We are in a transformational time and in what is now a very transformational business. In the world, times change slowly, but then along comes a blip where we tend to catch up or difficult things happen that need special attention. Afterwards, things calm back down into a rhythm waiting for the next blip. Today, […]

I’ve been interacting with a CEO coach for about a year, mostly through monthly group events, each with a six-session season or theme. The theme of this season is to “slow down.” As a person who defaults, in crisis and in calm, to action, this season resonated.   Slowing down is not a revolutionary idea, […]

One of the surest ways to bore my children is to start a sentence with the phrase “when I was a kid…” or “when I was growing up…” If I want to share anything about the freedoms, complexities, or inconveniences of life in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and the early aughts before they were born, […]

One of my most recent RFPs (Request for Proposal) featured a well-known operator and a location that they operated quite successfully for more than five years. They had taken over (then) from another well-known operator who had performed substantially better than the former, had installed new equipment, improved operations (and financials), weathered COVID-19, and was […]

I went to a small private Catholic school until 4th grade back in the North Hills of Pittsburgh. I remember walking up hill both ways to and from school (in the snow, even in the summer). I’m pretty certain that the nuns are the patent owners of the metal edge on the wooden ruler. When […]

Over here, the heyday for building car parks was in the 60s and 70s. Cars were transitioning from the preserve of a wealthy minority to the achievable aspiration of everyman. Mass appeal cars like the Mini were appearing in more and more driveways, creating a need for town center structures to accommodate them. These buildings […]

I am excited to join the Parking Today team as CEO & Publisher after purchasing Parking Today Media from John Van Horn.    For almost 30 years, Parking Today has been the central hub of information for the parking industry. I distinctly remember reading Parking Today in the lobby while I waited to interview for […]