Curriculum Vitae
I was born & raised in Mendocino County on California’s North Coast
US Navy
- 1992-1994 Air Defence Artillery and Military Police
- Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf
- 1994-1997 Hospital Corpsman (Fleet Marine Force)
- Emergency Medicine, Field & Combat Medicine, Trauma Life Support
- US, Okinawa, S. Korea, Guam
- Pacific Haven, Freedom Banner
Bachelor years
- 1997-2002 University of California, Santa Cruz
- BA in East Asian Studies – China, India, Middle East
- Education Abroad – Beijing Normal University
- 2002-2009 Beijing, China & Northern California
- Taught, learned, lived, laughed, loved
- Built an IT company and reinvented many wheels
Graduate years
- 2010-2012 Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School
- Global MBA in Management & Marketing
- I4H: San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru
- D2M: UMD Robotic Exoskeleton
- 2012-2017 Corporate Project Management & Consulting
- 2017-2018 Medical Cannabis Dispensaries & Business Consulting
- Management, Education, Interpening and Cannabis Science
The End of Suffering
- 2018 “Enough is enough, there must be a better way”
- Pain, Suffering, Depression became Drive, Vision, Insight
- I chose to live and be happy
- Epiphany and Understanding
- 2019 Living a life of purpose, love, joy & constant wonder at the beauty of life
- Established Alternate Paradigm to help others through the darkness
- Became a Meditation & Mindfulness instructor
- Do yoga, connect, write, share, dance, love fully, & help everyone I meet