Short Bio

Living at the x-section of #wellness, #leadership, #innovation, #education, and #dadhood.

Change Management and Communications Consultant, CGI Federal
AOE: Design Thinking, Organizational Leadership, Change and Growth Management, Process Reengineering, UX and CX, Communications

Distilled Profile

Strengths: Input, Futuristic, Learner, Ideation, Communication
Builder Profile: Role-Expert
Talents-Disruptor, Determination, Independence, Risk
Protagonist: ENFJ-A

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Change Practitioner (CCP), Prosci
Azure Cloud Fundamentals, Microsoft
Design Thinking - Blue Belt, Innovation Engineering Institute
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design, Google
Entrepreneur Center Management, InBIA
Professional Development Badges, Skillsoft

Publications

Author- One Million Frogs - Lessons About Entrepreneurship Learned the Hard Way
Business Thought Leadership- Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc Magazine
Personal Missives- Medium

Professional Development and Coaching

Personal Action Plans - Skillshare.com
The Change Journey - Keys to Success
Think Strategically - Creating an Effective Problem Mindset In Your Organization
Think Innovatively - Driving Business Sustainability Through Customer-Centric Designs
Cultivating Innovation - Creating a Culture of Creativity and Innovation
Master the Product Life Cycle - New Product and Service Development
The Productive Mindset - Strategic Planning and Effective Goal/Action Setting
Achieving Win-Win - Effective Business Communications and Negotiations

Areas of Expertise

Innovation Engineering and Design Thinking (creation, communication and commercialization)
Sustainability planning
Financial management and planning
Business growth planning
Marketing and social media for small businesses
Leadership and staff development
Networking, finding a job, career changes
Developing and protecting online brands
Entrepreneurial inspiration / Thinking like an entrepreneur
Launching, funding and managing startups
Creating investor pitches

Geographic Experience
U.S.A., Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, Iceland
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan (Central Asia)

How I satiate the Karma gods

eMYRge Entrepreneur Center, Board Member
City of Myrtle Beach Technology Advisory Group, Advisor

Why I owe so much money to Fannie Mae

M.B.A. (Finance), Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business
B.S. (Project Management), Arizona State University, Ira A Fulton School of Engineering

Fleeting #hashtags (interests)

#fitness, #PADIdiving, #travel, #photography, #starwars, #running, #podcasts, #craftbeer, #fiction