Most businesses leave their growth to chance, hoping their sales process clicks or their events spark engagement. I know, because I used to do the same.

As a sales leader and later a founder, I saw how outdated sales playbooks and underpowered event tools caused wasted opportunities, friction, and stalled growth. 

I was frustrated, because even talented teams and passionate communities couldn’t prove their true value.

That’s what drove me to rethink both challenges from first principles. I built Sales Market Fit to break sales down into something teachable and repeatable, and I co-founded SixSides to help leaders turn events into lasting communities. 

Along the way, I created DealBuddi, an AI sales coach to scale these frameworks and make them accessible to every SaaS founder and sales team.

Today, I help SaaS founders, sales leaders, and event communities simplify complexity, prove their value, and achieve growth. 

Whether it’s through smarter sales or stronger communities, my goal is simple: to ensure no business leaves their success to chance.

Gavin Tye

Helping International Students Live Their American Dream

I work with universities to strengthen international student systems, and with students navigating those systems at critical points.

For more than eight years, I’ve supported international students and institutions across CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, H-1B, and permanent residency—often in situations where the margin for error was thin and clarity mattered more than speed. Along the way, I’ve seen how ambiguity in policy and process creates unnecessary stress for students and unnecessary risk for institutions.

My work focuses on building clarity where uncertainty tends to live.

For Universities
I partner with institutions that want audit-ready, durable international student systems without adding complexity or exhausting staff.

Schools bring me in to:

Align SEVIS policies with real-world practice

Reduce gray areas in CPT and OPT processes

Strengthen advising consistency across teams

Build simple, repeatable frameworks that hold up under scrutiny

The work is quiet, practical, and preventative. When systems are clear, teams operate with confidence and risk drops naturally.

For International Students
In parallel, I lead a DSO-led community designed to support students through the parts of the process that rarely fit into advising appointments—understanding policy, planning ahead, and making informed decisions before situations become urgent.

The focus is not generic advice or recycled content.
It’s practical guidance, real-time context, and structured roadmaps shaped by the same standards institutions rely on.

What Guides My Work
Immigration should not feel chaotic.
Student success should not depend on who happens to answer an email.
And good systems should make the right decision the obvious one.

When institutions and students operate from clarity instead of urgency, outcomes become far more predictable.

How I Support This Work
• Universities: Institutional assessments, SEVIS policy alignment, advisor training, and scalable student-support systems built from first principles.
• International Students: Community-based guidance, structured roadmaps, live mentorship, and practical tools for navigating immigration and career decisions.

If you’re a university leader thinking carefully about international student systems—or a student navigating a high-stakes decision point—I’m always open to a thoughtful conversation.

Josh Schoonover

Seeing headlines about a visa pause?

Here’s the key point:
F-1 and J-1 students are NOT affected.

This announcement does not apply to nonimmigrant visas.

Student mobility and enrollment operations continue as normal.

Headlines move fast. Policy moves slower.

Always check the actual guidance before assuming impact.

Save this for clarity—not panic.

Dr. Josh Schoonover

Principal DSO | International Education, Compliance & Institutional Stewardship

Headlines can move faster than policy.

The recent news about a pause in visa issuance for 75 countries has understandably raised questions across campuses. What matters most in moments like this is separating signal from noise.

The announcement explicitly excludes nonimmigrant visa categories, including F-1 and J-1. At this time, international student and exchange visitor operations may continue as normal.

This is a good reminder of something many of us have learned the hard way:
 early headlines often create urgency before there is operational impact.

The institutions that navigate these moments best are the ones that pause, verify primary guidance, and communicate calmly—especially with students and partners who may already feel uncertain.

As always, I’m watching developments closely. If guidance changes, the response should be measured, timely, and grounded in what actually affects students—not speculation.

Steady leadership matters most when the news feels loud.

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