Bring me the decision.

"I come from a family that figured out how to build, when the world was designed to stop them."

My great-great-grandfather Joseph Martin Fugett was born enslaved, escaped during the Civil War, settled in upstate New York, owned a blacksmith shop, and held a U.S. patent by 1888. My late uncle Reginald F. Lewis became the first Black American to build a billion-dollar business empire. I am the fifth generation.

Fugett Labs is named in Joseph's honor. See his 1888 patent and read his full story →

At 13, I sat alongside my father during a $1.8 million NFL contract negotiation with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. That's where I learned that the most consequential decisions happen in the room, where relationships and leverage meet. I have never left that room.

Husband, father, and builder.

I'm a husband to Selah and a father to two daughters, and they're the reason I build. Selah and I created the Progress Podcast about flourishing in marriage and the marketplace, and that work is a big part of why I became a certified marriage coach.

I've spent more than 20 years working across nonprofit, government, and private ventures. I hold a master's in project management from George Washington University, serve as a board trustee and Finance Committee Chair, and have deep civic, philanthropic, and government relationships across Baltimore and Washington, DC.

These days most of my hours go to Fugett Labs and the daily show. Faith shapes how I carry all of it, which is why my first book was a devotional for entrepreneurs.