About David
I didn’t get fired.
But I still walked away feeling like I’d failed.
The firm brought in an outsider to lead the team, a role I’d assumed I was building toward.
I stayed professional.
I kept it together.
But something had already started to feel off well before that moment.
Not because I lacked experience.
Not because I wasn’t capable.
But because something in my work had stopped feeling solid long before the announcement.
— I was stretching myself thin.
— Carrying pressure I didn’t talk about.
— Overthinking decisions that used to be easy.
Not because I lacked experience.
Not because I wasn’t capable.
Something in my work no longer felt solid, and I didn’t have language for it yet.
All I knew was that forcing myself harder wasn’t fixing anything.
So I rebuilt how I work from the ground up.
I stopped relying on willpower and started designing for clarity and steadiness instead.
Nothing fancy. Just systems that reduced noise instead of adding to it.
That shift changed how I showed up at work.
And eventually, it changed my career.
The work I do now
Today, I work with senior leaders who know they’re capable, but can’t lock in what comes next.
— They’ve led teams.
— They’ve built things that mattered.
— They’ve earned the right to have options.
And that’s the problem.
— Too many viable paths.
— Too much second-guessing.
— No clear direction to commit to.
I help leaders choose one path that actually fits, tighten their positioning around it, and move forward without guessing.
Where leaders tend to get stuck
Most people I work with recognize themselves here:
A resume that’s solid, but unfocused
A LinkedIn profile that points in a few directions at once
A network that’s wide, but not aimed anywhere
Strong experience that isn’t landing cleanly
It creates that constant feeling of hovering between options.
That’s where momentum breaks down.
The structure behind the work
I built my approach around a few things I wish I’d had earlier:
— Choosing one direction that actually makes sense now.
— Making my story point clearly in that direction.
— Getting back into the right conversations with the right people.
When those line up, things start moving again.
Why work with me
Before coaching, I spent 20 years in recruiting, HR, and hiring leadership.
I’ve been:
— An agency recruiter
— An in-house HR leader
— A senior hiring manager
I’ve worked with hedge funds, private equity firms, asset managers, and large operating companies.
I know how leadership hiring decisions actually get made, and why strong candidates stall when their direction isn’t clear.
That’s why the work is built around the One Path Principle.
— We cut noise.
— We lock in direction.
— We give the search structure.
If you’re done weighing every option and ready to move forward with more confidence, Momentum is where we do that work.
We can start with a conversation.