Previously he was a candidate for Congress in Colorado. He is the co-author of the Financial Times business book, Breakthrough, Inc.: High Growth Strategies for Entrepreneurial Organizations, the author of the American Bar Association’s Leadership for Lawyers, and co-author of Leadership Development for Educators published by Rowman and Littlefield. He has taught entrepreneurship at Colorado State University, strategic planning in the MBA program at George Washington University, and taught leadership courses at several universities. He is founding director of the Association of Professional Futurists and consults with energy companies and utilities on both the price, supply side and the demand side of future of global energy.