
Executive Coach to CEOs and their teams
Washington D.C. Metro Area

Executive Coach to CEOs and their teams
Washington D.C. Metro Area
I create and lead small groups of local CEOs into enduring peer-consulting teams and coach the members individually for performance and fulfillment. I also coach executives and elite sales people 1:1, design and conduct strategy and alignment retreats, and train executive coaches.
GOAL:
Number one, all-consuming goal is to help people have fulfilling, effective lives: my family, my friends, my students, and my CEO clients.
EXPERIENCE:
High school in three years, college in three years, University of Chicago MBA at age 21.
Adjunct Faculty, George Mason University, School of Management
President & CEO of pingAUDIO, Hidden Footprints, findAspace.com, MayoGenuine, Staff Innovations, MASSystems. Sales Trainer and Executive Coach. Senior consultant with James Martin, SHL Systemhouse, Arthur Andersen. Sales representative for GE, Software AG, Robbins-Gioia. Award-winning speaker, corporate trainer, personal coach, inventor of US Patent #6,678,663.
Sales training and management, accounting systems, financial analysis, cash flow and working capital improvement, executive effectiveness, information technology, venture capital
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
October 2003 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Vistage provides CEOs, business owners, and other business leaders the tools to outperform both the competition and their own goals. This comprehensive toolset includes peer-group sessions, one-on-one executive coaching, access to world-class business experts, and a global community of more than 13,000 paying members.
http://www.Vistage.com/
The Vistage program leads to increased accountability for chief executives, better decision-making, professional and personal growth, positive organizational change and reduced isolation.
Vistage has a long, documented history of stimulating growth in middle-market businesses. Vistage member businesses outperform the Fortune 500, S&P 500 and the 14 million companies in the ARC Analytics database. In addition, Vistage member organizations grow, on average, 2.5 times faster that they did prior to joining Vistage.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
2003 — Present (5 years)
I coach CEOs and their teams on complex issues of strategic importance.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
1999 — 2004 (5 years)
Marketing courses for undergraduates and MBA candidates
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
December 2000 — September 2003 (2 years 10 months)
o Recruited by venture capitalist to lead UK-based, university-incubated Internet technology start-up.
o Developed new technologies to secure and track the distribution of valuable digital content on a large scale. Serving creators and distributors of valuable digital content and the Digital Rights Management (DRM) community.
o Debuted first device to move professional quality, uncompressed, real-time audio and video over the Internet for TV, film, and music post-production.
o Managed venture capital funding, international reverse merger, global patent prosecution, technology licensing, & market development.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
Founded and lead commercial real estate e-commerce start-up; designed software, including technology for which patent is pending; wrote business plan and private placement memo, raised nearly $1,000,000 from 17 individual investors; assembled a team of ten employees, earned 100% staff retention; implemented accounting and financial reporting systems; designed logo, advertising, and marketing program; assembled distinguished Board of Advisers.
Oh, and unusually for a "dot.bomb," we had some paying customers.
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years)
Sales Trainer and Executive Coach
Affiliated with Sandler Training Institute; lead public and in-house classes in the Sandler Sales System, as well as one-to-one coaching.
Clients included Office Movers, Group 1 Software, CACI, INOVA, National Food Processors Association, and many small businesses.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year)
(Management Consulting industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
Led information systems planning project for the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Management Consulting industry)
1990 — 1993 (3 years)
o Opened new account with sale of software, training, and consulting package for total revenue in excess of $250,000.
o Sold and managed project to plan and analyze MCIs telemarketing and customer service processes.
o Other clients included U. S. Navy and large Florida county government.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
1989 — 1990 (1 year)
o Identified opportunities for the application of Robbins-Gioia, Inc.s Program Management Support System (PMSS).
o Closed sale of over $100,000 to new Fortune 100 account in sixth month of employment, just three months out of training, in a business with an 18-month sales cycle.
(Human Resources industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years)
o Developed comprehensive employee leasing service including employee policy handbook, payroll processing, and comprehensive fringe benefit package. Marketed service through trade groups, telephone prospecting, direct mail, and personal sales calls.
o Developed marketing plans, promotional materials, direct mail pieces, telemarketing script, presentation, and outside sales "Play Book."
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1986 — 1988 (2 years)
(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)
1986 — 1987 (1 year)
Lead and expanded $1 million+ profit center for this rapidly growing systems integration company.
(Management Consulting industry)
1984 — 1986 (2 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
1982 — 1984 (2 years)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)
1978 — 1982 (4 years)
o Led ten-year-old company from 5 employees to 65 in 3 ½ years.
o Responsible for full life cycle development of municipal financial systems used by tax assessors and tax collectors throughout New England. Developed and implemented personnel handbook, payroll processing, job description, and career development procedures.
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
1976 — 1977 (1 year)
MBA, 1977 — 1978
MBA, 1974 — 1978
BA, Politics, Rhetoric, Economics, & Law, August 1977
High Schol, 1970 — 1974
Chess, Yoga, Landmark Education Corporation's Forum, History, Politics, Law
Newfield Network, TEC International, Vistage, ICCO, University of Chicago, LaSalle Academy
PUBLICATIONS:
Tracking ‘Play Money:’ Allocating Departmental Computing Costs Infosystems, July 1987.
AA&Co’s Capital Asset Pricing Model paper presented to New York University Graduate School of Business’s Symposium on Frontiers of Management Accounting, April 1985, and Arthur Andersen’s Executive Conference, May 1985.
A Glossary of Computer Terms published privately, 1984.
The MASSystem: Efficient Computer Assisted Property Assessment Lincoln Institute of Land Policy monograph, 1981.
My Most Memorable Sale Selling Power magazine, 1999.