While I was in college, I worked part-time as a car salesman at CarMax Mid Rivers. There, I was the first person to reach and maintain "President's Club" status as a part-time employee. During college I came up with the business/marketing plan for the Hero Culture app. After gathering quotes from developers and realizing that I couldn't get the necessary funding, I decided to take on learning everything myself in my spare time. After graduation, I went full-time and held a multi-record-breaking month (4 records in one month: most cars sold in a month, most extended service plans sold in a month, most cars bought in a month, while also maintaining the highest customer rating) in the shortest month of the year (February 2019). 

After the 2020 car-market change, I became a licensed insurance agent for AAA. By my 3rd month I led the office in sales and customer satisfaction, outselling tenured agents that had been in the business from 9 to 25 years. All throughout, I had been studying personal development, psychology, and learning how to build an app to help people reach their potential. I officially founded Hero Culture LLC in September 2021 and had my first app demo that following January. In June 2022, I went all in on Hero Culture, taking out a personal loan and dedicating all my time and resources to finish development of the app and start marketing the business. 

On April 6th, 2023, Hero Culture was launched on the Apple App and Google Play stores in the United States. It would roll out worldwide in the months following. Funding, building, and running an entire social app by myself was the hardest thing I have ever done. 

I built the Hero Culture App to help individuals develop positive mindsets and foster personal growth. During the process, I learned a lot about user experience design, project management, and customer engagement. While I’m proud of what I accomplished, I’ve decided to focus on pursuing new opportunities where I can leverage my skills in a collaborative environment.