided counsel and interacted frequently with top-level executives.PICTURE FRAMING MAGAZINE: Authored a monthly article on retail best practices, marketing & sales. Also contributed to "Production" magazine & "Decor" magazine.INDEPENDENT: Provided consulting services to more than 100 small business owners on matters including marketing, management, lease negotiation, finance and business transition.

Art & Frame Gallery’s 11 stores earned national recognition for innovation in the custom picture framing and art industry including:• Development and implementation of a metrics based sales and performance evaluation program that was shared with and adopted by industry members nationwide.• Efficient, high quality centrally based manufacturing and distribution.• Marketing - including being a trailblazer for introducing email and web based marketing programs.• Introduction of technology to the picture framing business for point-of-sale, marketing, manufacturing and financial purposes.Art & Frame Gallery served more than 40,000 different customers and produced more than 400,000 "one of a kind" custom frames. Its FramePro commercial division served larger corporate customers such as Boeing, Monsanto, Edward Jones, Anheuser Busch and most St. Louis area hospitals.Sold business to an investment group in June 2007.

Diversified Retail Group is a publicly held company operating more than 60 stores under the names “Athlete’s Foot”, “Stride-Rite”, “Jo-Ann’s Chocolate” and “Flair Graphics & Framing”. Primary responsibility for the “Flair” division which was the largest art & picture framing retailer in the Washington, DC area, one of the largest in the nation, and one of the first to embrace centralized manufacturing and computerization.Tripled store count and opened locations in prestigious Washington, DC retail centers such as Tyson's Corner, Montgomery Mall and White Flint Mall. Developed and implemented all of the systems necessary to assure the reliable, effective and profitable operation of the business including a transition to computer based POS, sales reporting, ordering and inventory & production management. Responsible for all aspects of marketing, merchandising, human resources and operations as well as store design, construction and openings.

Hudson Trail Outfitters is a leading retailer of outdoor clothing and equipment with locations throughout the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD markets.Responsible for all operations of 12 stores (both freestanding & regional malls) ranging in volume from 1-2 million each and in size from 2500 to 6,000 sq. ft.Supervised regional managers (x2), a customer service manager, and all store managers and their staffs totaling more than 100 people. Responsible for hiring, training and maintenance of staff, implementation of merchandising plans, achievement of sales and profit goals.Heavily involved in new store design, construction & openings.

Successfully completed all academy, field training and certification as a Firefighter (Virginia FF II) and Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT). Qualified as a firefighter on engine & truck companies and as an officer on medical rescue units.Delivered rescue and emergency medical services to the citizens of Fairfax, Virginia.