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For thirty years I've worked from the seat closest to the CEO. Right-hand to founders through Series A, B and C, through the raises, the crises, the hires that saved companies and the ones that nearly ended them. I've watched more founders up close, under real pressure, than almost anyone who has never been one. That vantage is what I build from now. The Vanguard Apex is a small, curated room for Series A and B founders who want to push their limits alongside people carrying the same weight. It's built around the edge, F1 in Las Vegas, high-adrenaline days, and real physical challenge. It's also where founders have the conversations they can't have anywhere else, about the circle around them now that the stakes have changed, the cost of the climb, and how they measure themselves once the old scoreboard stops meaning anything. The right ten people, no one performing. What happens there stays there. That's the point. I live at this edge myself. Certified personal trainer for over two decades. USATF Masters sprinter, ranked top 60 in the country in my age group across the 100m, 200m, and 400m. I ride motorcycles, drive supercars, and I'm building an overlanding rig. The adrenaline is how I've stayed clear-headed and kept from resenting the work, and it's what I want to hand founders who lost that outlet somewhere in the climb. Through PhoenixNormand Events, I've designed high-stakes private experiences for principals and executive teams across tech, finance, and legacy institutions, six- and seven-figure productions with no room for error. That work continues under my team. The Vanguard Apex is where my focus lives now. If you lead a company and you want that outlet back, reach out.
The Vanguard Apex is a series of private, high-impact summits for ten Series A and B founders per cycle. The room is small on purpose. Ten founders carrying comparable weight, one guest CEO who has already built what they are building, and four days at the edge together. High-adrenaline days, real physical challenge, and the conversations founders rarely get anywhere else. The circle around them now that the stakes have changed. What the climb costs at home. How they measure themselves once the old scoreboard stops meaning anything. Every seat is by application, and I curate the room myself. Thirty years beside founders taught me that who is in the room decides everything, so fit is the whole job. The whole thing is built so ten people who arrive as strangers leave as the ones each other calls first.
PhoenixNormand Events designs high-stakes private events and experiences for founders, executive teams, and institutions across tech, finance, and legacy philanthropy. Six and seven-figure productions with no margin for error, from concept through on-the-ground execution. My edge here was always curation. Knowing who belongs in the room, what environment moves them, and how to make the whole thing feel effortless to the people inside it.
OrgTruth gives CEOs an unfiltered read on what is actually happening across their people, projects, and performance. It surfaces the risks, misalignments, and hard truths that get rounded off before they reach the top - the gap between what a founder is told and what is real. The output is a clearer picture for better decisions and sharper capital deployment. It comes from thirty years of watching how information moves inside companies, and how much of it never reaches the person who most needs it.
BounceBack is a personal and professional success ecosystem focused on optimal fitness and professional readiness and success. Our clients play an active part in changing their physiologies while also strengthening their personal and professional resolve and focus to consistently reach their goals.
A special-projects role for the CEO, owning the buildout of Replit's new 48,000 square foot Foster City, CA headquarters from empty shell to day one. Led site selection across sixty-two property tours, then design, procurement, and delivery of the finished space. Hired and trained the office manager to run it after handoff.