I am a performance leadership coach based in Ojai, California. My teaching practice draws from my background as a professional athlete, entrepreneur, artist, designer, and builder. Through a balance of guided inquiry, structure, and space, I support my clients in unlocking a cohesive vision for their life and career.

I began my coaching and mentoring journey as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. I built a successful practice that has supported hundreds of water polo athletes in advancing their athletic careers to the next level through 1-1 sessions. Though my practice initially focused on sport-specific mechanics, the most significant gains emerged when I helped clients identify and address areas of focus across multiple dimensions of their lives, recognizing that challenges in one area inevitably impacted their potential in the water. This experience taught me that human performance operates as a dynamic equation: the inputs we choose to focus on directly shape the outputs we achieve. In those early years, success was measured simply—helping athletes advance to the next competitive tier. But even then, I could see that the principles transcending the pool held far greater implications for unlocking human potential.

After retiring from professional water polo, I worked in finance at Goldman Sachs before earning an MBA from Stanford. At Stanford, I co-founded BridgeAthletic. As CEO, I led the company for over a decade through raising ~$9 million in capital and achieving cash-flow break-even, ultimately establishing it as a leading digital platform serving thousands of elite training organizations worldwide, including over half of all U.S. professional sports teams. Beyond Bridge, I have launched ventures in design, construction, and hospitality, most recently managing the development, design, branding, and operations of a ~$75 million real estate portfolio, named ROAM America. These diverse experiences shaped my understanding of leadership under pressure and the interplay between vision, resilience, and execution.

Having successfully led water polo teams from when I was 9 years old all the way up to the highest levels of sport, the entrepreneurial journey presented an entirely different kind of performance challenge. Leading a team through years of grinding—inspiring growth while maintaining morale, raising capital with limited resources, and navigating near-insolvency with clarity—gave me intimate familiarity with both the technical and emotional dimensions of leadership under extreme pressure. This crucible forced a profound reckoning. The relentless stress pushed me inward in ways that competitive athletics never had, catalyzing a search for practices that could sustain me through uncertainty.

During this time, I began working with my coach, Ed Batista, whose guidance has supported me for over a decade. What began as survival mechanisms—meditation to quiet the mental noise, woodworking to replace alcohol consumption that was causing anxiety, yoga to channel the intensity I'd once poured into water polo—gradually revealed themselves as pathways to something deeper. These weren’t just coping strategies; they were invitations to discover who I was beneath the roles and expectations.

How I coach:

I am very comfortable with stillness and silence. In the tea ceremony practice that I facilitate, I have seen profound breakthroughs come from a session comprised entirely of silent meditation. While the intention of our coaching is conversational, I invite silence and space for inquiry. I believe the best way to see clearly through a muddy pond is to let the water settle.

I start each session with a simple breathing exercise that offers a moment of stillness and presence. This stillness washes off the day and allows us to land fully in the session. From this place, I invite the client to suggest a jumping-off point. From there, the agenda is defined by the client. I will deepen our conversation into a topic, shine a light on something I think is worth exploring, but I will not define what is discussed.

The arc of a coaching relationship will typically focus on common themes, building depth over time. I believe in the Sufi proverb: “A journey of a thousand miles starts with one breath.” I don’t believe significant change happens overnight or even in a single session. Real transformation unfolds over time, as we make new choices and walk in a new direction. Defining that direction and identifying actionable steps are often central to the work. With that said, a session can also zoom into the weeds—helping a client work through a specific issue that is top of mind. That could be a tactical problem, preparation for a high-stakes meeting or communication, or a product design challenge. I believe this balance of high-level orientation and detailed execution is what makes a coaching engagement truly valuable.

Who I coach:

I am now dedicating my practice specifically to executive and life coaching. My focus centers on two groups.

·       Entrepreneurs and operators who are seeking support to lead their organizations more effectively and achieve their goals, whatever those goals may be.

·       Individuals at an inflection point—those who have reached a summit of their life and are exploring the question of what is next.

What is coaching?

There are many versions of coaching today, and I think it’s important to define my approach within the broader landscape of advice and mentorship. The field of personal development has become increasingly crowded, with various modalities overlapping and sometimes blurring together. My coaching practice has been shaped by my teachers Ed Batista and Martha Beck, whose philosophies have helped me craft an approach that honors intuitive wisdom while providing practical frameworks for transformation. Their influence weaves through my work, informing both methodology and presence.

Coaching, at its essence, is an art of presence and discovery. As a coach, I don’t position myself as the holder of answers, but rather as a companion in exploration—someone who cultivates the fertile soil where your own insights can take root and flourish. The coaching relationship creates a sacred container where questions become pathways, reflection leads to revelation, and possibility expands beyond familiar horizons. In a sense, I am guiding my client toward a deeper articulation of their true voice and a broader understanding of their inner knowing.

What draws me to coaching is witnessing the moment a client reconnects with their own wisdom—that instant when something shifts, not because I suggested it or directed it, but because together we created the conditions for clarity and insight. In our work, I bring tools of inquiry, frameworks for understanding, and a quality of attention that illuminates what might otherwise remain hidden.

While mentorship offers the gift of modeled experience and advising provides the clarity of expert guidance, coaching honors the inherent wisdom that already lives within you. The mentor says, “Follow my path.” The advisor says, “Consider this direction.” But the coach asks, “What path is calling to you beneath the noise and expectations?”

In my practice, I recognize these approaches aren’t rigidly separated—there are moments when sharing an experience or offering a resource serves your journey. Yet these moments remain in service to the core coaching relationship—one built on the foundational belief that you are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole.

My approach has been shaped by teachers who emphasized deep listening, by traditions that honor the wisdom of the body, and by my own experiences of transformation through powerful questions rather than prescribed answers. Each session becomes a collaboration—a dance between structure and emergence, between the known and the yet-to-be-discovered.

What continues to inspire my devotion to this craft is witnessing clients recognize their own capacity to author their lives with greater intention, awareness, and authenticity. The coach doesn’t create this capacity but helps clear away what obscures it, revealing the brilliance that has always been present.