IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY

I began my career 30 years ago with Hewlett-Packard supporting an executive level sales team focused in the rapidly transitioning telecommunications industry of the early 90's.  I spent a decade rising through the sales ranks and into their Professional Services Organization as a high level consultant all the while receiving world class training in executive level sales, sales management and project management consulting services.  I was fortunate enough to be involved in both the sales and project management of some of the largest and most technically advanced research and development projects of the times including the first broadband internet delivery system that became TimeWarner’s Roadrunner Service.

I loved the employee-centric company culture that the founders, Bill and Dave, formalized in 1957 and instilled in every aspect of their company that was known as “The HP Way”.  I had every intention of staying with HP through retirement and was well on my way up their corporate ladder until two significant events occurred.

First in 1996, I suffered the loss and death of my best friend and roommate to a tragic car accident that sent me into an existential crisis.  It was the beginning of my search for meaning and true understanding of this incredible experience we call life.

Second, HP suffered the loss of it’s founders and was taken over in 1999 by Carly Fiorina who decimated the HP Way within 6 months of her start date sending the entire company into an existential crisis from which it has never recovered.

With a heavy heart, I left HP in late 1999 and began a journey of self discovery both personally and professionally that has taken me far beyond anything I could have imagined at that time.  In fact, I’m writing a book about it that will be published relatively soon.

A few of the business highlights are:

• Managing a high profile Smart Homes Technology project involving a team of over 200 people from three multi-billion dollar companies with reporting to all three CEO’s.

• Starting up a small publishing company to write and publish a children’s book dedicated to my two then infant daughters.

• Managing the sales of a 384 unit $52M condo conversion project that overlooked the picturesque Austin 360 Bridge and downtown skyline.

• Assisting in the startup of the Austin division for the nation’s largest solar installer by taking the lead role in sales and breaking long standing company sales records.

Please feel free to reach out if you would like more details about my background or if it seems like I may be a good fit for you and your organization’s current needs.  I will be happy to provide all of the specifics and assist in your efforts if it is indeed a good fit for us both.  

I am at a place in my life where I am able to choose who I would like to work with and the sort of efforts that are in alignment with my soul and purpose in this lifetime.  I hope that is the case with you and that we are able to connect when the time is right for us both.  There is only one way to find out…

Thank you for your time and attention.

Namaste,

Eric