Prior to FAU, he was President and CEO of Landrum & Brown, Ltd. which oversaw the efficient operation and maintenance of large-scale facilities in the Middle East. The company was primarily responsible for performance measurement and service evaluation in building trades, utility service, transportation and engineering. He was also a Principal with Booz, Allen & Hamilton, where he served as Project Director for the management and productivity evaluations of local government functions at Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. He also served as Project Director for evaluations of federal agencies including Federal Rail and Federal Aviation Administrations.