After graduating from Bates College (Maine) I became a U.S. Navy pilot flying the P3-C Orion. Our mission was to hunt and track
down Soviet submarines. While doing recruiting work I earned my MBA from Southern New Hampshire University
I entered the
advertising industry launching and managing multiple city magazines. I was highly successful and awarded numerous times for
building a magazine division and acknowledged for strategic marketing, increasing revenues, leading and motivating employees,
retaining customers, and managing cash flow. My strong skills in strategic planning, creative marketing, promotion, value added
selling, and communications became invaluable.
Later I leveraged my business building experiences and entered the software industry
where my talents excelled at selling and marketing intangible solutions. I worked and consulted for a variety of companies, such as
Wolters Kluwer Financial, Quest Software, Cincom Systems, Emerson Network Power, Greif Packaging, Ohio Indemnity Corp, Haas Publishing
Company, Homes & Land Publishing, Harmon Homes Publishing, Ohio Savings Bank, Preferred Mortgage Company, and PEO Associates.
As
a proven business builder you can be confident in knowing that I understand the process of why the customer buys and how we can tap
into your core competency to communicate with effectiveness your unique competitive advantage matched to your most profitable target
audience.