Don was a co-founder of WMA, a major financial services company. Don was co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of United First Financial, a software company. He took the company from scratch to over 2000 sales per month ($3,500 per software program). A venture capital firm offered to invest in the company, they valued the company at $96M, the company was debt free. Don received the coveted Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2008