Try Life On Media

Trylifeon.com

Financial Freedom & Lifestyle Design Coach, Host of the Try Life On Podcast, and Investor in television and media projects espousing the spirit of Try Life On.

1:1 coaching and consultations teaching countless professionals and entrepreneurs how to gain the freedom they crave in each facet of their lives and start living a life they won’t need a vacation from. How? By just taking action. By building relationships. By focusing on the 5 freedoms (time, financial, geographic, purpose, relationships). 

The fear of rocking the boat has forced too many people to get stuck in the planning stages of their lives, and miss all of the opportunities to actually live. Without that fear of the unknown or the insecurities of doing things differently, how much would your life change? Where would you live? Who would you be spending your time with? How will it feel to live a life purely built from your own values and ambitions? The only way to know is to try it on.

Financial Freedom & Lifestyle Design Coach / Try Life On Podcast Host

Quattro Capital

Founding Partner of Quattro Capital, an investment firm with foundational pillars of People, Property, Profits and Philanthropy. We locate, invest in and operate apartments complexes, mobile home parks, and other alternative investments across the United States in focused markets, primarily the Southeast, yielding strong returns for our investors. Investing in real estate purposefully is the tool that helps more people achieve wealth and the freedom to live life well. Visit thequattroway.com for more information.

Managing Partner

Unsettled

Unsettled is a global community for those who embrace uncertainty and value meaningful human connection. It's for those who believe that feeling a little bit “unsettled” is a positive impulse for change, innovation, and discovery in our lives. The experiences, virtual or in-person, as well as the community itself, are co-created journeys that give you the time, space and (un)structure to break out of your routine, build new relationships, and discover new perspectives while growing personally and professionally. With travel experiences in some of the world’s most beautiful destinations, online virtual retreats, and over 2000 alumni from 80+ countries, Unsettled is a platform that truly takes work, life, and adventures beyond traditional borders.

Member, Global Advisory Board

Accenture

Executive in Accenture's Health & Public Service (Government) Operating Group delivering systems  integration, business process excellence and technology solutions for US Federal Government clients. Currently focused on digital transformation helping organizations redefine how they serve connected customers and operate their connected enterprises leveraging new technologies including Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Mobility and AAS offerings including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS (i.e Salesforce, ServiceNow, Dynamics).

Accenture Digital is one of the largest end-to-end providers of digital transformation capabilities in the world. Our offerings support every phase of the digital journey, with complete services that span customer experience, connected products and systems and intelligent analytics, which provide the foundation to drive successful business outcomes through our world-class industry expertise.

Senior Executive (Retired)

Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)

The Air Force Office of Special Investigations has been the Air Force's major investigative service since Aug.1, 1948. The agency reports to the Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. AFOSI provides professional investigative service to commanders of all Air Force activities.

Lieutenant Colonel / Special Agent (Retired)

Montgomery County Police Recruiting

Senior Police Officer in Montgomery County Department of Police which includes approximately 1,300 sworn officers and approximately 700 support personnel. The Police Department was established in 1922, and today, is responsible for policing a County with a population of over one million people.

Senior Police Officer (Retired)

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc

Actively participating in community service and mentoring activities via Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, a professional, civic-minded organization of college-educated men with similar ideas and like attainments. The fraternity’s founders chose Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift as the cardinal principles that every prospective candidate must possess. Our fraternity’s motto is “Friendship is essential to the soul” Since the birth of the organization, Omega has and will continue to impact the world in every profession and all walks of life.

Life Member

Generation Hope

Generation Hope is reducing poverty one family at a time by providing direct sponsorships and one-on-one mentoring to teen parents who are pursuing college degrees in the Washington, D.C. metro area.

Member Board Of Directors

Leadership Montgomery

Leadership Montgomery builds bridges between the private, public, and nonprofit sectors of Montgomery County, Maryland to improve the community -- the neighborhoods people live in and the business they work in.  We provide six curriculum-and service-based programs:  Core, Emerging Leaders, Senior, Inside Montgomery, Youth and our Corporate Volunteer Council, as well as our post-graduate programming, and special events.

🎙️Try Life On Podcast Host 💵 Managing Partner, Quattro Capital 🌏 98 countries | Investor | Freedom Coach 📚 Used 9-5 jobs + passive income to beat the system

A little about me...

I'm an investor, entrepreneur, restaurant owner and explorer of 99 countries. I host the Try Life On Podcast, and coach professional 1:1 on wealth and freedom, helping you build lifestyle you don’t need vacation from.

In 2021 I retired from the 9-5 world after 25 years as Senior Executive at Accenture, a global consulting firm. Was also a Federal Agent through my US Air Force military service. I retired after 22 years as Lt. Colonel. And I became a midnight police officer later in life for the Montgomery County Police Department as a means to give back to local community. Yes, all at the same time.

