Speaker · Author · Marine · Leader
From teenage Marine to Excecutive, to multi-unit Franchisee — now sharing 40 years of real-world leadership lessons that can transform your team and your career.
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Energetic, customizable keynotes that fire up your organization — from store managers to senior executives.
Deep-dive 3–4 hour interactive sessions covering leadership, supervision, customer focus, and franchise ownership.
Don't Get Fired… and Don't Quit! — practical lessons from 40 years in the trenches, written for real people.

No degree. No silver spoon. Just a teenager who joined the Marines, then took a part-time job delivering pizza — and turned it into a 40-year career that reached the leadership team of the world's largest pizza brand.
Now, I take those lessons on the road. If I can do it, you and your team can too.









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