About
My time in management and team leadership has been defined by my determination to improve the operations of the IT department by both lowering costs and preventing existing costs from rising, and by both preventing our in-store sales from declining as well as creating and facilitating opportunities for new revenue streams. These profit- and operation-oriented goals are balanced with my determination to coach and advance my team members to their full potential and achieve their career goals. Some of my proudest management achievements have been taking inexperienced techs and guiding them to higher roles and seeing them flourish.
Personally, I’m a highly driven individual, always looking for the next challenge or opportunity. I have, for instance:
- Worked full time while going to school full time to get my undergrad from Weber State University while also training for and completing a marathon.
- Worked overtime every week for over five years so my wife could fulfill her dream to retire from her job and stay at home with the kids.
- Studied for and passed the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam while traveling around the country executing the biggest project of my career.
- Spent 15 months training for and finishing the 2020 Ironman Panama City Florida Triathlon.
- Studied for and passed the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification while training for and completing the 2022 Ironman 70.3 Coeur d’Alene triathlon just 5 days prior.
- Self-financed my return to school in the Executive MBA program at the University of Utah, graduating in May of 2024.
- and more, including starting a consulting company, bootstrapping a writing career to attend E3 in 2014 & 2016, working as an assistant race director at marathons and triathlons, guiding Boy Scouts down the Snake River in canoes, operating a high ropes course, and two years of Spanish-speaking missionary service in Southern California.
I'm always looking to make new connections and offer my assistance and advice. Let's connect!