Over The Wall

07/14/2025

I spent an amazing afternoon with Rick Houston at his studio inside NASCAR Tech in Mooresville, NC. It was a fantastic trip down memory lane! Our stroll produced several podcast episodes that included our conversations. Thank you Rick and Steve Waid for all you do to keep NASCAR history alive! Here are the links to the Episodes which include me…...

I spent an amazing afternoon with Rick Houston at his studio inside NASCAR Tech in Mooresville, NC. It was a fantastic trip down memory lane! Our stroll produced several podcast episodes that inclu…

07/14/2025

I had the chance to sit down with one of my old Stanford teammates, Brian Johnson and his cohost Jasper Spanjaart. "BJ" was a great athlete as our quarterback, but that was only his sports backup plan. He played 13 years of professional baseball and spent another ten years with the SF Giants pro scouting department. Such a great opportunity to catch up with my friend!...

I had the chance to sit down with one of my old Stanford teammates, Brian Johnson and his cohost Jasper Spanjaart. “BJ” was a great athlete as our quarterback, but that was only his spo…

07/14/2025

Hello everyone, I wanted to take a moment to share with you an article that delves into the incredible journey of pit crew veteran Mike Trower. The article, available on NASCAR's site, paints a vivid picture of Mike's career and the significant impact he has had on the sport. Mike was with us on the 24 Car from the beginning through the 1999 season and then came back for a stint on Jimmie Johnson's #48 later in his career....

Hello everyone, I wanted to take a moment to share with you an article that delves into the incredible journey of pit crew veteran Mike Trower. The article, available on NASCAR’s site, paints…

07/14/2025

I was part of this New York Times Article featuring innovative executive training experiences through the military and professional motorsports. By getting people to think, react and problem solve in unfamiliar situations, you create the opportunity to make lasting impressions and change behaviors quickly! NYT - Executive Training Like Military Boot Camp If your idea of team bonding involves trust falls and awkward icebreakers, Andy Papathanassiou has a very different pitch: wrenching tires off a racecar in a parking lot....

I was part of this New York Times Article featuring innovative executive training experiences through the military and professional motorsports. By getting people to think, react and problem solve …

02/07/2023

What happens in Vegas...

Figuring out a way to do pit stops in the Caesars Casino ballroom is quite a logistical feat! It involves giant freight elevators, a large space, midnight setup, spotlights, cameras and lots of help. It's worth the hassle because it brings the lessons of teamwork, communication, leadership and problem solving to life for the audience. Many have never a NASCAR race, never mind been within arm's length of a real race car. A truly memorable event!



What a great way to kick off 2023 with ASSA ABLOY Group and 700 attendees at their national sales conference. Thank you Jessica McGrath, MBA, CMP and your team for all the hours of help you traded for hours of sleep!

07/21/2022

Recently I had the pleasure of joining two true-blue NASCAR fans - regular guys - that turned their love of racing into a podcast where they delve deep behind the competition and explore behind-the-scenes topics that make the sport tick. They turned their passion into action and entertainment for other fans. Thanks for having me on your show guys!

Recently I had the pleasure of joining two true-blue NASCAR fans – regular guys – that turned their love of racing into a podcast where they delve deep behind the competition and explor…

07/21/2022

Many thanks and much appreciation to Kelli Anderson for her work on this article, published in the Stanford Alumni Magazine (Stanford Alumni Association), which highlights my career with professional pit crews. If you want to know more about NASCAR pit crews, ( and really, who doesn't?) take a look. Pit crews are a high performance, process oriented, precision team, existing in a world that judges human performance in tenths of a second....

Many thanks and much appreciation to Kelli Anderson for her work on this article, published in the Stanford Alumni Magazine (Stanford Alumni Association), which highlights my career with …

10/28/2021

Thank you Corcentric for having me speak in San Antonio, at the 2021 Fleet Maintenance Conference - Driving Success Through Collaboration. Your first live event since Covid. The speed at which your world is changing, through AI and automation, demands an equal amount of energy be put into problem solving and innovation. You've got to have answers before the questions even get asked!

10/27/2021

On September 16, 2021 I delivered a rousing Keynote for AvidXchange, Inc. REVxX2021, an in-person/virtual hybrid event with 400 attendees. One month later, on October 13, 2021, AvidXchange launched their IPO on the Nasdaq and now enjoys a $4.4 billion market cap.

Coincidence?? Unfortunately, I'm not at liberty to say…

What I CAN tell you though, is what makes AvidXchange such a great company. Quite simply, it's in the name…
* Avid - showing a keen interest or enthusiasm.
* eXchange - giving one thing and getting another. We tend to exchange something we have for something we want more. Something of greater value.

So here you have a (now public) payments processing company, providing value to their clients through exchanging paper for electronic payments, that defines themselves not simply by the profitability of their technology, but more importantly, by the enthusiasm of their work force. When your teammates and coworkers are, quite literally, avid about what they do and how they work together to help others, success and growth are sure to follow. AvidXchange has learned that lesson 4.4 billion times over.

Thank you to CEO Michael Praeger and Senior Director, Chris Elmore for making me a part of your event and congratulations to all the AvidXers I met during my time on campus, for your amazing achievement!

10/27/2021

Recently, I had the good fortune to join Thinqshift, a leadership training and organizational re-design house, for their periodic internal get together and catch up, presented here as a podcast, called, Solidarity Hour. When the goal is to create fabulous leaders who are tasked with reinventing the world, your idea and innovation toolbox needs to be deep and wide. To this end, the guides and coaches at Thinqshift - quite accomplished on their own - seek out new sources of inspiration and add them to each other's....

Recently, I had the good fortune to join Thinqshift, a leadership training and organizational re-design house, for their periodic internal get together and catch up, presented here as a podcast, ca…