About
The Point of It All
Every chapter of my life has been about the same thing: showing up, learning the craft, and leading from the front.
I am a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), where I recently completed my PhD with a dissertation on trust, leadership, and human dignity inside one of the world's great jiu jitsu teams. Before academia, I served for over half a decade as a U.S. Army officer, with deployments across the Middle East in Air Defense and alongside the Air Force.
Along the way I earned a 2nd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Professor Renzo Gracie, lived and studied in Brazil, and found that the mat teaches the same lessons as the military and the academy: humility, discipline, and trust in the people beside you.
Today I live in Switzerland, where I research, teach, write, and coach, and where I still put on the gi several times a week.
