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Paul is a tech industry leader and speaker with a passion for innovation in three areas: personal, technical, and cultural. He is the co-founder and CTO of SimVentions, which was established in 2000. SimVentions supports today’s military and decision-makers with innovative engineering solutions and services. The Virginia Chamber and Inc. Magazine have recognized SimVentions as one of the best places to work.

As the CTO, Paul fosters innovation, contributes to the company's strategic vision, leads IR&D efforts, provides technical expertise, and participates in industry standards development. Paul is also the author of Imagine, Breaking Average, Leaders Press On, and Speech Blueprint and co-host of the Breaking Average Podcast. He is an activ ...more

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The End of Outhouses

It wasn’t that long ago when outhouses where the norm. For thousands of years, some variant of the outhouse was the status quo. No one in their right mind dared to build their living space with indoor plumbing, even though the toilet was invented hundreds of years earlier in 1596. To use the latrine indoors […]

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	Leaders Press On 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speech Blueprint: Using Simon Sinek’s TED Talk as a Model to “Inspire Action” really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borland C++Builder 6 Developer's Guide by Paul Gustavson (Goodreads Author), Bob Swart, Jamie Allsop 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Running into the Wind: Bronco Mendenhall-5 Strategies for Building a Successful Team by Paul Gustavson (Goodreads Author), Alyson Von Feldt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Maxwell Leadership Bible, NIV

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Letters from a Stoic: Adapted for the modern reader with key insights, quotes, notes and reflection questions (Modern Stoic Library)

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“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for the next five hundred years.”
― Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

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