As a professional Sales and Leadership Coach for Southwestern Consulting, Dan’s roots in direct sales go back more than 30 years to when he first worked for the Southwestern Advantage college program. Since then, he has been a top performer in both personal sales and management for every company he’s worked with, including the agency he owns for the Family Heritage division of Globe Life. His sales background also includes success in the technology sector with companies such as Intermedia and Microsoft.

Throughout his career, Dan’s passion has been coaching teams to become top performers. As an agency owner for Family Heritage, Dan’s organization produced over $120 million in lifetime renewals over the past seven years. In addition, he won top performance awards for annual sales and team production competitions. In 2013, Dan broke the sales record for Family Heritage, achieving the most policies and most premium ever sold in a one-week timeframe. He then led his organization to the number one spot in total sales for that fiscal year.

Outside of sales, Dan was an international bobsledder for nine years and silver medal winner in the America’s Cup. He participated in the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, and has been an actor featured in several movies, including Seabiscuit, The Longest Yard, and the cult classic The Room. (In the Disaster Artist, a movie about the making of The Room, Dan was portrayed by Zac Efron.)

An avid traveler, Dan has had the opportunity to visit most of the world—and to have his three amazing children with him most of the time. Dan has two dogs and a betta fish, and thanks to some encouragement from his 7-year-old, he is adding a few ferrets to the mix! Dan is a private pilot who loves to leave his Texas home and fly out to New Orleans or any of the quaint, beautiful cities Central Texas has to offer. He is currently publishing his latest book titled The Book on Selling.

Dan loves life, his family, and everything in between. He lives by the adage, “It’s all about good times!”—a principle he practices by traveling often and spending as much time as he can with his friends and loved ones.
ssional Sales and Leadership Coach