Indianapolis Roots
I was born and raised in Indianapolis, and my first formation was watching my parents climb. Neither went to college. My dad printed newspapers for the Indianapolis Star. My mom worked from home and was relentlessly entrepreneurial. They were believers who took stewardship seriously, and our family hobby became “leveling up”—flipping items, then cars, then houses.
My brother Jeff and I learned early how to handle rejection. At twelve I had a newspaper route and knocked on doors for new subscribers. Those evenings trained me: take “no” without collapsing, keep showing up, and let consistency do its work.
Olivet Nazarene University
I went to Olivet Nazarene University and played tennis. In class I was a late bloomer, but on the court I was intensely driven. My goal was to become the #1 player, and by my junior and senior years I got there. That was a turning point.
Olivet also gave me Linda. We dated, married right out of college, and moved back to Indy. I joined UnitedHealthcare in sales and stayed nearly twenty years, eventually leading sales. It was a good run, but over time I felt the restlessness: I didn’t want to spend my whole life building inside someone else’s dream.
The Best “Yes”
Linda and I have four kids—three boys and, later, a daughter. The most pivotal decision we made was adoption. Linda came home stirred by a story of adopting from China and asked if we should consider it. I said no—for two years.
Then one Sunday God met me in a way I can’t explain away. On the drive home I told Linda, “Let’s start the process,” and she already knew. Macy is a senior now, headed to Belmont, and we still call that “yes” the best decision of our adult life.
Two Companies, Two Exits
At 44, with our oldest heading to college, I told Linda, “I have to try to build.” Instead of one company, I started two at the same time.
Insurance Specialist Group scaled quickly on 20 years of relationships. Sold to AmeriLife in 2021. Remodel Health was harder—burned cash early, forced patience I didn’t know I had. Brotherhood Mutual invested. ICHRA opened the market. Inc. 5000 five years running, 230+ employees. Sold to Oak HC/FT in 2024.
Bored in 60 Days
I assumed the next chapter would be golf, pickleball, and health routines. After about sixty days, I was bored out of my mind. God was calling me into a different kind of work: raising up the next generation of kingdom-minded entrepreneurs.
We’re also getting local again. Linda and I are building a home in Danville, renovating an old downtown building, and two of our sons are moving nearby.
Companies
2
Built and exited two companies in healthcare tech — Insurance Specialist Group and Remodel Health.
Exits
2
Sold ISG to AmeriLife in 2021. Sold Remodel Health to Oak HC/FT private equity in 2024.
Employees
230+
Remodel Health grew to 230+ employees and made the Inc. 5000 list five years running.
Inc. 5000
5×
Five consecutive years on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.
Family
4
Four kids — three boys and an adopted daughter, Macy, from China. 5 grandkids and growing.
Years
57
Still running, reading, praying, and building every single day. Health and longevity with purpose.
What I'm Building Now
Olivet Nazarene University
An entrepreneurship program and annual conference that tells honest stories where faith isn't a footnote.
High School Hustle
Helping inner-city students build sweaty startups and discover dignity through work.
Danville, IN
Building a home, renovating an old downtown building, and making a dent through entrepreneurship and hospitality.
Kingdom Stewardship
Discerning God's voice with more clarity. Not confusing my ideas with His leading.
“Let's start the process.”
She already knew. — The best “yes” of our adult life.
People Over
Productivity.
I want to spend whatever strength I'm given building people so they can build businesses with integrity, courage, and the presence of Christ.
Linda and I have a goal to give away more money than we spend in our lifetime, and we want our kids and grandkids to become better givers than we are.
I'm 57. I care about health and longevity — but not so I can drift. If that's the thread of my next season, I'll consider it a life well stewarded.
Principles & Practices
Bucket List
Still Chasing
Pray, read, run & learn something new every day until I die
Improve my marriage & parenting each year
Be in better shape each decade than the previous
Be world-class grandparents when we get there
Be a mentor and have a mentor all my life
Become an Angel Investor for Christian Business Owners
Journal one page at least 3 days per week
Read 30 books per year every year
Create kids and grandkids who blow by me in every way
Help 100K students build their first Hustle with highschoolhustle.org by 2034
Create the #1 Faith Based Entrepreneurship program at ONU
Create a Faith Driven PE Group for Lifesong for Orphans
Give away more money than I spend in my lifetime
Start a business with my kids
Be healthy enough to play golf, pickleball, tennis into my 80's
Make downtown Danville, IN a cool place
Compete with my boys on a Murph Competition every year
Go to all the world majors in Tennis
Play the top 100 golf courses in America
Meet a new friend I can learn from every week
Run all World Major Marathons: NYC done, Chicago done, Boston, London, Berlin, Tokyo
Strive to raise/give away $40M in my lifetime toward charities
Strive to increase giving to over 50%
Teach a college course on entrepreneurship
Start blog and write one article per week
Disciple one new believer every year
Qualify for & run Boston Marathon
Complete a full Ironman
Complete the Comrades Marathon 56 miles in South Africa
Marathon in London, Tokyo, Berlin, Greece
Celebrate 30-year anniversary in Bora Bora
Celebrate 40-year anniversary in New Zealand
