Andy has been an invited speaker at the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, International Trombone Festival, TEDxPortland, University of Portland, IEEE USA annual conference and Fortune 100 companies including P&G, Boeing, Bechtel, & Intel.  He has delivered opening keynotes at the Portland Convention Center to an Intel Techfest audience of 1000.  He combines his varied experiences and humor to share key insights on career evolution.  Audience participation is a key element of Andy's lecture style.  Talks range from keynotes, to 1/2 day innovation workshops and can be customized for students, faculty or a corporate audience.

Topics include:
  • Getting the Gig - a workshop/lecture on establishing band identity and finding gigs in a changing industry
  • You Call That A Career Path?! Eastman School of Music - Jurassic Park - Intel - Salem Symphony
  • How to Think Entrepreneur - What Music Careers of 2020's can learn from Hi Tech Careers of 1990's
  • There's No Business Like Bone Business - lessons from the unintentional (but not so surprising) success of Rose City Trombones
  • Always Leave Them Whistling - wisdom for music programming, professional interactions, and innovation
  • This is All I Need - the 7 important musician/business success skills I wish you could learn in school
  • Settling the Nurture vs. Nature Innovator Debate - How to Innovate on Demand
  • F.O.R. (Fear of Retiring): what we can learn from the smartest people in the world
  • Developing a Diverse Work Force - the path to receiving The Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award

​Custom talks can  be developed to meet specific needs.
"Thank you for presenting the Power of Technical Leaders at the IEEE-USA Technical Conference.  Your presentation was excellent.  Attendees particularly enjoyed the interactive nature of your presentation.  Your step-by-step presentation was very easy to follow and provided many good ideas for future thought.  Thank you for your assistance in making the conference a success.  I strongly recommend your presentation for other leadership workshops."

Nital Patel, IEEE conference chair
Lecture-Related Handouts
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