Marine Corps combat veteran · Speaker · Author · Founder of for-profit and nonprofit organizations
Leadership isn't motivation. It's an operating system.
United States Marine Corps combat veteran with three combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, patented inventor, entrepreneur, author and leadership speaker. Creator of the 5 Paragraph Operating System (5P), a leadership framework built on military operations planning. Has trained more than 50,000 military personnel, executives, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, government leaders and nonprofit teams.
Leads research and initiatives on leadership, entrepreneurship, civic engagement and societal benefit. Also leads Truth Trench Accelerator and Truth Trench Ventures, helping founders build businesses that create lasting impact.
A leadership framework inspired by military operations planning that replaces chaos with clarity, alignment, accountability and disciplined execution. Clients span healthcare, insurance, corrections, government, manufacturing, technology, construction, nonprofits and founder-led businesses, from Fortune 500 companies down.
Keynotes include What's Your IED?, DOMINATE, The 5 Paragraph Business Plan, and Would You Invite Me Over for Dinner? Battlefield experience, practical business systems, humor and storytelling, with tools leaders can use the next morning.
Three combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, including Ramadi, Iraq (2005–2006) with the Combined Anti-Armor Team, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, and Helmand Province, Afghanistan (2011). Served as an infantry instructor, Combat Marksmanship Coach and Trainer, Master Instructor Trainer, curriculum developer, and Special Operations Embedded Advisor Team Leader, training military leaders to plan, communicate and execute under pressure.
Where he was on 9/11, and where he was on its tenth anniversary: on patrol in Helmand.
Staying in control when everything around you blows up, and why adding value is the way through. Slides on SlideShare.
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Duke University, Bunker Labs, Research Triangle Park, Rotary International, Better Homes & Gardens, MidMichigan Health, Curi Insurance, Luther Hodges Business Ethics Initiative, the Hugh Shelton Leadership Center, and private executive leadership retreats.
Monday and Thursday nights, 9 PM Eastern.
How-tos and interviews on the 5 Paragraph method.
A veterans show, nearly 300 episodes.
Watch the talks and past shows on the Media and Past Shows pages.