Continuous Learning & Education

I keep adding technical depth to the marketing leadership layer.

Formal education and leadership training are part of the foundation. More recently, my learning has moved deeper into fintech operations, payments, compliance, data and the regulatory environments that shape how marketing can actually execute.

Formal Education

  • B.A., Marketing Communications, with concentration in Sports Broadcasting & Communications.
  • Professional teaching certification, Level II.

Leadership & Project Management

  • Advanced Management Certificate.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) credential completed.
  • Bid / Proposal Professional certification completed.
  • Training in organizational change, stakeholder engagement, agile leadership, coaching, mentoring and team management.

Marketing, Analytics & Competitive Intelligence

  • Competitive intelligence architecture and activation training.
  • Content Marketing, SEO and Digital Marketing certifications.
  • Google Ads and Google Analytics certifications.
  • Ongoing training in search, conversion, customer journeys, attribution and AI-enabled marketing operations.

Fintech & Regulated-Market Knowledge

  • TCPA consent, outreach permissions, opt-out / suppression logic and customer communications.
  • KYC / CIP, identity-verification concepts and customer onboarding controls.
  • BSA / AML, OFAC, CTR / SAR concepts and regulated financial-services operations.
  • FCRA, ECOA / Regulation B, UDAAP and fair-lending considerations.
  • PCI DSS and payment-card security concepts.
  • ACH / payment-flow and transaction-processing concepts.
  • Gaming-regulatory and Title 31 considerations relevant to payments and operator communications.
  • Continuing study of FINRA communications / advertising considerations and broader financial-services marketing requirements.
The items in this section are presented as working knowledge and continuing professional education unless a specific credential is listed above. They are not presented as legal licenses or regulatory certifications.

Why It Matters

For regulated marketing, the strongest leaders understand enough of the product, data, operations and rules to ask better questions before a campaign gets built. That is the direction I have intentionally developed toward.