about me

I’m a team builder, motivational speaker, serial entrepreneur, real estate investor and executive coach. I love business, leadership, sales, teamwork and problem solving.

I spent 24 years as CEO of landscape design/build and maintenance companies with more than 100 employees and revenues in the millions.

In 2008 and 2009, I was honored and humbled to be elected the youngest-ever president of PLANET (the Professional Landcare Network), the largest trade association for the green industry (more than 4,000 members). It was an incredible experience running an international nonprofit, and I now serve PLANET as a lifelong past-president. I’m on PLANET’s PAB and the board for the GIE+EXPO, and I’m always looking for new ways to stay involved with this industry.

These days, I’m focusing all my efforts on being a Kolbe Certified growth consultant. (Don’t know what Kolbe is? Ask me! It will change your life.) I’ve already worked with hundreds of companies throughout the United States and beyond. I also travel the United States as a professional speaker — on topics ranging from team building to sales and marketing to crisis management.

People always ask me what industries I work with, and the honest answer is all of them — no, really! Insurance, finance, information marketing, service, real estate, nonprofits…though my experience is heavily vested in the service industry, I’ve learned that most businesses are essentially the same, regardless of industry, product or discipline. If you’re a business with at least one employee that provides a product or service, you’re squarely in my wheelhouse. So let’s talk about how we can work together!

For a more comprehensive biography, colleague and client recommendations, and resume, visit my LinkedIn profile here.