(ABOUT)
I'm confident I can learn anything. Humble about what I don't know. That's why I asked for 360-degree feedback and built systems to compensate for my weaknesses.
Pattern recognition. Rapid learning. Tough-love leadership. Systems thinking. These aren't buzzwords; they're capabilities tested in EOD operations and proven in boardrooms.
Soccer taught me fluid positioning and collective responsibility. Those same principles, adapt to context, cover for teammates, and think three moves ahead, became my leadership philosophy.
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Active (U.S. Government)
TS/SCI Security Clearance
2027
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MBA
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
2026
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Airbnb Project Lead (Payment Processing AI)
ExecMAP AI Fellowship
2025
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E-8 Senior Chief (Ret.) - 20 Years Service
U.S. Navy EOD Technician
2025
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34 Countries & Territories
Operational Leadership Experience
2025
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Sonoma State University Men's Soccer
NCAA Div II National Champion
2002
I operate at the intersection of leadership, strategy, and emerging technology.
My focus: translating AI and complex systems into measurable performance, resilient teams, and long-term competitive advantage.
I grew up competing.
Not just in sports, though soccer was my first arena for discipline, resilience, and teamwork, but in life. As the oldest of three boys, I was raised in a home where effort mattered, character mattered, and quitting wasn’t an option.
Soccer carried me through high school and into college, teaching me how to operate inside a team, endure discomfort, and hold a standard even when no one was watching. Long before I studied leadership, I lived it in locker rooms, on road trips, and in the quiet accountability of daily preparation.
From the Field to the Front Lines
After college, I followed that pull toward challenge and meaning into the U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal community.
For nearly two decades, I worked in high-stakes environments where ambiguity was constant, and the margin for error was thin. I led teams, built training pipelines, operated alongside special operations forces, and made decisions with real consequences. The lesson wasn’t intensity, it was discipline. Success came from preparation, systems thinking, and trust built over time.
What I came to believe is that leadership is stewardship.
It’s building teams that perform without you.
It’s creating clarity where others see chaos.
It’s developing people faster than the problems evolve.
Today, as I complete my Executive MBA and transition into AI and technology leadership, I focus on turning powerful tools into durable capability.
AI will reshape how organizations operate, but technology alone doesn’t create advantage. Adoption does. Alignment does. Leadership does.
My best Fit
I’m drawn to mission-driven teams building meaningful systems, whether in defense technology, advanced AI, or high-performance enterprises. My work centers on bridging strategy and execution: designing structures, processes, and cultures that make innovation real.
At my core, I’m still the competitor shaped by the field, the operator shaped by consequence, and the builder shaped by teams.
I believe in long games.
Disciplined systems.
And developing people as seriously as we develop strategy.
