I earned a baseball scholarship out of high school but I also came from a family with a history of service. I chose Airborne because I wanted the harder path, the kind of environment where accountability was not optional and performance was the only currency that mattered. That choice set the standard for everything that followed.
My military career covered more ground than most, spanning Airborne infantry, long range surveillance, military police, criminal investigations, accident reconstruction, and engineering. Each demanded precision, accountability, and the ability to read people accurately under real pressure.
There are recruiters who learn the craft on the job and there are recruiters who arrive already built for it. Investigations taught precision and pattern recognition. Criminal interviews taught me to hear what was being left out. Years of reading people accurately under real pressure made candidate assessment second nature. Recruiting was not a new skill set. It was a familiar one applied to a new mission.
I took that seriously and held the standard. I screened for the person behind the resume, not just the qualifications on it. Every candidate I put forward I could stand behind and every pipeline I built was disciplined. That approach earned the Master Recruiter designation and sustained recognition across every level of the recruiting chain.
“The best recruiting was never just about filling a slot. It was about understanding the person, the role, the organization, and whether the fit would actually last.”
After retiring I planned to return to civilian recruiting. The loss of my oldest son during his freshman year of college changed everything. Some things matter more than a career timeline and for a period this was one of them. When I was ready I moved forward with intention and his path pointed me toward mine.
Education became the mission and I excelled at it because it aligned with everything I had already built. Communication, media, and technology were not new directions. They deepened what was already there. I came back with more than I left with and a reason to compete that goes beyond the work itself.
The path started with technology. A software development certification, then full-stack development, both completed with honors. Each one built something the next one needed.
From there the path led to Communication and Media, completed cum laude, with graduate work currently in progress. Each program built on the one before it and each one sharpened something different.
That education did more than add credentials. It sharpened how I think about people, messaging, technology, and the way information moves. It reinforced something I already knew from recruiting and military service. People respond when communication is clear, honest, and connected to purpose.
I have worked across more disciplines in this career than most people experience in a lifetime. That range is not just a resume detail. It is what allows me to step into any recruiting environment, understand what is needed, and deliver without a long runway.
My work ethic is simple:
- Always be prepared.
- Research, plan, execute.
- Earn trust quickly and maintain it.
- Build the team.
- Communicate up, down, and across. In the absence of information people fill the gap themselves.
- Lead when leadership is needed, support when it serves better.
- Lead by example and exceed where you can.
This is the standard I bring with me on day one. I am just looking for the opportunity to show it.
There is always more to someone than what a resume shows. I have believed that my entire recruiting career and it is exactly why I built this site the way I did. A hiring manager who reads this far knows more about me than any resume could communicate and that was the point.
Outside of the work I am a father first. I have two young sons who are my world and a home office built with intention so I can be present for them while competing at the highest level professionally. I spent years deploying, moving, and being away from the people who mattered most. That chapter is closed. This one is about being here.
I picked up golf five years ago and approached it the way I approach everything. All in. I compete at a single digit handicap and play regularly because it demands the same things this career has always demanded. Patience, precision, the ability to manage pressure, and the discipline to keep improving. Camping, hunting, technology projects, video editing, and writing round out the rest of it. I am someone who stays curious and stays active.
At the end of the day recruiting is about knowing the whole person not just the credentials on the page. I have tried to show you that here. The background, the standard, the story, and the person behind all of it. If it resonates, I would like to talk.