Educator. Entrepreneur. Advisor. Host.

Most advisors bring experience from one world. I bring three.

I've spent my career at the intersection of academia, industry, and entrepreneurship—teaching graduate students, leading operational transformation at Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and building businesses that serve real customers in competitive markets. That range isn't accidental and it's what makes the advice I give provide relevant and actionable.

Today, I serve as an Adjunct Professor in both the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics and the Andrew J. Anagnost College of Engineering & Computer Science at California State University, Northridge, where I teach operations management, analytics, project management, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Before entering academia, I spent nearly two decades in aerospace and defense, helping organizations at Boeing and Lockheed Martin improve performance through lean transformation, process improvement, automation, and organizational change. What I learned is there are no magic solutions. Sustainable improvement is about developing leaders, creating clarity, and improving systems so people can succeed within them.

I've also built and operated businesses serving thousands of customers across Southern California. Running a business has reinforced lessons no textbook covers: what accountability actually looks like under pressure, what it costs to lose a customer, and what it takes to build a team that doesn't need you looking over their shoulder.

That combination—industry rigor, academic depth, and real business ownership—is what I bring to my current advisory work through Headroom Advisors. I work with leaders and organizations on the problems that matter most: leadership development, operational improvement, and building the organizational capacity needed to grow without breaking.

I also host the Lead Out Loud podcast, where I explore leadership through conversations with business owners, educators, public servants, and entrepreneurs making a difference in their communities. It's a reminder that leadership lessons are everywhere—if you're paying attention.

Different arenas. One mission: building better leaders, businesses, and systems.