A lifetime in music and business, one steady rhythm.

For more than two decades, Ron was woven into the fabric of the U.S. and Canadian music scenes. He didn’t just witness the industry’s great upheavals, from the arrival of digital distribution to the rise of social media; he helped drive them, guiding artists and their teams through each new landscape.

That hard-won perspective lives on in his widely acclaimed career guidance manuals, which have become trusted companions for aspiring music artists around the world.

See Ron’s four books

In the thirty years following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, Ron worked alongside state, federal and private partners to pre-plan and rehearse protection strategies for the most sensitive environmental and economic resources in the United States and its territories.

He has served as a U.S. Federal On-Scene Coordinator representative for EPA Regions IV and VI, the kind of work where careful preparation makes all the difference when it matters most. His EPA Regions IV and VI experience spans pre-planning, rehearsal and response coordination.

Ron’s fascination with data began more than 35 years ago with Lotus 1-2-3 and has never let up. Today he works fluently in Microsoft Excel, Power Query and Power BI, drawing clear, actionable insight out of complex datasets.

He has put that skill to work in strikingly different arenas, from ensuring fair distribution of music royalties to strengthening emergency management planning and response.

Ron has been building data-driven business solutions since the earliest days of business software. His specialty is designing deeply customized, comprehensive data schemas shaped around the distinct missions of non-profits, government agencies and the music industry.

He continues to design and build applications that automate complex business processes, turning tangled workflows into systems that simply work. See his work on GitHub.

Ron recently created a world-class visitor guide for a botanical garden, complete with online ticketing, membership pass management and guest pass management.

The result is a visit that begins the moment a guest picks up their phone: tickets and passes live on the device, and visitors skip the line entirely, walking through the gates with a simple scan of a QR code.

It brings together everything Ron does best: non-profit leadership, data and systems design, and an eye for the people on the other side of the screen.

Tools: Power BI, Power Query, and custom schema design.

Four-time recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award.