Early Inspirations Lead to Career Path

With such early focus and determination, I went on to Cornell University and then straight to grad school at the University of Michigan – mostly through great scholarships intended not only for academic excellence but for strong focus and execution toward career goals (the Cornell Tradition Scholarship was and is a great program as well as the Consortium for Graduate Studies in Management – not sure I would have been able to achieve such great education levels without these scholarship honors). While in mid career I decided not to pursue a CEO position in a large corporation (most of my generation bailed out on this one), I was able to manage some of the best brands in the world (Always, Lysol, Resolve, Woolite to name a few) as well as have an imprint in many technology products and concept strategies with a 10-year horizon. Many of the concepts we worked on in IBM back in 2002 are just coming to fruition now, things like RFID tags and Telematics as well as location-based services and SaaS. I definitely feel blessed and privileged to have had such great formative years and inspiring role model organization and individual. I only hope that my writings and value generation I now do for my clients will touch other kids out there. Believe me, you can do what you like and be happy. That’s all that counts. If you want to read a bit more about my formative, college and work years fell free to follow this link to my blog: