A psychologist and scholar-practitioner whose work integrates positive psychology, contemplative science, and coaching research. He founded the Positive Psychology Institute (PPI) as an academic research and education platform dedicated to developing, evaluating, and refining an integrative, psychology-based coaching methodology grounded in empirical evidence, contemplative traditions, and systems-level models of human development.

His academic and professional trajectory reflects a sustained effort to bridge psychological science, leadership research, and applied behavioral change. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School with a focus on organizational leadership and decision-making under complexity, and later served as an Executive Fellow at the school. He is also a Professional Fellow at the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

His doctoral research in psychology focused on applied positive psychology, awe, resilience, and psychophysiological markers of well-being. This work emphasizes methodological rigor, mixed-methods inquiry, and the integration of subjective and objective outcomes in coaching and well-being interventions, including the use of validated self-report measures alongside physiological indicators such as heart rate variability. Additional postgraduate training at the University of Pennsylvania and the C. G. Jung Institute of the Northeast informs his scholarship on meaning-making, symbolic cognition, and adult psychological development.

He established the Positive Psychology Institute to address the need for greater theoretical coherence, empirical grounding, and integration with established psychological science within the coaching field. PPI operates as a research-informed platform advancing coaching methodology as a legitimate applied discipline, with a strong emphasis on transparency, measurement, and alignment with contemporary developments in psychology, neuroscience, and contemplative science.

His contemplative training includes advanced study with Dr. Daniel P. Brown of Harvard Medical School in Indo-Tibetan attentional and insight-based practices derived from the Mahāmudrā and Dzogchen traditions. He has also completed formal training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) under Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, grounding his work in established mindfulness and behavioral medicine research frameworks.

His professional credentials include board certification in coaching and advanced training across multiple evidence-aligned modalities, which serve as applied laboratories for theory-to-practice translation.

At PPI, these experiences are synthesized into a comprehensive integrative psychology paradigm that prioritizes human flourishing, ethical influence, and long-term developmental outcomes.

Through the Positive Psychology Institute, he is committed to advancing the scientific foundations of coaching, supporting rigorous education and practitioner development, and contributing to the maturation of coaching psychology as a research-driven, humanistic discipline.

PPI actively invites collaboration with researchers and practitioners through ongoing studies and pilot programs that integrate psychology, neuroscience, and contemplative science to inform the future of coaching.