Your Changemaker Voice in Leadership and Innovation

How I Empower Leaders

Areas of Mastery

Leveraging decades of Fortune 500 leadership, filmmaking storytelling, and athletic discipline to deliver compelling talks, strategic advice, and creative productions.

With more than 25 years of experience in executive and management leadership roles, he has worked with globally recognized organizations including Texas Instruments, Accor, Siemens, PepsiCo / Frito-Lay, Ernst & Young, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

An accomplished speaker and thought leader, he has delivered presentations in more than 100 cities across 40 states, three Canadian provinces, and four continents. His speaking topics include leadership, soft skills, artificial intelligence, change and risk management, and building the mental toughness needed to succeed in high-performance environments

His accomplishments and exploits have been featured in the business, technical, travel, and sports sections of major newspapers, publications, and media outlets across the country. This includes ESPN’s The Undefeated, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Runner’s World, PMI Today, Southern Living, Run Singapore, Sports & Travel, Texas Runner & Triathlete, Black MBA Magazine, Dallas Morning News, the Ft. Worth Star Telegram, Ebony (twice), and the Journal of Accountancy. He’s also been interviewed on radio, television, and podcast programs around the world, including several NPR stations, Black America Web, CBS, NBC, Good Morning Texas, and Arise-TV.

Film Festival Awards - Best Biographical Feature Film / Best Director / Best Documentary Feature Film / Best Documentary News Story Over 30 Minutes / Best Documentary Short Film / Best First Time Documentary Film / Best Historical Short Film / Best Human Interest Story / Best Inspirational Film / Best Interview Format, Talk Show, or Podcast / Best Music/Song / Best News Story/Public Information / Best Original Song for a Feature Film / Best Short Film / Best Short Social Message Film / Best Social Impact Film / Best Sports Documentary Feature Film / Best Sports Film / Best Sports Short Documentary / Best True Story (Documentary Style) / Best Women Empowerment Short Film / Best Women Short Film / Best Women's Documentary Short Film / Most Inspiring

As a Certified Distance Running Coach, he won trophies in biathlons (running and bicycling) and in road races ranging from 5K’s to 26.2-mile marathons. He’s one of about sixty people in the world, who completed the marathon hat trick. This consists of finishing (1) at least one hundred marathons on (2) all seven continents, including Antarctica, and (3) in all fifty States. He’s also completed over fifty marathons in one state, Texas. He was inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame (2022), the National Black Distance Running Hall of Fame (2017), and Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame (2026). He is the first Black in world to run marathons on all seven continents. Subsequently, his running clothes and other artifacts are with Washington DC’s Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. ​​​​​​​

He was honored at the 130th Boston Marathon for his leadership in the running community.