Years of Experience: 40

I started off in the communications technology field while serving with the U. S. Navy - this is where I gained foundational skills in problem recognition and troubleshooting. When I founded my first communications business, I fell in love with every aspect of being an entrepreneur. Forty years later, I still can't wait to get to work. In my experience, business is about putting the right team together that shares your philosophy and work ethic, and then motivating and training that team to recognize and solve business problems - for both your customers and yourselves. All of my businesses have had outside salespeople and service technicians, so I understand the inefficiencies and costs associated with a field-based workforce. The common thread running through all of my experience is figuring out how to apply technology to solve real business problems that matter. My customers have allowed me to offer this service for them over the past four decades, and for that I am grateful.

Years of Experience: 34

Rising through the ranks of 100,000 employees at Fortune 50 Motorola for over 12 years taught me how to solve customer problems with wireless technology, and how big companies act and succeed. Working as a senior manager in a $27M heavy construction firm taught me how to operate virtually every component of a business, from keeping machinery up and running on job sites, to managing personnel in a blue collar/union environment. Starting and running my own company with a field service division for 10 years taught me how to make the right decisions on a daily basis so I could be sure to meet payroll every week. Finally, working the last 10 years with wireless data, routing and scheduling software and vehicle tracking systems has taught me how this type of technology can be a real "game changer" for almost any organization with workers in the field.