I founded Luminos and launched Acendance because I have a passion for helping people advance in their careers.
When I left home as a young man, I had $100, a cheap compact car, and 4 days worth of clothes. I had no job and no prospects. Worse yet, I had no clue how to get a job, much less manage my career.
But I was lucky enough that just the right people said just the right things to me at the right time. I will be forever grateful for the advice and wisdom I got at those key moments.
The insights people shared with me completely changed my understanding of jobs, careers, companies, employment, and economics in general.
And by learning the right thought processes from these early experiences, I was able to progress rapidly into a highly successful and satisfying career. I quickly graduated magna cum laude, worked for a prestigious management consulting firm, then spent a couple decades helping high tech startups in Silicon Valley find their markets and grow their revenue.
Much later, as a successful tech industry executive, I looked back at my career and realized that the most satisfying part of it was helping others with their careers by giving them the same sorts of insights that had been bestowed upon me decades earlier.
I've driven millions in sales for Silicon Valley tech companies, successfully launched innovative tech products, and grown tech startups to profitability. But none of those accomplishments are as personally satisfying to me as helping others advance in their careers.
That's because, when I help someone "see the light" as others helped me do when I was young, their lives are often changed forever for the better, just as mine was.
So I launched Acendance with the goal of helping as many people as I can to get the same insights, wisdom, and advice that completely changed my own life for the better so many years ago.
