I’ve dug ditches and washed dishes for minimum wage, sold ladies’ shoes and tax shelters, and advised people how to make and spend a fortune. I’ve partied with rock stars, played Blackjack in Vegas for table limits, and studied to become an Episcopal priest. I’ve been in the boxing ring and on the shop floor, the stage, and the floors of the New York and American Stock Exchanges.

I’ve made and lost millions of dollars in industries ranging from oil and gas exploration to wood treating. As a Principal in a National Management Consulting firm, I advised senior managers of Fortune 500 companies how to improve their revenues and cut costs.

I was a Senior Executive with the largest multi-state not-for-profit health insurer in the United States, an Executive gun for hire for a national consulting firm, and started companies in auto services, fast food, software development, physician administrative services, and the manufacture and sale of industrial and commercial fabric shade structures.

I’ve been fortunate to live through one of the most exciting times in the history of mankind: the cure for Polio, Man’s trip to the Moon, the invention of the printed circuit board, and the evolution of Rock ‘n Roll.