Global Initiatives
Building relationships and initiatives around opportunities that cross markets, borders, and traditional industry lines.
Some of the most interesting work I've pursued has taken me outside the United States and into markets where agriculture, infrastructure, sustainability, capital, and economic development come together.
These initiatives have involved developing relationships with local operators, business leaders, investors, government stakeholders, and international partners around opportunities where the potential impact extends beyond a single transaction or business.
The initiatives remain part of what I'm building. Their timing and level of activity may change as circumstances evolve, but the relationships, underlying opportunities, and long-term objectives remain.
Why Global
Some problems can't be understood through the lens of a single company or industry.
Agriculture depends on infrastructure. Infrastructure depends on capital. Investment depends on credible local partners, functioning institutions, and the ability to execute. And sustainable economic development requires all of those pieces to work together.
Working across international markets has reinforced something I've learned throughout my career:
The opportunity may be global. Execution is always local.
Understanding the people, incentives, constraints, and relationships on the ground matters as much as understanding the economics of the opportunity itself.
Areas of Focus
My work and relationships have centered primarily around opportunities involving:
• Agriculture and food systems.
• Infrastructure and economic development.
• Sustainability and resource efficiency.
• Capital formation and strategic investment.
• Partnerships between local operators and international resources.
The specific initiatives can evolve, but I remain interested in opportunities where commercial viability and meaningful long-term impact can exist together.
How I Approach It
Start with the people and the reality on the ground.
International opportunities can look compelling from a distance and very different once you understand the local environment.
That makes relationships, judgment, patience, and the right partners especially important.
My approach has been to spend time understanding the opportunity, build relationships with the people closest to it, identify what is actually needed, and determine whether the right combination of capital, expertise, partnerships, and execution can be assembled around it.
Not every opportunity should move forward.
The important part is knowing which ones deserve to.
Looking Forward
These initiatives are intentionally long term.
Some will advance quickly. Others may remain on hold until the right partners, capital, market conditions, or circumstances come together.
That doesn't make the opportunity disappear.
It means being willing to stay connected to it, continue learning, and move when the conditions are right.
The objective isn't simply to participate in international markets.
It's to help build something worthwhile within them.
Continue Exploring
Every venture reflects a different chapter of the same philosophy.