Alumni
Communication Studies
Franz Center
Portland Magazine
June 20, 2019
This article is part of a series of profiles of Entrepreneur Scholar alumni. University of Portland's Entrepreneur Scholars program is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019.
Class of 2000
Major: Organizational Communication
I created an executive management seminar, specifically business training for parish pastors/priests.
Pastors are responsible for running (sometimes) multi-million-dollar businesses, but they do not typically receive any business training. Priests were asking for this.
I started “Windy Media” in Chicago, worked for a division of Infinity Broadcasting for two years, then moved to Reynolds and Reynolds, then medical sales, and am now selling for Dell Technologies.
Anything is possible. The entrepreneurial spirit is alive in any career path you may choose—even if it entails working for someone else. An entrepreneur is a self-starter who finds creative ways to solve problems—those skills have served me well my entire career.
Creating a vision, setting a path, and sharing them.
Risk.
I care. I truly care about people, their experiences with my company, and their impression of me and my level of support/ service. This quality is definitely both a strength and weakness—it keeps me up at night, but I directly attribute it to my success.
I met a woman on an airplane—we were both flying stand-by and got the last two seats. She worked for a well-known medical device company. That chance meeting led to a successful 11-year career.
PHOTO: Jimena Peck
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