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Experience is useful when it is applied to the right problem.

I selectively accept executive coaching, advisory and consulting, speaking, and board or service engagements where my experience can add practical value.

Executive Coaching

For leaders carrying real responsibility.

Individual executive coaching

I coach executives, business owners, GovCon leaders, veteran entrepreneurs, and senior professionals dealing with growth, transition, leadership pressure, organizational complexity, succession, and the demands of leading people while still running the enterprise.

My coaching is informed by decades of senior military leadership, entrepreneurship, federal contracting, organizational research, and hundreds of hours of professional coaching practice.

  • Executive and owner leadership
  • Growth and organizational maturity
  • Founder transition and succession
  • Decision-making and accountability
  • Leadership presence and communication
  • Professional transition and next-chapter planning
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GovCon Advisory

Practical advice from someone who has built the business.

Federal contracting and organizational advisory

I advise federal contractors and business leaders on the intersection of growth, organizational capability, federal acquisition, leadership, and execution. This is practitioner advisory work, not generic business consulting.

  • GovCon growth strategy and positioning
  • Business development and capture strategy
  • Federal acquisition and market approach
  • Organizational development and operating models
  • Founder-led business maturation
  • Succession and leadership transition
  • Proposal and opportunity strategy
  • Executive decision support
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Speaking

Research, experience, and stories that can carry a room.

Available for selected programs and events

I speak to military, historical, civic, business, veteran, leadership, educational, and professional audiences. Programs can be research-driven, experiential, or tailored to the needs of the organization.

  • Military leadership and the NCO profession
  • NCO history and professional military education
  • Executive leadership and accountability
  • Entrepreneurship, GovCon, and building organizations
  • Military history, Texas history, Civil War, and Reconstruction
  • Research, memory, preservation, and public history
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Boards & Service

Selective service to organizations that matter.

Board, advisory, historical, preservation, and volunteer roles

I remain interested in opportunities to serve organizations whose missions align with military history, Texas history, historic preservation, veterans, leadership development, education, civic life, research, or public history.

The right role is defined less by title than by whether my experience, network, judgment, or ability to build and organize can be useful to the mission.

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