Experience

Building the Elite

• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Apr 2019 - 4 years 9 months

  Co-author of Building the Elite: The Complete Guide to Building Resilient Special Operators. Educator and coach on all aspects of human performance.



Cipher Skin

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member

  • Aug 2015 - 8 years 5 months

  Greater Denver Area Co-founder of Cipher Skin, a biotech startup focused on the development of next-generation biometric wearables capable of real-time multi-system monitoring based on a patented conductive polymer grid technology. Backed by venture capital and a SBIR grant sponsored by USSOCOM.



Barefoot Fitness

• Founder

  • Sep 2008 - 15 years 4 months

  Brick-and-mortar physical fitness facilities built on principles developed in special operations. Delivering approachable, scalable small-group and private training to people of all fitness levels to develop long-term physical fitness and resiliency. Built on the idea that humans matter more than hardware, where results are delivered by highly-qualified coaches focused on movement quality, intelligent programming, and sequential skill development.



Precision Nutrition

• Canada
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Curriculum Writer, Exercise Specialist and Coach

  • Nov 2012 - May 2022

  As a curriculum writer, helped to produce educational content and certification materials for fitness/wellness industry on topics ranging from digestive and metabolic health to sleep, stress and recovery. Designed and implemented PN's exercise system, which provides adaptable, multi-variate workouts to tens of thousands of people across a range of needs and fitness levels. As a writer on the content marketing team and expert interview subject for external publications, created… Show more As a curriculum writer, helped to produce educational content and certification materials for fitness/wellness industry on topics ranging from digestive and metabolic health to sleep, stress and recovery. Designed and implemented PN's exercise system, which provides adaptable, multi-variate workouts to tens of thousands of people across a range of needs and fitness levels. As a writer on the content marketing team and expert interview subject for external publications, created content that helped to grow an audience with a monthly readership in the hundreds of thousands. As a coach, worked with thousands of clients across a 12-month coaching program through a behavior-change program focused on deep health - not just nutrition but also relational, existential, mental, physical, environmental, and emotional aspects of health. Show less



Ethos Colorado

• Wellness and Fitness Services

• Co-Owner

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2021

  A Denver-based fitness facility with a community-focused atmosphere that treats each person as an individual, and provides a welcoming space for anyone.



Triple Canopy (A Constellis Company)

• United States
• Security and Investigations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Diplomatic Security High-Threat Protection: Protective Security Specialist

  • Apr 2011 - Oct 2012

  Baghdad, Iraq Task Order 5 was awarded to Triple Canopy, Inc., in February 2011. Under the task order terms, Triple Canopy, Inc., is required to provide movement security, logistical support, and emergency medical support for the Chief of Mission personnel, visiting dignitaries, and other personnel upon the regional security officer’s request. Was assigned to Chief of Mission detail (James Jeffrey and Robert Beecroft).



DOWNRANGE OPERATIONS & TRAINING, LLC

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Riverine Operations Instructor/Mentor

  • Jan 2011 - Mar 2011

  Juba, South Sudan In direct support of a tasking order for the Office of Special Envoy to Sudan, Department of State, and Bureau of African Affairs. Supported and trained the host country nations’ Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army / Riverine Operational Forces on conducting security operations, civil disarmament, Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure Missions, and combat trauma first aid on the Nile River waterways.



Naval Special Warfare

• Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC)

  • Jul 2002 - Jul 2008

  Trained and conducted naval special operations in support of theater commanders, task force commanders, and joint special operations task force commanders. Four deployments to three different continents focused on Foreign Internal Defense (FID), Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS), and Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO). NSW Communications Specialist, SERE, Cold Weather Environmental Survival, Operational Emergency Medical Skills, High-Altitude Physiology, Tactical… Show more Trained and conducted naval special operations in support of theater commanders, task force commanders, and joint special operations task force commanders. Four deployments to three different continents focused on Foreign Internal Defense (FID), Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS), and Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO). NSW Communications Specialist, SERE, Cold Weather Environmental Survival, Operational Emergency Medical Skills, High-Altitude Physiology, Tactical Driving and Convoy Operations, Emergency Field Trauma Management, USN Electronics Technician (ET) for communications and radar systems. Show less