Experience

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  Sports performance group

  Jan 1988 - Dec 2015

  Founder and director

  Founder and Director of award-winning fitness-consulting company that worked with hundred of private clients and companies throughout New England. SPG performed more than 30,000 training sessions for individual, group and corporate clients. SPG included a staff of 6-10 certified personal trainers that was originally based in Boston before moving to Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. The company was named Best of Boston by Boston Magazine in 2000 and was included on Men's Journal Dream Team and Top 100 Trainer in America lists (@MensJournal, 2004 & 2005). Show less

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  Tufts university

  Apr 1994 - Aug 1999

  Sr. exercise physiologist

  Team member. Nutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory. Responsible for cutting-edge research in the field of aging and exercise. Duties included evaluating research subjects strength, body composition and metabolic levels for various research studies. Co-author on ten scientific research papers and abstracts.

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  Fitforall.com

  Aug 1999 - Dec 2000

  Program director

  Developed exercise programs for a variety of populations that were featured online for this insurance-backed (BCBS) health and wellness dot-com start-up. The company employed some of the biggest names in the mind/body, health, nutrition and fitness industries.

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  University of connecticut

  Jul 2001 - Aug 2002

  Assistant strength and conditioning coach

  Responsible for developing and implementing year-long strength and conditioning programs for six NCAA athletic teams. Worked with and monitored hundreds of D1 student-athletes while assisting other coaches and additional teams. Also taught an undergraduate strength and conditioning courses during this time period. Had the privilege of working under some of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the country including Gerard Martin, MS, CSCS and Andrea Hudy, MS, CSCS.

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  New england sports academy

  Aug 2002 - Dec 2003

  Director, strength and conditioning

  Built and developed a 4,500 square foot sports performance training center located within a 40,000 square foot training facility that focused primarily on gymnastics. Responsible for the day-to-day operations of a full-time staff of coaches and personal trainers who worked with young athletes from a variety of athletic disciplines.

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  Velocity sports performance

  Dec 2003 - Sept 2005

  Business director

  Involved in all daily operations of running the business including finding and developing the second Velocity Sports Performance franchise in MA at the time. Managed a staff consisting of a sports performance director and six performance coaches who focused on conditioning and speed development with athletes of all ages. Developed and ran sports-specific athletic combines. Previously employed as the Director of Business Development at the VSP Sudbury, MA location.

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  Koko fitclub, llc

  Aug 2005 - Oct 2017

  Chief fitness officer

  Responsible for overseeing Koko FitClub's coaching, customized strength training, nutrition, and audio-based cardio program development. Development included 150 strength training programs and more than 500 audio-based cardio programs that were performed on treadmills and elliptical machines. During a typical month members completed more than 205,000 customized training sessions across the franchise system if 130+ clubs. Additional duties included training both franchise owners and staff in all aspects of coaching. Show less

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  Michael wood fitness

  Apr 2015 - now

  Founder

  Michael Wood Fitness advises clientele on managing a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. The company offers a suite of products including consulting services and content development. Their mission involves changing lives through nutritional and exercise strategies based on their TBC30 philosophy. The original company, the Sports Performance Group, Inc., was established in 1988 and voted Best of Boston by Boston Magazine in 2000. The award-winning company had offices in Boston and Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Their clientele has included some of the biggest names in the academic, business, athletic and entertainment industries. Show less

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  Technogym

  Oct 2018 - Mar 2020

  Regional business developer

  Leveraged decades of industry experience in providing a total wellness solution for luxury residential, boutique hotel, and country club segments throughout New England and Upstate NY. Technogym also offers the most complete after sales product in the Industry. "Exercise is Medicine: So let's move for a better world."

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  Jefit inc.

  Mar 2020 - now

  Develop and manage content for website and award-winning strength training tracking & planning app with >12 million member database. Jefit is a mobile fitness application that exists for both Android and iOS devices. Responsible for the development and management of all health and fitness-related content. Our award-winning strength training planning & tracking app, has been downloaded more than 20 million times.

  • Content Manager

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Content Management Consultant

    Mar 2020 - Jun 2020