Experienced Senior Consultant working across the spectrum from Hollywood to tech startups. With 30 years of leading and planning as US Army “Green Beret” Colonel and corporate sales manager covering National Defense and Intelligence, I am conversant on world-wide security issues, crisis management, and sales. Strong consulting professional and skilled strategist who frames complex problems and synthesizes effective solutions. Fosters and cultivates relationships between various businesses organizations, DoD Services, and US Government Agencies to produce successful outcomes. Comfortable planning and leading in complex, uncertain, and ambiguous environments. Ten years’ experience as Founder/President of a non-profit. I bring a wealth of practical expertise to customers. I help clients plan, assess & mitigate risk, develop GTM strategies, build effective teams, and drive revenue. Currently providing advice to companies on strategic planning, brand awareness, and go to market strategies.

Gold Star Sailing (GSS) is a 501-c-3 non-profit, volunteer-based organization dedicated to providing unique opportunities and adventures to the surviving children of fallen military service members in order to instill self-confidence, build character, teach teamwork, develop leadership, and promote healing in a positive environment of hope, adventure, and friendship. We host a one week sail adventure for Gold Star teenagers. These are teens who lost a parent serving our country. The camp is built on the principals of team building, leadership development, and adventure. This program is offered to Gold Star teenagers at no cost. Gold Star Sailing is not a grief camp. Each year we see teens arrive as strangers and leave as family. Thanks to the veterans, the local sailing community, and generosity of wonderful donors, this camp changes lives by showing these amazing young people of world of adventure, friendship, and hope.

We protect and deliver employees and families from political, environmental, and bad actor threats around the world.

Transformed the SOCCENT Task Force into a high functioning unit that produced quality results for Commander US Central Command. As Deputy Commander, I recruited talent, managed change, upheld standards, and secured resources to allow the team to deliver strategic results for Commander US Central Command.

Positive and effective regional sales manager for a values based organization reponsible for Northern Ohio.- built the #1 battalion in the brigade. Transformed the unit from # 8 of 8 to #1 of 8 battalions in the Mid West Region- successfully managed a multi million dollar operations & advertising budget resulting in meeting recruiting objectives- designed precision marketing strategies to target specific demographics for our market involving branding rural barns and urban values-based billboards resulting in 50% increase in market share in associated zip codes for both campaigns- strategic communications planner, coordinator, and public speaker- business networking: signed five Partnership for American Youth Success. (PaYS) partners to include the City of Cleveland- established a culture of success replacing a culture of defeatists - managed 35 sales offices- mentored and trained 7 subordinate sales managers- designed and executed a complex training strategy for over 250 US Army Recruiters (salesmen and women)- envisioned and built a local network of influential individuals to help my recruiters solve complex problems with grassroots initiatives - designed and lead a volunteer program comprised of employee spouses to better communicate with families, meet their needs, and improve the quality of life for Soldier Families- published article in US Army Recruiting Command Journal about a highly successful marketing strategy at the request of the Commanding General after he attended a custom designed recruiting event- partnered with the NAACP to effectively engage minority population in Cleveland - raise over $150,000 for the Fischer House Foundation in cooperation with Burning River Lacrosse - authored two precision marketing campaigns that resulted in gain of over 50% market share of all the Department of Defense enlistments in target areas

Led a combined team of over 200 Special Operations personnel to train, advise, and assist the Iraqi Special Operations Brigade during the height of the sectarian violence 2006 under General Casey and then again for a second tour in 2007 for the "Surge" under General Petraeus. Led one of the most successful train-advise-assist Counter Terrorism programs in our nations history conducting over 600 raids in 4 months with an 80% success rate for capturing the targeted individual. The Iraqi SOF Brigade is the unit that defended Baghdad from ISIS and then led the fight against ISIS in Iraq.

Responsible for the integration of special operations units from ten partner nations. Established personal relationships that overcame bureaucratic and cultural challenges to achieve both tactical and strategic goals

US Army Special Forces Recruiting Detachment Commander- lead the most successful recruiting detachment in the US Army - achieved 33% of our higher headquarters mission with just 25% of their resources and manning- authored a highly successful but controversial team recruiting strategy which applied each individuals strengths to achieve the collective team mission. This Team Recruiting concept was later adopted by and is now the standard for US Army Recruiting Command.