Age: 59

Title: Executive director of Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation America.

Degrees and honors: A master’s in business administration from Harvard Business School, studied at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and recently enrolled with the medical school. He was named a Winston Churchill Fellow in 2012 for a project studying new approaches to engaging young Australians in skilled careers.

Employees: 20

Located: 120 Vantis Dr., Aliso Viejo

IWSI America founding: 2018

Author: Job U: How to find wealth and success by developing the skills companies need (Penguin, 2015), and Attract, Retain, Develop: Shaping a Skilled Workforce for the future (Fast Company Press, 2025).

Employers in Ready Willing and ABLE: California State Society of Opticians, Healthcare Career College, West Los Angeles College and the Uniquely Abled Academy.