Awards & Achievements
A career of recognition across entrepreneurship, transportation, manufacturing, and community leadership.
NEXT Award — Nashville Entrepreneur of the Year
Awards and Achievements
- In Charge Award 2024: Transportation and Logistics — recognized among Middle Tennessee’s innovators and change-makers in transportation and smart mobility.
- In Charge Award 2023: Transportation — awarded for the second consecutive year, for leadership and innovation in the transportation industry.
- In Charge Award 2022: Transportation and Logistics — honored by Nashville Post, among Nashville’s “power brokers” driving the city and state forward with innovation in transportation.
- 2018 winner of the Nashville Business Journal’s “Most Admired CEO” in the small business category: Hytch, LLC.
- Hytch Rewards receives the 2018 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award (GESA) for Clean Air.
- Hytch, LLC named “Emerging Company of the Year 2018.”
- 2017 Rotarian of the Year — Brentwood Morning Rotary Club.
- Recognized by the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) with the 2016 “Innovation Award.”
- Honored as Hobby Express’ CEO for the Nashville Business Journal’s 2016 “Williamson County Impact Award.”
- Winner of the 2014 NEXT Award as the Entrepreneur of the Year from the Nashville Chamber and the Entrepreneur Center of Nashville.
- 2015 winner of the Nashville Business Journal’s “Most Admired CEO” in the small business category: Hobby Express.
- 2014 winner of the Nashville Business Journal’s “Most Admired CEO” in the small business category: Swiftwick.
- Swiftwick earned the 2014 GATE Award (the Governor’s Award for Trade Excellence) in recognition of developing Tennessee export trade in the small company category.
- Recipient of the Nashville Business Journal’s 2015 “Williamson County Impact Award.”
- Recipient of the Nashville Business Journal’s 2014 “Williamson County Impact Award.”
- Recipient of the 2014 Best in Business Award for Swiftwick.
Honors and Recognitions
- Elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Williamson County Chamber.
- Keynote Speaker for the BBB’s Nashville Chapter Torch Awards for Ethical Commerce. Read feature article.
- Recipient of the Iris Award from the Japan America Society of Tennessee.
- Hobby-Lobby.com recognized and ranked #763 in the annual ranking of the Top 500 US web sites by Internet Retailer’s 2011 Internet Retailer Second 500 Guide.
- Employer of the Year for 2011, accepted for Swiftwick, awarded by Tennessee Business Leadership Network and the Nashville Area Employment Consortium.
- 2011 Rotarian of the Year: Brentwood Morning Rotary Club.
- 2009 Employer of the Year: Swiftwick.
- 2005 ACS “Innovation Award.”
- Named to DHL’s Customer Advisory Board.
- Elected to the Board of Directors, Professional Truck Drivers’ Institute.
- Elected to the Satellite Broadcasting Communications Association (SBCA) Board of Directors.
- SBCA Honor Roll Award — recognition for outstanding industry achievement.
- National Satellite Dealer Award.
- Member of the first Rotary envoy traveling to the former USSR to explore conditions for the expansion of Rotary in Russia.
- University of Oregon Alumni Booster Award.
- Member, Brentwood Morning Rotary Club, and a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow.
- Member, Sons of the American Revolution, Davey Crockett Chapter.