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His path to performance coaching is unique. He first performed onstage at the age of seven in a production of The Mikado. In school, he performed as a drummer and then as trumpet player from elementary through high school graduation. In college, he made his start as a stand up comedian, producing a weekly open mic night show at a hotel lounge in Blacksburg, Virginia while majoring in Theatre Arts at Virginia Tech University’s School Of Performing Arts. He also hosted and DJ’d his own radio show at the college station’s WUVT FM. The stand up comedy show found much success and in its second year relocated to a bigger venue adjacent to the campus.
While still in college, Doc was invited to open for comedian Ellen Degeneres at an on campus taping of HBO’s Comic Relief. Soon after he decided to become a professional entertainer. He toured the United States and Canada as a standup comedian and stage hypnotist, headlining comedy clubs, colleges, and companies. A conversation with comedian friends led to him relocate from the Washington DC metro area to Haight Ashbury in San Francisco.
In 1998, his agent helped land him an audition spot at the the Improv in Hollywood. He was one of twelve comedians, selected from a field of over two thousand auditioners worldwide, who performed at the New Faces Of Comedy Showcase at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Later, he was invited to New York City to perform on Comedy Central’s Two Drink Minimum with host Jake Johansson and comedians Mark Maron and Dave Atell. While on tour, he recorded a live sold out show at the Funnybone in Boise, Idaho which led to the release of a stand up comedy album, Global Village Idiot.
He continued his education in personal growth and development and completed numerous trainings at such locations as The Institute Of Heartmath, Hypnotherapy Training Institute, The Monroe Institute, The International Academy Of Holodynamics, NLP Maron, and INLP Center.
He made a sudden career change when he was offered the role of Director of Personnel Development and Director Of New Products And Services for a nationally known company. He acted as executive coach to the senior leadership team and trainer for workshop programs for the company employees.
Later, he started his own executive coaching business, consulting with high performance clients from such diverse organizations as the NBA, NCAA, PGA, NASCAR, World Series of Poker, Zappos, Country Music Association, Playboy, Warner Music Group, Oprah Winfrey Network and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.
He has appeared in the media on television, radio, the web and in print on The History Channel, PBS, Comedy Central, Spike TV, the Bob and Tom Show, Big Biz Radio, Zo What? Show, Business Rockstars, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Success Magazine, Business Insider, Fast Company, Psychology Today, and Huffington Post.
He is certified as a coach mentor, hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, and reiki master teacher. He is a member the International Coaching Federation and the National Guild Of Hypnotists. He is host and producer of his radio show, American Dreamtime.
Reviews
Threshold (2019)
A Film Worth Watching
I watched Threshold twice. The director, crew and cast seem to have an intelligent vision and story in mind with this movie. That became apparent to me in my second viewing. I let go of my judgements arising from the challenges of the budget and decided to value what was accomplished within those limitations. By the end of the film, I wondered what the director's next project might be. I've seen many first feature films by writer directors where by film's end I believed that the artist will be quite successful in the future. Watch and see what you think.