Frontier was recognized by AdWeek as one of the nations' "Top 50 Interactive Agencies;" by Deloitte & Touche as one of the "Fast 50," a list of the 50 fastest growing technology firms in the mid-Atlantic region; and by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of the 100 fastest growing private companies in the Philadelphia region. In 1998, I was honored to be recognized as "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the local Chamber of Commerce.

Realizing that time was right, I decided to sell Frontier in May of 1998 to Icon CMT, a NASDAQ traded company based in Weehawken, NJ. In doing so I earned my investors a 70X return on their investment. Four months later, Qwest Communications (NASD: Q), acquired Icon CMT for its Internet infrastructure and professional services capabilities. At Qwest, I served as Senior Vice President in charge of Strategic Consulting where I built a nationwide staff and worked closely with Qwest's major account teams to develop Internet and e-commerce strategies for Fortune 100 corporations. I left Qwest in the fall of 1999 to launch my own consulting firm and worked with a wide variety of start-up entrepreneurs and venture capital firms in fund-raising and due diligence efforts.

From 2001 to 2002, I served as CEO for Vertical Alliance, Inc., a VC-funded enterprise CRM application developer in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Very quickly, I repositioned this technology product company into an ASP (application services provider) for the sports and entertainment ticketing industry and within nine months found a strategic buyer for the company.

From 2003 through 2006, I worked with the CEO and management team of Advanced Automation Associates, Inc., based in Exton, PA, to refine their strategy for factory automation services and to take on a more global view of their markets. As a result, the company launched a new recurring business model called APlus Support Services. In 2007, the company entered a joint venture with Engro Innovative Automation (Pvt.) Ltd., a global provider of industrial automation and engineering support products and services.

In 2004, I served as interim CEO for RealTime Media, an online marketing firm based in King of Prussia, PA. While there, I streamlined operations and established a new market position for the company - compliance-based marketing - which leveraged the company’s expertise in the legal aspects of web marketing. In addition, I helped to recruit a new full-time CEO, and I continue to serve on the board of directors of this growing company.

In 2005, I served as interim COO for Qbit, LLC, a data compression software firm in Bethesda, MD co-founded by John Sculley, the former CEO of Apple Computers.

From 2005 to 2007, I worked with Complete Healthcare Communications, Inc., a medical communications company in Chadds Ford, PA to launch a subscription database called PubsHub.com, and helped guide the company through a successful acquisition in 2007 by MediMedia, Inc.

During 2007 and 2008, I worked on a variety of web business strategy initiatives and provided consulting services to Ace Designs, Inc. in Philadelphia, PA and their consumer photo framing website called FYOP; Speech Level Singing LLC, the world’s leading training organization for singers, based in Los Angeles, CA;  Enzymatic Therapies, one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of vitamins and nutritional supplement, based in Green Bay, WI; and Ocular Telehealth Management in Philadelphia, PA, which provides retinal screening services in primary care physician offices; and personal branding advise to Jason Scheff, lead singer of the rock band Chicago.

I serve on a number of boards for area companies and non-profit organizations including AnySource Media; FMP Media Solutions; ColorQuick; the External Affairs Committee of the Penn Center for Bio-Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania. I’ve lectured and conducted workshops at Drexel University, Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and Penn State’s Great Valley campus. I serve as the President for the Charlestown Hunt Homeowners Association, representing 335 homeowners. Most recently, I co-authored a book about Philadelphia-based entrepreneurs entitled, “Dream, Inc.”

I earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in journalism in 1983 from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and I live with my wife and three children in Charlestown, PA.