I spent over 20 years in product management in high tech in part because I found building things and then improving them has an incredible capacity to delight people. The more I worked with my own mentors and coaches, and my peers and team members, the more I realized that I enjoy and derive the greatest satisfaction from empowering others and helping them succeed. The longer my career went on and the larger the organizations became I increasingly found myself at odds with what I valued and believed versus the frameworks and mechanisms the corporate world wanted me to impose.

As I discovered more about who I am, how I want to be, and what I want to bring to others, coaching runners turned from a daydream into a concrete plan. I’d always trusted my judgment and intuition, and that gave me the confidence to focus on building a running coach career. In December 2022, I launched MidPack Ventures LLC and MidPack Coaching to turn my dreams into reality. Now, here I am.

With MidPack, I work with athletes 1:1 and in group settings to guide them in learning more about themselves as runners in order to accomplish their goals. I’m interested and invested in you as a whole person and I know running is just one aspect of your life. I don’t tell you how to do things, my approach and plans provide the framework for what to do so you can surprise me — and yourself — with your results. I am Road Runners Club of America Level I certified coach, a USATF Level I certified coach, and a TrueSport certified coach. I’ve been a runner almost my entire life. I’ve competed in scores of races over the years from 5K to 50k on all surfaces from the track to roads to trails to mountain wilderness areas.