I've spent 35+ years building, scaling, and governing public and private companies — as a CEO,
board director, co-founder, and capital-markets operator. The numbers tell the story better than adjectives.
My background runs through both sides of the table: capital markets first — Smith Barney, Shearson Lehman
Brothers, Prudential Securities, six FINRA licenses — then decades as an operator, CEO, and board director with
deep expertise in M&A, SEC compliance, debt and equity financing, and cross-border deal execution.
The common thread: I build the machinery of growth — capital structure, governance, leadership teams, and
deal flow — and I've done it in every market condition since the early 1990s.
That vantage point is also why I wrote The Delta Effect. After three decades of watching companies
win or lose, I'm convinced the deciding variable isn't change itself — it's the rate of change, and whether
leadership can match it.
I hold the Google AI Professional Certificate and work hands-on with AI daily — because an operator who
can't engage with the defining technology of this cycle can't credibly govern it.
BaseSammamish, Washington
RolesCEO · Board Director · Co-Founder
Licenses heldFINRA Series 3, 7, 24, 31, 63, 65
GovernanceCertificate in Corporate Governance & SOX Compliance, Tulane University Law School (online program, 2004)
AIGoogle AI Professional Certificate (2026)
EducationB.S. Business Administration, CSU Fresno (1987) · A.A., Fresno City College
Open toCEO mandates · Board seats · Advisory
