Selected engagements

• 2024 to nowAthletic department program reviewsThe PICTOR Group. Consultant on its High-Performance Project, reviewing medical and performance programs for NCAA Division I athletic departments, including UC San Diego and Arkansas: staffing and structure, return-to-play processes and protocols, and how medical, performance, and coaching staff work together.
• 2024 to nowPerformer healthcare at seaNext Stage Performance. Built and run a managed service delivering physical therapy, athletic training, and performance medicine for cruise line entertainment (clients include Virgin Voyages). Now developing a tiered strength and safety assessment for aerial performers.
• 2026 to nowA clinical education program from zeroAugustana University DPT. Site partnership network, clinical instructor pipeline, Associated Faculty program, and course assessments mapped to CAPTE and NPTE standards.
• 2026 to nowLeague-wide biomechanics educationA professional sports league. Education content behind a league-wide biomechanics assessment program.
• 2021 to 2023Embedded performance programU.S. Army Special Operations Command. Tactical athlete program development and performance data analytics inside a fully integrated multidisciplinary team.
• 2018Health policy and codingAmerican Physical Therapy Association. Represented APTA in CPT code development at the AMA CPT Editorial Panel.
• 2015 to 2020Hip Preservation Program and clinical leadershipMemorial Hermann. Chaired the Hip Preservation Program and led protocol development across more than five post-operative programs, built internal learning modules, founded and chaired the hip and dry needling special interest groups, chaired the annual symposium, and coordinated the sports residency site.
• 2024 to nowMilitary performance and wellness educationVanguard XXI. Educational specialist in physical performance and health and wellness for the firm’s military division.
• 2017 to 2020Research and curriculum leadershipEIM and Kinetacore Education. Director of Research and lead for the certification curriculum capstone, after joining as an instructor in 2015.
• 2019 to 2021National professional leadershipAASPT Sports Performance Enhancement SIG. Practice co-chair, research chair, and membership chair, and production editor for the academy’s research review.

Now

• 2024 to nowNext Stage Performance, Director of Operations and COO
• 2020 to nowCJ Performance Solutions, Owner and Principal Consultant
• 2024 to nowDungeons & Dynamometers, Co-founder
• 2026 to nowAugustana University, Director of Clinical Education and Associate Professor
• 2024 to nowThe PICTOR Group, High-Performance Project Consultant
• 2024 to nowVanguard XXI, Educational Specialist, Physical Performance and Health and Wellness (Military Division)
• 2024 to nowBridge Physical Therapy, Physical Therapist and Consultant, Miami
• 2024 to nowNext Level Physiotherapy and Performance, Physical Therapist and Consultant
• 2024 to nowCreighton University, Adjunct Faculty
• OngoingPT Inquest, Podcast Co-host

Before this

• 2023 to 2024Washington, DCPhysical therapy and performance consultant to the U.S. Space Force on its Continuous Fitness Assessment research and human performance programming.
• 2021 to 2023Fort Bragg, North CarolinaPhysio and human performance consultant with U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
• 2020 to 2021Colorado Springs, ColoradoPhysical therapist for Air Force Special Warfare (13th ASOS). Faculty for the USAF Academy tactical sports and manual therapy fellowship. Covered the Colorado Grizzlies rugby club.
• 2019 to 2020Auckland, New ZealandResearch master’s degree (MPhil) in biomechanics at AUT, studying rate of force development. Lecturer in the physiotherapy program, clinician at In Good Hands Physiotherapy, and coverage for North Harbour Rugby and Tennis New Zealand.
• 2014 to 2019Houston, TexasMemorial Hermann Ironman Sports Medicine Institute. Clinician, sports residency faculty and site coordinator, and chair of the Hip Preservation Program. Adjunct faculty in Texas Southern’s athletic training program, and Olympic lifting coach and seminar instructor. Covered two IWF World Weightlifting Championships and Houston Arrows rugby.
• 2014Louisville, KentuckySports performance fellowship with University of Louisville Athletics, clinical work at Frazier Sports Medicine, and teaching at Bellarmine. AASPT Sports Traveling Fellowship.
• 2012 to 2013Columbus, OhioSports physical therapy residency at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Clinical instructor for physical therapy students and more than 250 hours of on-field coverage, including Division I rugby.
• 2010 to 2012St. Augustine, FloridaDoctor of Physical Therapy with honors, University of St. Augustine.
• To 2010Ruston, LouisianaBS in kinesiology, Louisiana Tech, cum laude. Physical therapy technician and personal trainer while in school.