Experience

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  StrongArm Tech

  • Denver, Colorado, United States

  • Member Board of Directors

    • Mar 2023 - Present
    • Denver, Colorado, United States

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  Primark Capital

  • Independent Trustee

    • Aug 2020 - Present

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  University of Denver - Daniels College of Business

  • Denver, Colorado, United States

  • Adjunct Professor

    • Jan 2023 - Present
    • Denver, Colorado, United States

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  Worklete

  • Denver, Colorado, United States

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Dec 2021 - Mar 2023
    • Denver, Colorado, United States

    Prior to becoming CEO of Worklete, I identified the opportunity to acquire the company out of a VC portfolio with private equity investment. As CEO, I completely changed out the senior management team, generated the first operating profit in the company's history, re-invigorated the sales pipeline to include the acquisition of enterprise customers like AT&T and Loblaws, and simplified the technology around our core product. We merged Worklete with StrongArm Technologies in Q1 of 2023.

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  A World of Tile

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Jan 2004 - Aug 2019

    Prior to becoming CEO of A World of Tile, I identified the opportunity to acquire the company from the founders and brought it to the first PE firm for investment. As CEO, I oversaw all aspects of the organization for this 16 store specialty retailer of tile and natural stone for three distinct private equity owners. This included: identifying the opportunity to acquire the company from the founders; professionalizing the management team; the expansion into Arizona and New Mexico and increasing the store count from 11 to 16; and creating a structured sales process focused on increasing conversion, average ticket, and customer satisfaction.

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  Health Fitness Corp

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Chief Financial Officer

    • Sep 1999 - Apr 2001
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    I was the senior on site manager hired to return the company to profitability after several years of losses. In my first full year there we did just that - taking the company to the black and increasing the stock price ten fold as a result. We accomplished this by divesting non-core assets and divisions, reducing corporate overhead and supporting the main corporate center management division. In early 2001 we turned the company over to a permanent management team.

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  Chase

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Associate Vice President

    • Jul 1992 - Jun 1997
    • Greater New York City Area

    I was one of two people designated to establish the Middle Market Leveraged Finance Syndication Group for Cash Flow and Asset Based transactions ranging from $20 million to $150 million. We had a 100% success rate for all syndicated loan transactions and became the most profitable component of the Middle Market Leveraged Finance Group on a risk adjusted basis.