The last chapter? No, just a new part of the book

It feels a bit surreal posting this, but Friday will be my last day as an employee of Sun Nuclear. I am not leaving for another company, I am retiring. ?

I have been working at least 30 hours a week since I was 16 years old including when I was in college full time. I have had a few different ‘lives’ in the working world over the last 40 years. I sold shoes, I managed high end retail jewelry stores, I was an entrepreneur and for the last 25 or so years I have been a marketing professional, mostly in the radiation treatment quality assurance marketplace.?

I have worked at small family owned businesses, startups and publicly traded companies. I’ve seen companies I’ve worked with succeed fantastically and others not make it. I have had amazing managers and not so good ones. I have managed amazing people and if I am being honest not so good ones there too. I also know I have not been perfect, especially when I was starting out and learning as I went. But, overall I have tried to do good work, provide honest feedback and mentorship when I could, and be a trusted and valuable teammate.?

Now it’s time for a new part of this book we call life. After 30 plus years of teaching, my amazing wife is also retiring. We are still relatively young and we want to take advantage of our good health and ability to do just about anything. We have many plans including lots of travel, gardening, trying new recipes, a whole lot of outdoor activities and checking as many items off our bucket lists as we can.?

Neither of us wants to completely stop doing things in a professional sense. Cathy is still determining what that next thing is, but I am hoping to continue using my knowledge and experience in limited consulting roles. Sun Nuclear has agreed to provide me with project work for the foreseeable future, but there may be others of you that I have gotten to know over the years that I could assist also.?

I’ve always prided myself on being able to see things from a different point of view and also the ability to see possibilities that others might not see. I like being the person in the room that asks, ‘have we thought of this?’ when no one else has. So, if you or your company needs help on projects in areas such as developing marketing plans or preparing for a launch, or if you require a new set of eyes on what you currently have I could be interested.?

If that sounds intriguing to any of you, please reach out and let’s chat. I may be retiring but I’m not completely done contributing to the market quite yet.?