Meet Jay

I didn't start my career as a coach. I started by learning how to contribute on a team. Then how to lead one. How to grow a territory, then help grow a company. How to build strategy, and eventually how to lead the people responsible for executing it.

And like most leaders, I learned a lot of what not to do by getting it wrong the first time. Somewhere along the way, through both success and failure, I found my footing professionally.

What I wasn't prepared for was how lonely leadership could feel.

The higher you go, the fewer people there are you can speak honestly with. You realize pretty quickly there are things you can't say to your team, things you can't say to your colleagues, and even things you struggle to explain to the people who love you — because they simply haven't carried that kind of weight before.

At some point, every leader faces a choice: try to figure it all out alone, or invite trusted advisors into the process. I was fortunate to find a handful of people who came alongside me at critical moments and helped shape me into a better leader — not just professionally, but personally.

Over time, that experience became more than an observation. It became a conviction. And eventually, it became the work I do now. Today, I have the privilege of walking alongside leaders as they navigate many of those same challenges, passing on the perspective, tools, and hard-earned lessons others once gave me to help me find my way.

For thirty years, I've worked alongside CEOs, founders, and senior executives — mostly leading companies between $5M and $100M — as a coach, a strategic planning facilitator, and a thinking partner. The leaders I work with are experienced and capable. They're also often carrying more than anyone around them knows. They don't need more frameworks or another book recommendation.  They need a thinking partner who asks the right questions and stays in the room long enough to matter. Perhaps I can serve you in the same way.