Ideas are cheap.
Action is the work.
A dynamic storyteller who has reinvented himself multiple times — from failing at life, to the U.S. Olympic Team, to the national broadcast booth, to the world of manufacturing — turning a world-class competitive approach into concepts your people can apply on Monday morning.
Athlete. Broadcaster. Idea generator.
Having never played the sport of volleyball, Kevin took just five years to arrive at the USA Olympic Team. He stayed for a decade, competing in two Olympic Games and earning MVP honors twice. Spending six years on the USA Volleyball Board brought Kevin into the business side of sport while still playing.
Moving into the broadcast booth as a play-by-play announcer and analyst, Kevin again moved rapidly to the top. Calling the last five Olympic Games for NBC, Kevin brought the same skill-development philosophy he applied in the locker room. Culminating in an Emmy win in 2024.
As a keynote speaker, Kevin works with corporate leadership teams, young professionals and college-age groups, adapting every talk to the room and sending the audience out with ideas they can apply to their job and their company.
What a bio usually leaves out, and what he brings to a room:
- The identity black hole that follows a life in athletics.
- A six-figure business failure, and the work of starting over without a résumé that met the non-sports world's needs.
- The overwhelming challenge of taking a corporate job outside of sport, which he talks about openly because that is where the useful material lives.
- A way of thinking: diligence over talent, creativity as a muscle, short cycles instead of five-year plans, and accountability for long-term success.
- Why saying "yes" first is the basis of success, and how to bring value to every position you'll hold. He provokes the audience's thought process, then hands them something to do with it on a random Tuesday.
"Everything is learnable."
Ideas he lives by.
"I prefer problems be fully interrogated."
"Strong opinions, held loosely."
"No one has all your answers, but I have some."
"You may run out of skills. Do not run out of will."
"Own the truth at all costs."
"People are not just…good at stuff…"
"Footwork over mindset."
"Being on a team means taking joy in others' success, rather than joy in their defeat."
Every keynote is adapted to the audience — leadership teams, young professionals, or college-age groups — and ends with takeaways applied to their job and their company.
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Say Yes and Show Up
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Everything Is Learnable
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“Kevin brought the perfect mix of knowledge, humor, and authenticity to ALIGN, tailoring his presentation to truly connect with our audience and then continuing that connection off the stage, taking the time to talk with our directors and share his experiences.
We’d invite Kevin back every year if he’d let us.”
Let’s talk about your team.
Tell me the audience, the date, and what you need them walking out with. I'll come back with a tailored outline.
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