A Builder at Heart.
A Challenger by Nature.
Entrepreneur. · Strategist. · Creator. · Lifelong Learner.
I've spent more than three decades at the intersection of business, technology, and entrepreneurship. From the early days of point-of-sale and electronic payments to today's rapidly evolving fintech landscape, I've built businesses, developed products, opened markets, and helped entrepreneurs turn ambitious ideas into commercial realities.
My journey started working alongside my father in the point-of-sale industry, where I discovered a passion for understanding how businesses work and finding opportunities others might overlook. That curiosity led me into payments and eventually executive roles with First Data, Chase Paymentech, Vantiv, and Worldpay.
But I've never been particularly good at simply following the playbook.
Over the years, I've been involved in more than 15 entrepreneurial ventures and helped launch over 25 products. I've experienced tremendous wins, painful setbacks, and just about everything in between.
Those experiences have shaped how I approach business today: challenge assumptions, stay curious, surround yourself with good people, and never confuse a great idea with great execution.
I've learned as much from what didn't work as from what did.
Today, I continue building businesses, advising entrepreneurs, exploring emerging technologies, and sharing perspectives shaped by more than 33 years in the trenches.
And I'm still learning.
Years in payments & fintech
Entrepreneurial ventures
Products launched
Building Businesses.
Empowering People.
I've always loved solving problems.
Give me a business, an idea, or a challenge, and my mind immediately starts connecting dots. I love understanding how things work, identifying opportunities, and finding unconventional paths to success.
But somewhere along my journey, I discovered that the most meaningful opportunities aren't always commercial.
Around 2017, I began a personal-development journey that fundamentally changed how I understood myself, my relationships, and what success really means.
I learned the importance of vulnerability, authenticity, intention, and challenging the limiting beliefs that can keep us from realizing our potential.
That experience eventually helped inspire Rebirth, a nature-centered retreat and personal-development sanctuary I co-founded near Greenville, South Carolina.
Through Rebirth, we're creating space for individuals, couples, and teams to reconnect, grow, and discover what's possible in their lives.
Few things bring me more satisfaction than watching someone overcome an obstacle, rediscover their confidence, and begin honoring who they truly are.
Whether I'm helping a founder realize their vision or supporting someone on a personal journey, the motivation is much the same.
I love helping people see what's possible—and find the courage to make it happen.
I love helping people see what's possible—and find the courage to make it happen.
Solve problems
Find opportunities
Empower people
Create space to grow
Explore what's possible
Curious by Nature.
Always Creating.
As a kid, I loved LEGO. I could spend hours imagining, building, taking things apart, and creating something new.
I never really grew out of that.
Today, I enjoy woodworking, furniture making, and designing creative spaces. Different materials, same curiosity. I love the challenge of turning an idea into something tangible.
I'm also a lifelong automotive enthusiast. I've owned more than 70 cars, followed Formula 1 religiously since the late 1990s, and driven coast to coast across America more than six times—often alone, enjoying every mile.
Give me a great car, an open road, and a soundtrack of Pink Floyd, Journey, Boston, the Eagles, or Anita Baker, and I'm pretty happy.
I've always loved the electric guitar, too. I've played a little but never dedicated the time to truly master it. Maybe one day.
What connects all these interests is the same thing that drives my professional life: curiosity, creativity, problem-solving, and a desire to keep exploring.
At this stage of my life, I'm less interested in conventional definitions of success and more interested in building things that matter, creating meaningful relationships, and helping good people thrive.
Never Stop Building. Never Stop Becoming.
Challenge What's Next.
Curiosity · Creativity · Problem-solving
Cars · Formula 1 · The open road
Woodworking · Making things · Creative spaces
Music · Classic rock · Lifelong learner
Adventure · Exploration · Personal growth