Born in 1954 in a small blue collar town in Western Pennsylvania, Skip has lived a life full of
opportunities of a lifetime at full throttle, following his maybe wrong but never in doubt
philosophy. A life full of extraordinary successes, devastating tragedies, and spectacular mistakes
and failures. All of which he owns, has embraced, is grateful for and from which he has learned
many valuable lessons. Both personally and professionally.
Skip was raised by his figurative “grandmother” on $12.50 per month of child support after his
parents’ third and final divorce. He was the first person from his small town to graduate from an
Ivy League college, where he excelled at both football and track as a linebacker and javelin
thrower. He then went on to earn an MBA. He paid for his undergraduate and graduate educations
by working as a construction laborer during the summers and through school loans all of which
he repaid before their due dates.
Skip had an accomplished career, building and managing with three partners a $750 million
venture capital company during which time he helped numerous entrepreneurs and their
employees realize their personal, professional and financial dreams. He then became the CEO of
an essentially bankrupt medical device company, pioneering new medical science and
commercializing a revolutionary new device for the treatment of drug resistant epilepsy and
severe depression which improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and created over
$1 billion in shareholder value.
Skip has faced and overcome several unimaginable personal and professional tragedies including
his mother’s lifelong battle with addiction demons and her ultimate suicide, and the recent sudden
death of his 32 year old veterinarian daughter. In 2006, completely false options backdating
allegations destroyed his career, reputation and net worth and took away his identity, dreams and
opportunity of a lifetime to improve the lives of others. Until he decided to write “Mastering You
from the Inside Out” and provide you with everything he knows now that he wishes he knew then
and share with you a proven formula and tools to master you and survive and thrive personally
and professionally regardless of what life throws at you, including Covid 19.

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