I am an executive coach based in Ojai, California. My coaching 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, where I built a successful practice supporting hundreds of water polo athletes in advancing their athletic careers. Though my early work focused on sport-specific mechanics, I quickly discovered that the most significant breakthroughs emerged when clients addressed challenges across all dimensions of their lives. Inevitably, struggles in one area impacted their potential in the water.

After retiring from playing water polo professionally, I worked in finance at Goldman Sachs before earning my MBA from Stanford. At Stanford, I co-founded BridgeAthletic, a company in the human performance technology space. As CEO, I led the business for over a decade, raising ~$9 million in capital and achieving cash-flow break-even. Today, BridgeAthletic serves thousands of elite training organizations worldwide, including more than half of all U.S. professional sports teams. Since founding Bridge, I have launched ventures in design, construction, and hospitality.

Leading teams over the last 20 years has given me an intimate understanding of both the technical and emotional dimensions of leadership under extreme pressure. In 2014, I began working with my coach, Ed Batista. His guidance has supported me for more than a decade, unlocking a version of my life I couldn’t have imagined when we sat down for our first session. What started as simple survival mechanisms—meditation to quiet the mental noise, woodworking to replace anxiety-driven drinking, yoga to channel the intensity I’d once poured into water polo—gradually became doorways into something deeper. Over time, these practices evolved from coping strategies into invitations to discover who I was beneath the roles and expectations.

As my anxiety and stress decreased, my sense of contentment grew. Today, I am proud of how I spend my time because my work is connected to a powerful why, rooted in my truth. It is from this place that I launched my coaching practice, in service of fellow seekers committed to making a meaningful impact through how they choose to walk through this life.

Most mornings, I begin my day with tea ceremony, meditation, journaling, and movement. These consistent practices have held my inquiry and guided me toward a life of aligned service, where my reasons for showing up are clear and my projects are chosen with intention. Beyond coaching, I am both an operator and an artist. I manage a portfolio of real estate development projects in the Pacific Northwest, run a high-end cabin manufacturing business in Monterrey, Mexico, and craft ceremonial teaware to support others in their own tea practices.

Who I Coach 

I coach entrepreneurs and operators who are seeking support to lead their organizations more effectively and achieve their goals, whatever those goals may be. I work with individuals at an inflection point—those who have reached a summit in their life and are exploring the question of what comes next. I continue to support athletes of all levels who are looking to elevate their performance.

How I Coach

I am very comfortable with stillness and silence. In the tea ceremony practice I facilitate, I have seen profound breakthroughs emerge from sessions held entirely in silence. While the intention of our coaching is conversational, I invite space and quiet as a catalyst for insight. 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 practice helps wash off the day and allows us to arrive fully. From this place, I invite you to suggest a jumping-off point. As the client, you are tasked to define the agenda. I will further and deepen a conversation-- I will shine a light on what feels important to explore, but I won’t dictate what is discussed.

Over time, our work typically focuses on recurring themes and builds depth. I believe in the Sufi proverb: “A journey of a thousand miles starts with one breath.” Real transformation unfolds gradually, as we make new choices and walk in a new direction. Defining that direction and identifying actionable steps are often central to the work. That said, a session can also zoom into the details—helping you work through a specific issue that is top of mind, whether it’s a tactical problem, preparing for a high-stakes conversation, or solving a design challenge. I believe this balance of big-picture orientation and detailed execution makes coaching truly valuable.

For new engagements, I ask for a commitment of at least two sessions per month for a minimum of three months. While I don’t strictly enforce this, I expect this intention going into the work together.

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 ground where your own insights can take root and flourish. The coaching relationship creates a container where questions become pathways, reflection leads to revelation, and possibility expands beyond familiar horizons. In a sense, I am here to help you articulate your true voice and deepen your understanding of your own knowing.

What draws me to this work is witnessing the moment a client reconnects with their own wisdom—when something shifts, not because I suggested it, but because together we created the conditions for clarity. 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 already within you. The mentor says, “Follow my path.” The advisor says, “Consider this direction.” 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. But these moments remain in service of the core coaching relationship—one grounded in the 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 what has 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.