03 / The Story
From the 75th Ranger Regiment
to the boardroom.
Before the budgets and the boardrooms, there was Fort Benning. Selected for one of the U.S. military’s most elite special operations units, I learned what most executives never do: how to plan a mission when the cost of being wrong is absolute.
A parachute accident ended my military career. It didn’t end the standard it set.
That standard built two companies from zero to acquisition. It stood on a statewide PBS debate stage against a sitting congressman. It finished a bachelor’s degree twenty years after it started — summa cum laude, 3.97 — while running a $25M growth engine, and it’s currently completing a dual MBA and M.S. in Information Systems at Auburn University.
Discipline isn’t a slide in my deck. It’s the operating system.
U.S. Army, 75th Ranger Regiment
Airborne Ranger. Honorably discharged after a parachute accident.
Founder ×2, Exits ×2
Optimized — sold to a UK equity firm — and Florida Landscaping Services; both built, scaled, and sold.
U.S. Congressional Candidate
Built a full campaign organization from zero — raised funds, grew a following, and debated live on statewide PBS, with honor and integrity throughout.
Head of Marketing → CMO
Wensco, Roofing GR, Atrium ($25M budget), Vertex — and AcreValue through its CoStar acquisition.
Regional Marketing, Infinity Home Services
The Midwest region: #1 in the company, with tens of millions in new YoY sales.