PAUL

Paul is a member of the ASEA Global Advisory Council, a Founding Diamond leader, a Million Dollar Club member, the 2015 Crossline Mentor Award recipient, and the 2015 I Am ASEA Award recipient... As a combat infantry sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, Paul Taira served in Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Later, he was the technology and training analyst for a billion-dollar healthcare company in California. From there, he became the chief information/technology officer for a startup dot-com company that went public and reached a peak market value of $240 million... In a life filled with bold decisions, Paul made one of his boldest in 2001. Disenchanted by corporate politics, he left his high-profile position behind. "I was working in an environment where logic didn't prevail," he says. "Beyond that, statistically most people have to continue working past retirement age. I knew I had to do something different."

Primary location: Pleasant Grove United States