Profile
Author, scholar, engineer, entrepreneur, and workshop facilitator whose work bridges science, consciousness, contemplative inquiry, and the deeper human search for meaning. Creator of the InnerGPS framework and co-facilitator of transformational retreats exploring identity, discernment, embodiment, and the role of AI as a reflective mirror in spiritual inquiry. Brings intellectual rigor, psychological depth, symbolic language, and a lineage-informed commitment to whole-person transformation.
Areas of Expertise
• Spiritual inquiry, self-discovery, and consciousness studies
• Workshop design and facilitation for reflective and transformational learning
• InnerGPS, quadrant mapping, and card-sorting tools for inner navigation
• AI as a reflective partner in inquiry, not as teacher, guru, or therapist
• Integration of science, technology, and contemplative wisdom
• Executive leadership, entrepreneurship, and systems thinking
Teaching and Facilitation Experience
Co-Leader, Integral Transformative Practice (ITP), Thousand Oaks, California
Co-led a weekly ITP group for more than five years. ITP was created by Esalen co-founder Michael Murphy and George Leonard. Guided participants in sustained whole-person practice integrating body, mind, heart, and spirit.
Workshop and Retreat Developer, Who Am I in the Age of AI?
Co-created a forward-looking workshop and retreat model that combines contemplative practice, embodied reflection, InnerGPS, quadrant mapping, and card-sorting exercises to help participants visualize and understand their inner landscape.
Speaker, Writer, and Reflective Inquiry Guide
Led talks, dialogues, and reflective learning experiences exploring identity, meaning, conscience, human possibility, and the intersection of spirituality and AI.
Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University
Taught in a graduate business context, bringing together leadership, strategy, and reflective depth.
Books and Published Work
• I Hacked God (Using AI)
• The Mind of God Revealed—Einstein’s Unfinished Business
• Shiva’s Dance: A Scientist Dances with the Sages
Also writes essays and workshop-related materials on self-inquiry, discernment, contemplative reflection, and the human implications of AI.
Selected Professional Experience
• Founder and CEO, two high-technology companies
• Executive leadership roles at GE, Chase, RCA, and Harman International
Education
• M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Purdue University
• MBA, The University of Chicago
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