Along with partners, founded Quattro Capital, a private equity firm. I’ve acquired roughly $250M in real estate with investor partners. I started buying real estate in my 20s as a means to capture time freedom to live more. 

I have strong passion for living life leveraging freedom principles (time, financial, location, purpose & relationships) and started Try Life On Media to help others do the same. The Try Life On podcast and speaking engagements are my joy. 

I love to say I used real estate, passive income, lifestyle design principles combined with leveraging my three 9-5 professional careers to beat the rat race and build lifestyle I don't need vacation from. I’ve completed that mission and now my passion is to help others do same.

Maurice Philogene

Aitana Forcen Coaching

Certified Life Coach

Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir

University Lecturer

Oceanwide Expeditions

Polar regions guide and lecturer

LifeWatch ERIC

Oceanography Support Assistant for ICT-Core & FEDERTECH Offices

MetService

At MetOcean Solutions (MetService) we deliver weather forecasts for marine operations. Within this role I have closed deals with international clients securing recurrent contracts, successfully facilitated technical proposals, moved clients across platforms and held a high ratio of client retention. I have also traveled internationally interacting with different type of clients, from harbor masters to port assets managers; from Navy personnel to scientific customers. I am proud to look after a successful support team delivering fast and efficient solutions to different issues, from oceanography to IT problems. We provide a solution focused pitch, taking the customer in a journey, understanding their needs, technical issues and discussing the best outcome for their businesses.

International Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager / Technical Support Liaison

MetOcean Solutions Ltd

Working for a small company gave me the opportunity to wear different hats. In this role I have gone from Technical Support Liaison to Product Owner to Business Development Manager, acting as the linking point between the customer, the MetOcean operations team, the developers and the sales team. I have also learned the developers language and discuss with confidence features, releases, testers and different environments.

Technical Support Liaison/Product Owner

NIWA

During my PostDoc I acquired extensive field trip experience. I was on board the RV Tangaroa as PI for the Ross Sea Outflow Experiment, investigating the export of cold water from the Ross Sea. This follows from a voyage I led the year before to the Southern Ocean in which the main objective was to identify changes in the water masses over winter as we find anomalous conditions in this region. I was one of the most junior-ever physical scientists to hold the position of voyage leader on the Tangaroa. I was involved in the collecting, managing and interpreting large environmental data sets (atmospheric and ocean). I worked on every stage of the science process, from planning and logistics, data gathering, processing, applying a multitude of statistical and spatial analysis methods (familiar with GIS software) and delivery of information in different formats and to a range of audiences.

Postdoc

Research Assistant

"Oceanography of the New Zealand subantarctic region"

My PhD thesis work was multi-faceted with several connections to interactions between continental marginal seas and open ocean settings. Focused on New Zealand subantarctic region, emphasis was made to understand forcing mechanisms, variability and resolving the mass budget on Campbell Plateau to understand the implications and roles of continental shelves on the Southern Ocean. Using ocean variability to understand marine population fluctuations was also part of my study.

The thesis involved collecting, managing and interpreting large environmental data sets (atmospheric and ocean, observations and satellite data). Thus, I am experienced with the whole knowledge-chain from data gathering, processing (Matlab), applying a multitude of statistical and spatial analysis methods (including GIS) and delivery of information in different formats and public.

PhD student

BMW Oracle Racing

Meteorology Department

Luna Rossa Challenge

Meteorology department

🚀 Helping High-Performers Master Leadership, Resilience & Strategic Thinking

What separates the best from the rest? 

Decision-making under pressure. Mental toughness. The ability to lead in uncertainty.

I help leaders, entrepreneurs, and high-performers develop the mindset, resilience, and strategic edge to thrive in high-stakes environments—whether that’s leading a team, building a business, or pushing personal limits.

As a Polar Guide, Endurance Athlete, and High-Performance Strategist, I’ve led teams in extreme conditions, trained in elite performance psychology, and coached ambitious individuals to break their limits—mentally and physically.

💡 How I Help:
✅ High-Performance Leadership – Decision-making, resilience & leading under pressure.
✅ Psychology & Mental Models – The mindset shifts of elite thinkers & athletes.
✅ Radikal Performance – Pushing limits, discomfort psychology & mental toughness.

🎙 Host of Swimming the Strait | 🏆 Speaker & Performance Coach | 🌍 Polar Guide

Past Adventures & Achievements:

*Led scientific expeditions in the Southern Ocean 🌊
*Consulted for offshore asset managers & military personnel 🏴‍☠️
*Worked in SaaS, bridging technical teams & clients 💻
*America’s Cup Winner 🏆 (Yes, my team won the 33rd America’s Cup!)

If I don’t answer my phone, I’m probably swimming in the ocean or plotting my next expedition to Antarctica.

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