Driven to Launch

Dear friends and colleagues… and future friends!

I moved to Orange County from Florida four months ago, and I would like to be involved in projects and activities in the capacity that I do best — launching projects, programs, events, and different initiatives. I have huge experience in launching projects in business, government, research, and global organizations, and I truly enjoy this process. I also have some unique qualities and capabilities that help me launch faster and better than anyone else.

What I Do Best

I have experience with all stages of launching projects — strategy, ideation, research, resource development, marketing, planning, execution, operations, partnerships, scaling, and much more.

And when necessary, I can do all tasks myself. I’m certainly happy to delegate and work with the team, but when needed, I can work independently, very promptly, and literally around the clock: creating websites, apps, and media; collecting and analyzing data; writing proposals and pitching projects; launching marketing campaigns and managing social media; hosting stakeholder meetings; planning and executing events; measuring performance; and basically everything else that needs to be done.

And when I say “quickly,” I mean really quickly — I can collect and analyze primary data from a thousand respondents in 24 hours, develop and launch an app, prototype, online course, or experiment in a day, and organize and fill a mid-size event in a week when it’s necessary.

My Qualities

I also have a unique combination of personal qualities:

  • I am extremely creative — trained intentionally for many years. I even have a dedicated day every week (Sunday) when I don’t eat for 24 hours but just brainstorm, generate, and develop ideas.
  • I am extremely prompt — often many times faster than most people, especially now when I can collaborate across three screens with GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Python, and many others.
  • I am very strategic — always keeping long-term goals in mind.
  • I am very analytical — constantly building models, patterns, and frameworks everywhere.
  • I am highly stress-resilient — and I actually feel I thrive under pressure and tight deadlines.
  • And yes, I am very reliable — I keep promises and never miss deadlines.

My Background

My background includes:

  • CEO, partner, and founder in large and small businesses
  • Government leadership as Director of the Business Development Administration
  • Development and leadership of the largest stage-gate innovation and startup pipelines
  • President, national president, and board chair in international organizations
  • Leadership of global research initiatives with 26 countries involved
  • Organization of 300+ major business events — innovation forums, investment forums, career days, boat shows, millionaire fairs, trade shows, conferences, etc.

And when I say “organized” or “led,” I mean I fully owned these projects from ideation to execution and served as the lead stakeholder for all of them.

Achievements

What else should I add?

  • I have all possible advanced education — from an MBA, economics, strategic management, data analytics, to cognitive neuroscience, and a Ph.D. from a top-ranked program. Though I understand that nowadays this might be less important than real capabilities.
  • I have multiple awards — national best business event award, national innovation award, National Outstanding People award, best project awards, outstanding paper awards, multidisciplinary research awards, and others.
  • I have hundreds of publications — top international scientific journals, industry magazines, a dozen books, presentations, over 100,000 reads and views, and over a thousand citations.
  • However, I place greater value on practical outcomes. I like tangible, visible impact. I am very challenge-oriented and competitive, and it’s easy to motivate me to work when the project is challenging, significant, and impactful.

Outside of Work

Just a few personal notes — simply to show that I am not a robot and that I do enjoy life beyond launching projects 😊:

  • I love everything related to children’s development — activities, events, contests, and educational programs.
  • I love the ocean — boats, sailing, having designed and produced my own boats, raced, and even crossed the ocean.
  • I love mountains and sky — skiing, snowboarding, hiking, painting mountains, and piloting aircraft.
  • I love all active things — bicycling, swimming, tennis, running, exercising, and many more.
  • And certainly travel — visited 60 countries, stayed in hundreds of hotels, did many tourism research projects, and more. I especially love national parks, boats, RVs, and everything connected to nature.

So, again — if you, your organization, or your colleagues are planning to launch any great projects, please feel free to contact me or share my information.

I respond to all emails and all questions and am happy to meet and discuss projects. I prefer in-person meetings over virtual ones and am always willing to drive or fly to meet and explore ideas or initiatives.

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Links

And finally, some links to my thoughts and publications.