About

Magazine and Publishing Industry
David walked into United Airlines corporate office without an appointment to try to meet with a person he talked to for a few seconds when he was transferred to the wrong department. . He walked out about 40 minutes later with a signed agreement to create and publish a new Golf Magazine for United Airlines. The magazine would replace the 2nd largest Golf Magazine in the world and be placed on 146,000 flights per issue making it the third largest read golf magazine in the world with its first issue. 

Sports Industry
Created an unprecedented high speed visual motion analysis system which records from 4 cameras simultaneously. David, offered the equipment as a business opportunity quickly getting the attention of Entrepreneur Magazine and Small Business Opportunity Magazine. Entrepreneur Magazine listed this business in their annual Franchise and Business Opportunities Start Up's special issue. The system was used by multiple Universities (including Notre Dame), PGA Instructors (including the National PGA Instructor of the Year) and more.

Membership Association

Created a national monthly fee based membership program targeting senior adults, providing valuable information, benefits and data. Membership grew to the thousands within a few months. 

Internet Phone Service

David was brought on as a strategic consultant for an Internet Service Provider (ISP) who had expanded to quickly. After prematurely expanding to 8 major cities in the Midwest the ISP struggled to acquire the customer base needed to support the expansion.  David rebranded the service and offered it to a large telephone company to rent the modems as an overflow system. The ISP immediately saw 7 figure revenue the first year.

eCommerce

Negotiated and created relationships to launch the first licensed NASCAR online store without having an actual brick and mortar store front. This provided David with a major advantage over all other retail stores by being able to sell products online before most stores even opened up on Monday morning. 

Launched an online multi category store with over 1 million products and hundreds of brand name manufacturers. He then split the website into 6 different categories and offered them as a business opportunity of 6 different predeveloped websites.

Golf Industry
Took a struggling start up golf equipment company and strategically developed it into one of the most well-known companies in the industry.  He used a strategic move of doubling the selling price of the clubs to separate it from the competition and creative branding techniques. The company was successfully branded it as one of the finest golf clubs in the world.  Within one year the company was written about by almost every golf magazine in the country.

While golfing only five times in his life, David identified the need for a new golf product to address a void in the industry. He quickly created and developed the product. Within months the new product received the coveted “Top Ten Most Innovative and Beneficial Products in the Golf Industry” award given by the Professional Golf Teachers Association of America, beating out some of the golf industries largest and most established companies. The product received this award before it was ever released and shipped to stores. All without spending a penny in marketing or advertising.

Financial Services Industry
Developed and owned 12 Financial Services offices around Chicagoland with over 200 Representatives, servicing Thousands of Clients.

Music Industry
Created and produced a National Christian Singing Contests partnering with a TV and Radio Station to promote the contest. The winner received a red carpet style experience recording at one of the most respected recording studios in Nashville.

Real Estate Industry
Developed a 98-acre (220 home) subdivision. The project broke ground within 90 days of my first visit to the village to discuss the possibilities. This quick time frame is unprecedented in real estate development. 

Contract Flipping

Developed a process to get properties and businesses under contract and then sell the contract for a profit, without ever taking ownership or risking money. In most cases it only took $1 to $10 to get the contract.

Fundraising Industry
Created an unprecedented Fundraising program, offering residual revenue to the organizations along with programs that replace the local fundraising concept to a national platform. This has been used by one of the largest Children’s hospitals in the country, schools, churches, organizations.

Water Filtration Industry
Developed a highly respected Residential Water Filtration Company with offices in Illinois and Indiana. This led to David' writing the book "What's in my Water?". David was quickly looked at as an industry expert on water quality and called upon by a major Chicagoland newspaper to review the findings of the Illinois Department of Health test results on a Chicago Suburban water quality issues. 

David has spoken to medical professionals at an annual Illinois Medical conference on the subject of drinking water and contaminants.

Festival and Event
Stepped in to relaunch the 30 year running Chesterton Wizard of Oz Festival after it had been retired for 2 years.  After discussions with Warner Brothers Studios he signed their official spokesperson as the festival’s Master of Ceremonies. He then had the Chicago Southland Convention and Tourism Bureau volunteer their marketing, planning and strategic departments to help. David then moved the festival from Indiana to the Chicago southland. 

Manufacturing Industry
Identified a way to enhance service and client confidence for a manufacturing company by creating and launching a cutting-edge Web-based tool which established a virtual office for the client, allowing the clients to log into a secure area of the company's computer system and track start date, product runs and all aspects of their order.

Automobile Industry
​​Created an unprecedented automobile emission reduction device lowering carbon emission from vehicles by over 99% at idle and 30% under driving conditions (as tested by an EPA approved emission testing facility) David also received a letter of recognition from the state Lt. Governor and was asked to be part of the state's Biofuels Working Group.

Counseling Industry
Gained incredible exposure for a Chicago area Counseling Center by developing a very unique approach to their services. He negotiated the usage of a commercial Boeing 737 at no charge to conduct an onboard Fear of Flying program while the aircraft was on the ground.  Media exposure with major newspapers and other outlets was secured at no charge. What makes this so incredible (besides getting it all done at no charge) was it was done after the heightened airport security guidelines were implemented after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

Business Sales Incentive Industry
Created and developed a unique Sale closing incentive program which immediately  increased company's sales by up to 100% and more without having to spend  days, weeks or months improving the sales representatives presentation or closing skills.

Author
Wrote,  self-published, promoted and sold his first book to major national book retailers, such as Barnes and Noble, Borders, Amazon and more,  including book signing dates at Barnes and Noble.

Speaker
David has spoken to Thousands of people at training seminars, municipal venues, public forums and medical conferences and have been used by a major Chicagoland newspaper as an expert to review information by a state department. 

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