I didn't just study high performance—I crashed and burned my way to understanding it. After collapsing from exhaustion in a C-suite role, I dedicated my life to finding a better way.
10+
Years Researching Elite Performance
It was 2:47 AM in a hospital emergency room when I realized the corporate playbook was broken. As a VP at a Fortune 500 company, I was running a $400M P&L, managing 400 people, and constantly ranked as a "high potential" leader. I was also 35 pounds overweight, sleeping 4 hours a night, and had just collapsed walking into my son's birthday party.
The doctor gave me a choice: Change everything or prepare for a cardiac event before age 40. That night started a decade-long obsession with understanding how elite performers—from Navy SEALs to Olympic athletes to Fortune 100 CEOs—sustain peak performance without sacrificing health, relationships, or sanity.
What I discovered shocked me. The most successful people weren't working harder. They were using entirely different systems—ones that prioritized recovery, deep focus, and strategic energy management over brute-force hours. I spent the next 10 years codifying these systems, testing them with executive teams, and developing what I now call The Performance Trinity™.
"My mission is simple: to eradicate burnout from the corporate world by giving leaders the tools to perform at their best while living full lives."
Academic rigor meets real-world application
"The Performance Edge" (Harper Business, 2019) - WSJ Bestseller
MBA Wharton, BS Psychology Stanford, Executive Coaching
Featured in HBR, Forbes, Fast Company, TEDx Speaker
Top 30 Leadership Speakers (Global Gurus), 40 Under 40
Certifications & Memberships
Proud dad of two and husband to Sarah, a pediatric surgeon. We live in Austin, Texas where we compete in triathlons and embarrass our kids at school events.
Training for my 3rd Ironman while researching the connection between physical endurance and executive decision-making.
Obsessed with pour-over coffee, collects vintage typewriters, and cannot resist a good dad joke (despite my family's protests).
Radical honesty, fierce kindness, and relentless curiosity. I believe the best leaders are students first.
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