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Biography

Paul enjoys a national professional development consulting practice focused on productivity. When not giving high-content keynote addresses, he is delivering interactive training programs and customized coaching services to his clients. Paul is the author of QuietSpacing™ - Productivity Has Evolved, as well as numerous articles focused on productivity for individuals and in the workplace. His work has been published locally, regionally and nationally. In 1999, Paul co-founded what is today the largest online kayaking retailer in the country - Outdoorplay, Inc. (www.outdoorplay.com). After grooming a management team to run the company, Paul founded Vision Mechanix where he developed the QuietSpacing™ method while working with his overwhelmed clients. Earlier in his career, Paul practiced corporate finance law in Portland, OR. He later served as General Counsel to two Portland-based corporations. At the second, GemStone Systems, Inc., he also managed operations for the rapidly growing, 35-person professional services department serving a Fortune 500 client base. During Paul’s tenure as corporate counsel he taught as an adjunct law professor, developed and participated in numerous continuing education courses, and consulted many start-ups during their emergent stages. As a former attorney who has worked in both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds, Paul is well qualified to work with executives, managers and professionals at all levels. He is passionate about what he does and derives great satisfaction from his clients’ successes, be they large or small.

Inspiration

It only took about 30 years in the working world to figure out what I was good at, so I'm a bit thick. What I do best is make things more efficient and more effective. Now I write, speak and train about it all the time!