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TJ speaks about adversity, resilience, leadership, entrepreneurship, failure, rebuilding, personal responsibility, purpose, and growth.

His signature messages are built around real-life experiences including military service, loss, entrepreneurship, business failure, rebuilding, and leadership.

TJ currently offers three primary keynote programs:

• From the Ashes, I Rise — Turning Adversity Into Purpose, Leadership, and Success
• Rock Bottom to Rocking It — What Failure Taught Me About Building a Business and Myself
• The Battle After the Battle — Leadership When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan

Most keynote presentations can be structured between approximately 30 and 60 minutes depending on the event format, audience, and goals.

Longer sessions, leadership discussions, panels, and workshops can also be discussed.

Yes. While the core message and personal story remain authentic, TJ works to understand the audience, organization, event goals, current challenges, and desired outcomes before the presentation.

Examples, emphasis, stories, and takeaways can then be tailored to make the message more relevant to the people in the room.

TJ’s message is designed for a wide range of audiences including:

• Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
• Corporate Leadership Teams
• Associations and Conferences
• Veteran and Military Organizations
• Management Teams
• Emerging Leaders
• Employee Events
• Business Peer Groups

Yes. As an Army veteran, TJ speaks about service, leadership, transition, identity, purpose, adversity, and finding the next mission.

Veteran-focused events can be tailored specifically around military transition and leadership after service.

Yes. In addition to keynote presentations, TJ is available for panel discussions, moderated conversations, fireside chats, leadership discussions, and selected media appearances.

Yes. Speaking opportunities outside the local area can be discussed as part of the event planning and booking process.

Travel requirements and logistics will be reviewed before the engagement is finalized.

Coaching is designed primarily for entrepreneurs, business owners, executives, leaders, veterans, and individuals navigating major growth, transition, setbacks, or leadership challenges.

Common coaching areas include:

• Leadership Development
• Personal Accountability
• Decision-making
• Business-owner Mindset
• Resilience
• Purpose and Direction
• Entrepreneurship Challenges
• Transition and Rebuilding
• Confidence
• Difficult Conversations
• Prioritization

No.

Coaching is focused on clarity, accountability, leadership, decision-making, personal growth, and forward action.

It is not a substitute for mental-health treatment, medical care, legal advice, financial advice, or other licensed professional services.

Coaching begins with an initial conversation to understand your goals, current challenges, priorities, and whether the relationship is a good fit.

If both sides believe the engagement makes sense, the structure, frequency, expectations, and goals can then be established.

Yes. Entrepreneur and business-owner coaching is one of the primary areas of focus.

Topics can include leadership, business maturity, accountability, growth, people challenges, decision-making, setbacks, and moving from operator to leader.

Yes. Coaching can focus on transition, identity, purpose, leadership outside the military, career direction, entrepreneurship, resilience, and defining the next mission.

Coaching conversations are intended to provide a private environment where clients can speak openly about leadership, business, transition, challenges, and personal goals.

Yes. TJ is open to selected podcast appearances and interviews focused on entrepreneurship, leadership, military service, adversity, business growth, resilience, failure, and rebuilding.

Yes. Media, interview, panel, and guest appearance requests can be submitted through the contact page.

Yes. The Media page will eventually include downloadable professional photos, speaker bios, keynote information, media assets, and event-planner resources.