Celebrate 50-year anniversary in Europe
Take Macy to China
Go on European Cruise
Go on Alaskan Cruise
Play golf at St. Andrews
Play Pine Valley
Play Cabot Links in Nova Scotia
Go to Australian Open
Go to French Open
Go to US Open tennis with boys
Go to British Open golf
Go to US Open golf
Play top 100 public golf courses in US
Play the top 10 private golf courses in US
Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
Climb to base camp at Mt. Everest
Climb the top ten 14ers in US
Go on African Safari
Run Indy Mini Marathon every year until I die
Shoot my age in golf
Maintain a single digit handicap in golf
Attend a 3-day golf school
Join a board for tech start up
Snow ski trip with boys each year
Destination Marathon trip with boys each year
Attend a Super Bowl
Attend a World Series
Attend TedX Event
Join a nice golf country club
Accomplished
27 years of happy marriage
Adopted Macy from China
Raised 4 amazing kids
Completed Half Ironman
Completed Toughest Mudder 30-mile obstacle course with Ryan
Completed Spartan Beast 13-mile obstacle course
Completed 4 marathons: Notre Dame, Chicago, New York, Grandma's
PR Marathon age 51: 3:26:10 at Grandma's Marathon
PR Half Marathon age 51: 1:30:35 at Indy Mini
Played 50+ top 100 golf courses in US
Started & built Remodel Health
Started & built ISG
IPO roadshow with HIIQ to raise $65M on NASDAQ
Started UHC MGA channel, grew to $400M in annual sales
Started Truth @ Work chapter Westside of Indy
Started Haiti golf outing to raise $20K/year for 3 years
Started Restored golf outing to raise $30K/year for 2 years
Started mission trips: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Belize, Haiti
Mediterranean Cruise: Greece, Italy, Paris, Rome
National Parks: Zion, Yosemite, Acadia, Bryce, Rocky Mt, Smokey Mt, Rainer, Cascades, Olympic, Grand Canyon
Board member for Restored Inc.
Board member for LifeSong Haiti
ONU Alumni Board
Attended US Open Tennis in NYC
Attended Ryder Cup Golf in Minneapolis
Attended The Masters 3 times
Played top public courses: Pebble Beach, Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes, Kiawah, Whistling Straits, TPC Sawgrass, Spyglass, Pinehurst, Chambers Bay, Erin Hills
Played top private courses: Murifield Village, Medinah, Victoria National, Butler National, Estancia, Colonial, Valhalla, Crooked Stick
Bought lake house near Lake Michigan
100% debt free by age 50
Met Craig Groeschel, Michael Jordan, John Cena, Lou Holtz
Brotherhood Mutual $4M deal with Remodel Health
Played #1 for ONU Tennis, first ever ONU tennis scholarship
Career golf round 74 at River Glen age 50
Hole in one: 2 times (Cabo Del Sol and Smock)
Founded High School Hustle nonprofit
Sold ISG to AmeriLife (2021)
Sold Remodel Health to Oak HC/FT (2024)
Remodel Health Inc. 5000 five years running, 160 employees
“You will be the same person in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
— Charlie T. Jones
Faith & Calling
God's Flywheel
Obedience not only leads to blessing but also leads to greater clarity of God's purpose for our lives. The more we listen to God and act on his promptings the more he continues to give us new instructions & insights.
Winning at life
Winning at life = are we winning at growing in the fruit of the spirit?
Christians as holy troublemakers
Christians were never meant to be normal. We've always been holy troublemakers, we've always been creators of uncertainty, agents of the dimension that's incompatible with the status quo; we do not accept the world as it is, but we insist on the world becoming the way that God wants it to be. And the Kingdom of God is different from the patterns of this world. — Jacques Ellul
Find your Holy Ambition
Ambition is a gift. The opposite of ambition is not humility — it's sloth, timidity, lack of courage. Playing it safe isn't humble. The direction of our ambition is the point. What is the motive for our ambition? Ungodly ambition is very damaging. Jesus is holy ambition embodied. — James K A Smith
Personal peace and affluence
When the Christian church only cares about personal peace and affluence (I'm happy & I have enough for those I care about) then the church is fundamentally dead in the world. Why? Because that's what everybody wants. — Francis Shaffer
Daily devotions as gym sessions
Daily devotions are like gym sessions for your soul. They are not to make you a Christian or even a better Christian, they are to develop your grit muscles so you will be prepared when challenge & adversity happens. You will have convictions to pre-decide how you will respond. — Aaron Brockett
Habits form family
My habits are forming me into a certain kind of parent. My parenting is forming them into certain kinds of children. We are all, together, forming each other into a certain kind of family. — Justin Earley
Habits are spiritually formative
Habits are spiritually formative. The heart always follows the habit. Habits are little routines of worship, and worship changes what we love. — Justin Earley
Stir your affections for Jesus
Find the things that stir your affections for Jesus and saturate your life with them. Find the things that rob you of that affection and walk away from them. That's the Christian life as easy as I can explain it to you. — Matt Chandler
Habits match worldview
Only when your habits are constructed to match your worldview do you become someone who doesn't just know about God and neighbor but someone who actually loves God and neighbor. — Justin Earley
Prayer as availability
See prayer as the process of becoming available for what God wants to do through us. — Albert Richardson
Prayer is omnipotent
Prayer is omnipotent, it can do anything God can do. — Albert Richardson
Discipleship
Discipleship: you are discipled by whatever shapes your beliefs, determines your perspective and guides your decisions. — Aaron Brockett