Welcome
Thanks for stopping by. I have always enjoyed writing and sharing knowledge about things that I’m passionate about – even if no one reads it…hah! My goal with this site is to share my experiences in small business management, finance and my main recreational pastimes, bikes and the outdoors.
My Biography
I have had a fun and diverse career. My most recent full time desk job was as CEO of Westone Laboratories. After leaving Westone in late 2013 after a private equity transaction, I was (and still kinda sort am) a strategy and CxO consultant to the US market leader in the industrial hemp space (i.e., non-psychoactive cannabis products). Throughout my career, I have had a serial pattern of joining small businesses that are under-capitalized and/or under-managed, and trying to make good things happen.
I started my career with the Houston office of PwC (Price Waterhouse & Co. back in the day). After several years in the audit department of PwC, I joined several PwC alumni at a real estate development company that was developing First Colony, a large master planned community. I was CFO of this company until 1998, when we moved to Colorado for lifestyle reasons – a smaller town and an outdoor lifestyle. For more detail on my business background, click the “Biz Background” tab at the top of this page.
I grew up in East Texas – deep behind the “pine curtain.” A little known fact is that I was an All State musician in high school, and I was a music major my first year of college at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. After that first year, I completely lost my mind and got an accounting degree. I am still a “recovering” CPA and CMA.
Business and Executive Advisory Services
I am available to assist unique and special situations where business owners and entrepreneurs are committed to achieve transformative growth, profitability, and operational excellence. I enjoy developing business strategy, competitive advantage and focusing on execution to increase enterprise value for a potential recapitalization, merger or sale. Please contact me to discuss how I can help. Business advisory services will be provided through Alpine Advisory Group.
My Contact Information
You can contact me using the contact page on this site, or you can connect with me on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
Site Information
This blog is built on WordPress (self-hosted). I use the Genesis Eleven40 theme by StudioPress. Local web and SEO guru swanie helped me with the initial setup, plugin selection and general startup. The photographs on the site are either my personal iPhone photos, or they were obtained from iStockPhoto. The site is hosted by WP Engine.