About Your Personal Coach

I have undergraduate and graduate degrees and professional work experience in psychology, and have been licensed in psychiatric nursing. I've taught at the elementary school and college level, and have been an assistant dean of students.

I also worked in the software industry, as a hands-on engineer, manager, executive, and consultant, in startups and in Fortune 500 companies. I led work that was made part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian, for Outstanding Achievement in Information Technology. I have a patent for integrated circuit manufacturing with Focused Ion Beams that protects against espionage by foreign governments.

I have been certified in massage, and as a teacher of meditation and of yoga, and have also studied personal fitness training. These were largely motivated by decades of chronic pain (which I have partially reduced).

I wrote a play that was produced off-Broadway, and I've authored a book that presents the perspective I will bring to working with you. You may find things in it that you value whether we work together or not.

I've been a student of biology, psychology, philosophy, religion, and ethics my whole life. These have helped me assist people with everything from life's ordinary challenges to truly devastating experiences.

Like many people, my life has included being a son, brother, friend, spouse, raising children, being divorced, remarried, and having step-children.

The point of presenting the unusual breadth of my experience is to show that I have a lot to draw upon in order to understand the issues that you bring to our discussions. I've been in good and bad jobs, good and bad relationships, good and bad circumstances. Even the good ones present numerous challenges. Even the bad ones have something to teach us. I've been smart and I've been dumb. I've accomplished things, and I've screwed things up. I can bear compassionate witness to whatever you need to share, and I can say with compassion whatever I think you need to hear.

I am honored that family, friends, and clients have entrusted me with hearing them out, and sharing my observations and understandings in a way that helps them develop theirs. I hope to be of similar assistance to you, either through personal coaching, or through my book, Eat The Strawberries. Eat The Strawberries expresses the foundation of my personal coaching practice, and readers have found it useful in its own right, whether or not they opted for live coaching.

Let's talk

Let's talk – no commitment, no pitch. Since I am retired, there will be no sales pressure on my side. You can contact me here.