I help founders see what’s possible, create a plan to get there using mindset, technology, marketing, and more, while helping them protect their life and well-being.

Some of the things I’ve done in my three decades experience:

Entrepreneurship & Business Ownership

• Founder, CEO Thinker Ventures, a business development company
• Founder, CEO, e-commerce: Pioneered the industry of online HVAC direct-to-consumer e-commerce sales
• Co-founder, CEO/CTO/CIO an HVAC distributorship
• Founder, CrossFit gym
• Co-founder, CEO, electrical contracting company

Business Advisory

• Advisor, Entrepreneurship Educators Association
• Advisor, COO/CTO, Shareapy
• Advisor & Past Board Member, The Self-Esteem Project
• Worked with the Italian Trade Agency to facilitate entrepreneur opportunities in the U.S.
• Advised hundreds of entrepreneurs and business owners
• Managed negotiations with billion-dollar companies
• Brand advisor & brand developer for regional & multi-national organizations

• Author, What Could Be: Creating a Life of Meaning and Purpose
• Hosted over 200 live streams – see more of my appearances.
• Produced over 300 podcast episodes across two podcasts (What Works & Coffee With Humans)

Software Development

• Experienced SQL developer (Microsoft & MySQL)
• Experienced Coldfusion / Railo developer (CFML)
• Experienced AWS (Amazon Web Services), Machine Learning, Big Data Analysis
• CTO, FishWithMe.net
• CTO, Shareapy
• Written over 1 million lines of app & web code
• Integrated NetSuite, Pervasive Data Integrator, and my in-house e-commerce ERP
• Created an integrated Asterisk VoIP, call recording, and a salesperson scoring system with performance pay
• Created a “big data” prediction system for customer service staffing, order processing, and multi-location inventory management
• Programmed robots, managed marketing, and IT consulting
• Created a Shipping Logistics system to calculate optimal shipping cost & time between over 30 distribution center & shipping carrier combinations
• Created a sales opportunity management system to determine “next best” sales opportunities
• Created a fully integrated e-commerce management system that has run well over $100M through it across seven distribution centers
• Created a system to automatically optimize product fulfillment based on landed cost and speed to customer using hundreds of cost/speed combinations of carriers, delivery speeds, stock statuses, DCs, and more
• Created a system to fulfill next-day services and products from tens of thousands of location nationwide while tracking relative price indexes and optimizing profitability
• Created a technical stock trading application that tweeted buy/sell signals every 30 minutes by back-testing and scoring 75,000 combinations of technical indicators across 3,000 equities and ETFs
• Created an online multiplayer word game with a unique algorithm

Presentations, Workshops, Facilitation

• Keynotes and presentations for cities and high-profile business groups
  
• One Million Cups Rockford  – livestreams and facilitation
• Facilitated and Hosted Startup Weekends at Purdue University, Madison, WI, Rockford, IL
• Facilitated team-building experiences and group & individual rock climbing outings

Certifications & Training

• Certified John Maxwell Speaker, Trainer, Coach
• Certified high ropes guide
• Google Adwords Certification
• Google Analytics Certification
• SEO, Machine Learning, AWS, Excel, Google Workspaces skills assessments 

Volunteering, Community, Awards, Musician, Producer

• “20 People You Should Know 2018” Award Recipient – Chamber of Commerce

• Rotary Club Facilitator & Mentor
• Taught media and storytelling in Albania
• Led over 500 hours of music in three churches
• Co-pastored & preached in churches
• Voiceovers for commercials
• Extra in a movie about D.L. Moody (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOybC3f_fVQ)
• Written/produced/sold original songs on Apple, Google Play