I Help Professionals Respond Better to Uncertantiy
About Me
I hold a degree in philosophy, a Master’s in Organizational Leadership, and spent fourteen years in the Marine Corps as a helicopter pilot and team leader. After the military, I explored stand-up comedy, found a lasting home in improv, and built a career in project management and coaching. Today, I teach teams and organizations how to blend philosophy and humor so they can navigate life with intention and a little more laughter.
"Last year he spoke to the USDA Veteran Employee Organization and to this date it has been the favorite speaker we have had."
Biography
I’m a professional speaker focused on helping people respond to uncertainty with resilience, clarity, and laughter. I’ve been speaking professionally since 2024.
I joined the Marine Corps in 2004 and spent fourteen years as a helicopter pilot and officer, serving in both operations and recruiting roles. Along the way, I learned that even high-stakes situations could be made a little lighter, and often a little better, with the right mindset and a well-placed laugh. It was in the cockpit and in front of Marines that I first began to see how discipline and humor could work together.
After leaving the military in 2017, I did what a lot of veterans do: I tried to figure out what “normal” life was supposed to look like. Since then, I’ve been a youth director, flipped houses, and worked as a project manager for a custom home builder.
On paper, it’s not exactly a straight line to public speaking. But every stop along the way has taught me something about people, uncertainty, and what it takes to keep moving when life doesn’t go according to plan.
If you’re still reading at this point, I genuinely appreciate you. You’ve already invested more time in my biography than most reasonable people would.
Anyway, where was I?
Ah, yes. Comedy.
I’d always wanted to try stand-up, and a few years of doing it taught me a lot about timing, connection, and reading the room. It was fun, but improv comedy is what really hooked me. The unscripted, real-time nature of it felt like a mirror of everyday life.
Around the same time, I started revisiting philosophy. I’d majored in it years earlier, and I found that Stoic thinking, paired with a sense of humor, offered a powerful combination: perspective when things get heavy and permission to lighten up when they don’t have to be.
I now speak to teams and organizations about how to apply these tools when the stakes are high and the future feels unclear. My audiences have included educators, first responders, federal agencies, hospitality leaders, and financial professionals. I’m especially passionate about bringing this work into the corporate space, where uncertainty is constant and culture matters.
Offstage, I’m married to Rachel, and we have four kids: Jack, Hank, Ellie, and Amelia. We also have a small dog named Graham, who was supposed to be Ellie’s responsibility but, as these things go, now belongs to Rachel.
I coach a lot of youth sports and once led our U13 girls team to three straight championships. Not to brag, but banners hang forever.
I also follow the English Premier League and enthusiastically support whichever club happens to be playing Manchester City.
"You are an amazing raconteur!"