Who We Are

While in the Army, Joe was recruited as an Intelligence Officer and served during Panama, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Desert Storm, working with the Central Intelligence Agency, the Special Operations Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Air Force Intelligence, and the Naval Intelligence Service.

Following his military and intelligence career, and after a period of personal unrest, Joe spent a 20-year career with a large fire and rescue department, was a tactical paramedic assigned to the SWAT team and participated in high-risk warrant service, barricades, and hostage situations.

Separately, Joe participated in negotiations for both labor and management, wrote comprehensive policies and legislation that changed the culture of the department, and ascended to Chief Officer where he successfully managed all organizational legal and human resource matters for the Department including arbitration, mediation, depositions, and federal litigation at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

During his time in emergency service, Joe completed a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Sciences/Psychology and a Master’s degree in Management/Leadership from Johns Hopkins University. He also ran a successful martial arts school, trained in Japan, and placed third in the World Full-Contact Championships in Romania. With his background and training, Joe was chosen as a member of Tony Robbins’ personal Executive Protection Detail and served there for years.

Using his experience in real-world strategic and tactical analysis, his studies into psychology, motivation, leadership and human behavior, Joe is primed for using his experiences to continue to build surefire strategies for success.