Walt joined Denver Business Coach upon discovering both the firm’s shared passion for small business management, and its track record of success in years of coaching Denver businesses. Walt’s role as a business coach is to work with owners to help them address the important issues that often take a back seat to the everyday challenges that leaders face in operating a small business. Dedicating time together every month to focusing on these strategic issues is crucial to the ongoing success of their businesses. Walt will actively listen to your priorities involving Operations, Sales, HR, and Finance, then help you craft a plan to address each area of concern. He draws on his diverse career experience in multiple industries, including key roles in sales, engineering and executive management. Walt has years of sales and sales management experience in providing technology solutions to small and large businesses. As President of a commercial construction company, he carefully grew revenue through increased focus on customer loyalty practices. His experience also includes engineering roles in manufacturing and product development for Fortune 500 corporations. He is currently involved in his family-owned Education business, selling direct to schools in Colorado and around the country. Walt earned his MBA from the University of Denver, and received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois. A native of Chicago, Walt has spent most of his career in Denver, and with his wife, Jean, raised three fabulous children. Cycling, playing softball, and non-profit Board and volunteer efforts also fill up his calendar.

Darrick's passion for small business was sparked at his family's marina on Lake Ontario at the age of 14. Whether he was pumping gas at 4 am, flipping burgers or cleaning bathrooms, he learned valuable lessons from his parents and customers about service, integrity and finance. Since then, Darrick held executive leadership positions in companies ranging from Fortune 500 firms to dynamic startups in a variety of service businesses. He currently owns and operates a golf course investment and management company. As part of Denver Business Coach, Darrick loves helping focused, enthusiastic entrepreneurs and business owners get the most out of their business. Whether you are having challenges with strategy, operations, people, marketing, sales or all of the above, Darrick will work with you to identify root causes of issues and help you develop a path to solutions that make sense. Darrick has a degree in Management from Clarkson University and an MBA from the Simon School at The University of Rochester with a focus on Entrepreneurship. Originally from Western New York, he currently resides outside of Denver with his wife Beth, two teenaged children and one overly energetic dog.