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About Me

My life and career continue to intertwine and that is what makes life so much fun. I am a recovering engineer who now works with clients to help them acquire and develop talented individuals who will help their organizations grow. I have a passion for helping others and spend most of my waking hours trying to find new, more efficient ways to improve or grow either my own firm or the organizations I work for or volunteer with.

Location:
United States, Franklin, TN
Current organization:
Ryan Search & Consulting
Current role:
principal
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Retained Executive Search, Leadership Development & Team Building, Recruitment Process Outsourcing-RPO, Executive Coaching, Collegiate Sports
I am:
Activist, Blogger, Business mentor, Change Agent, Christian, Connector, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Public servant
Associations:
SHRM - Society for Human Resource Management, Rotary International, Scouting
Languages:
English
My website links:
Ryan Search, Southern Sports View, Dan's blog
Universities:
Peabody College, Vanderbilt, Murray State University, Tennessee State University
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More About Me

I'm passionate about

I get really excited when I get to see people change and grow. I have been on some outstanding professional journeys and enjoy helping others plan for their own.

An idea worth spreading

The only constant is change. Those who want to stay the same will only continue to fall behind.

Talk to me about

Helping other people grow, both personally and professionally. I am also very interested in coalition building within communities.

People don't know that I'm good at

I am a decent codewriter. Don't want to become a developer, but I know enough to get around.

My TED Story

Still working on this one..

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    A comment on Conversation: The Right of Free Travel (visa-free) for Every Human Being on Planet Earth

    Aug 21 2011: I like the thought of free travel, but in practice we have too many people with less than positive intentions regarding their reason for visiting another land.
    I enjoy the opportunity to visit with and learn about other cultures, but in this political, war torn world we live in there are others who have plans to make their travels less pleasing for those they visit.

    If we could guarantee that all travelers would "live and let live" than visa-less travel would work. We are far from that ideal place.

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