At 17, I wrote a goal on a piece of paper: own my own business by age 30. I spent the next 12 years defining what that business was going to be, but my purpose was clear. I wanted to help others by finding them employment. That goal became a reality in 1988, when I co-founded a national staffing company that grew to operate in more than 20 states. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, I saw, first-hand, the changing needs of the contingent workforce and understood the vital role flexibility and technology must play moving forward. In 2017, I guided the company’s transformation into MyWorkChoice, which embraces flexibility to provide a dependable, consistent workforce for our clients.

I co-founded a commercial staffing company with my wife, Tana, in 1988. It has been amazing to watch the rapid transformation of so many industries in the last 10 years alone, as tech startups have disrupted everything from how we shop to how we watch TV. The staffing industry has remained largely unchanged, and businesses and hourly workers are suffering as a result. MyWorkChoice has embraced innovation and, in doing so, transformed the way the people work, and the way businesses meet their needs.

I fell into staffing 32 years ago. Along the way, I found my purpose and appreciation for the profession. The realization came later that you are able to share in one of the top 5 most important decisions of a person’s life. Helping people find income, put food on a table, realize second chances, and put kids through school is a privilege. This has also given me a deep insight to the challenges of many blue-collar workers in the U.S. My goal in my last stage of my career is to find ways to make this work better for the both the companies and the employees I work with every day.

Throughout my career, I have managed and led companies in industries ranging from telecom to medical device manufacturing. In this, I have found that my work purpose is to build strong teams with vibrant cultures that deliver exceptional results. I chose to join MyWorkChoice because of its mission to redefine how work gets done by empowering people to find work-life balance, proving that this is not only possible for the contingent workforce, but successful for companies. With the increasing pace of life today, choice has an incredible impact on people’s lives, and, in turn, they are more engaged, productive, and energized employees.

This is an exciting opportunity to apply everything I’ve learned over a 30-year marketing career with consumer goods, B2B, and professional service brands to help MyWorkChoice disrupt the contingent workforce industry and empower the working world. I know firsthand how important and special I felt when my Mom, also an hourly worker, managed to get off work early to cheer for me at after-school sporting events. My confidence soared! A flexible workforce model enables more hourly employees the freedom to manage their own schedules and spend time with their children— imparting the same sense of loving support I enjoyed. I’m humbled by the small role I can play if just one child experiences a cheering family member being there when it matters most.