About
I was born in Roseville CA in the tumultuous 60’s (1966). My Father, born in Pensacola, FL was the oldest son of one of the first 100 Chief Master Sergeant’s in the Air Force. My mother, the Daughter of a home builder and an original entrepreneur, is a California Native. I was destined to be a trailblazing, independent, figure it out, business owner. My parents moved to Southern California in the early 70’s and this is where I grew up until 2006. I attended High School at Woodcrest Christian School and graduated in 1984. I started college as a pre-med student at Loma Linda University and then on to California State University San Bernardino graduating in 1989. In order to pay down some of my student debt, I applied to the California Highway Patrol and given an academy date. Due to budget cuts in California I was “wait listed”. I was accepted into the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Academy and graduated with high honors eventually going on to work for the Federal Government and the Riverside Sheriffs Department in Special Investigations, Advanced Officer Training, along with other assignments which allowed me to enhance my career. I began a masters degree program in Criminal Intelligence at Cal State Fullerton while in that program I met other professionals working in the personal protection business. After leaving my law enforcement career I began working for an international clothing brand assigned to the brand’s owner as his personal security. This experience, taught me the many benefits of being in business for yourself with the personal financial freedom and opportunities business ownership gives to you. I worked in that capacity for a couple of years and then purchased my first business, a windshield repair franchise. It had an exclusive license to use a patented long crack repair system. While building that business, I met a number of business owners and trailblazers eventually leading to my involvement in cable television marketing and creating a start-up called Video Services Marketing. This led to an opportunity in Silicon Valley and a contract with Pacific Bell and other large telephony companies across the country. I eventually sold VSM to two of the managers I hired and took a year off to spend with my first child. Through many of the contacts and relationships I developed, I was contacted by a former employee who offered me a position with an insurance brokerage firm owned by Cendant Corporation. I worked my way into developing affinity partnerships creating joint marketing relationships with banks, credit unions and other associations which substantially increased sales to Cendant’s Long Term Preferred Care insurance marketing division. Cendant decided to sell off that asset and my position was no longer needed, so I became an independent insurance broker, advising high net worth clients in asset preservation and protection. Through those relationships, I learned that real estate was the last great asset that not only protected wealth but protected it from taxation. Capitalizing on those relationships I began buying, refurbishing and re-selling residential real estate ultimately becoming a real estate broker in Florida and Alabama. After the housing collapse in 2006, I began to look for the place that would be great for my kids, offer me access to a beach and had huge upside real estate potential along with minimal taxation. So I returned to the birth place of my father and the training grounds of my grandfather, Pensacola Florida. Today , I’m proud to be associated with Sunbelt Business Brokers and Gulf Pacific Financial and Development Services Inc. a real estate, insurance and restaurant development and marketing company with billions and billions in sales. I am a happily married father of 5 children ages 3 to 21. My oldest daughter is a senior at the University of West Florida, my youngest daughter is a Junior at Florida State University on her way to law school. My oldest son is a senior at Pace High School and my #2 son is a Freshman at Pace High School. My baby likes to eat and play with trucks. My wife is a successful restaurant and food truck owner who for the past 6 years operates Carmelinas On The Go and Carmelinas Cafe.