Good programs outlast the people who build them. That’s the standard I work to.
I’ve spent my career inside organizations that ask a lot of their people: Army special operations, the Space Force, a major hospital system, universities, professional sport, and the cruise lines that carry some of the world’s best performers. I’ve treated in those settings, taught in them, and led in them.
Today I run operations for a healthcare company, direct clinical education for a doctoral program, own a consulting practice, and co-founded an education company and a professional summit. The thread through all of it is structure: clear roles, sound processes, and people who know what good looks like.
The roles I hold
- OperatorDirector of Operations, Next Stage PerformanceA directorship that functions as the company’s COO. I run day-to-day operations for a healthcare service provider to cruise line entertainment, including Virgin Voyages: staffing, logistics, program development, business development, and growth.
- Owner and founderCJ Performance Solutions LLC, Dungeons & Dynamometers, Traverse City Tendon SummitOwner and principal consultant of my own practice. Co-founder of an education company for clinicians and coaches, and of a discussion-led summit for tendon researchers and clinicians.
- Academic leaderDirector of Clinical Education and Associate Professor, Augustana UniversityBuilt the clinical education program for a new DPT program. Adjunct faculty at Creighton University, and previously at Auckland University of Technology, Texas Southern, Bellarmine, and the U.S. Air Force Academy fellowship.
- ClinicianBoard-certified sports clinical specialist since 2014Residency and fellowship trained. Patients and athletes from NCAA programs, special operations units, professional rugby, national weightlifting, and the performing arts.
- MentorResidency faculty, site coordinator, and clinical instructorRan the Memorial Hermann sports residency site, mentored students since my own residency at Ohio State, and teach every year for the Wake Forest Division I Sports PT Fellowship.
- ResearcherSeven peer-reviewed papers and a research MPhilForce measurement, return to sport, and clinical testing, including funded Department of Defense work and an expert Delphi panel.
- Professional leaderAASPT Program Committee and 2026 Aspen Ideas: Health FellowRepresented APTA at the AMA CPT Editorial Panel, APTA CSM abstract selection committee, peer reviewer for Sports Health and IJSPT, former research director for EIM and Kinetacore, and former chair roles in the AASPT Sports Performance SIG.
Ways to work together
Consulting
For organizations launching, growing, or realigning a clinic, performance program, academic program, or healthcare service.
- Program design and launchStanding up a new clinic, department, academic program, or service line.
- Program review and realignmentAn outside look at what’s working, then a plan to realign it.
- Operations and fractional leadershipDirector or COO-level leadership, part time and ongoing.
- Testing, data, and technologyProtocols, equipment, reporting, and advice for companies building tools.
Education and speaking
For conferences, universities, clinics, and the clinicians and leaders they develop.
Client care
For athletes, operators, performers, and the events they compete in.
Across the work
Where the work has happened
Special operations and military
- U.S. Army Special Operations Command
- Air Force Special Warfare
- U.S. Space Force
- U.S. Air Force Academy
Professional and college sport
- Professional sport
- NCAA Division I programs
- Collegiate athletics departments
National and international sport
- USA Weightlifting and IWF events
- North Harbour Rugby, New Zealand
- Tennis New Zealand
Performing arts
- Virgin Voyages
- Cruise line entertainment
- Circus and aerial performers
Hospitals and clinics
- Memorial Hermann
- Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
- Frazier Sports Medicine
- Bridge Physical Therapy
- Next Level Physiotherapy and Performance
Universities
- Augustana University
- Creighton University
- Auckland University of Technology
- Bellarmine University