He’s been described as “a dynamo that combines the motivational power of Tony Robbins and the fun loving island personality of Jimmy Buffett”. Ride a life-changing wave with Ronnie Tsunami, your happiness tour guide!
Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Ronnie Tsunami is author of the forth-coming book, “Release Your Inner Tiki: Seven Secrets to Creating Your Own Happy Place”. He’s your “friendly neighborhood Hawaiian” with a diverse background that includes careers in information technology, training and education, music and life coaching.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Ronnie Tsunami served in the US Air Force as a computer operations specialist, was assigned as network engineer for the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon, and then took over as Director of Information Services at the Congressional Commission on Veteran’s Affairs. He left the government space to work for Microsoft as a liaison between Microsoft and seven NASA Space Centers.
TRAINING AND EDUCATION: In 2000, Ronnie moved into senior management as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for a national training company, managing the technology training programs for 150 colleges and universities in the United States. He later designed global training and education programs for enterprise organizations such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Time Warner Cable, the US Air Force, the US Army and more, including helping to design the Microsoft IT Academy Program for Microsoft Corporation. He expanded into marketing and business development when he became the Global Director of Programs for Culminis, building career development programs and supporting over 800 user groups and close to two million Information Technology (IT) professionals in 32 countries. Certified as a trainer, systems engineer, network engineer and IT project manager, Ronnie has trained hundreds of business and technology professionals, as well as built and deployed train-the-trainer programs for Fortune 500 companies and the US military. His training programs have been implemented in over 2000 academic institutions worldwide.
MUSIC: In 2005, Ronnie Tsunami left the corporate world to pursue his passion for music and started a trop-rock band called the Tsunami Wave Riders (imagine Jimmy Buffett meets Santana in Hawaii). As a lead singer and keyboardist, Ronnie decided to take his show on the road, winning “Single of the Year” at the 2008 Hawaii Music Awards, “Top Beach Band in North America” in 2008 and 2009, “Best World Music Artist” at the 2009 Charlotte Music Awards, and most recently “Best Country Music Artist” at the 2011 Charlotte Music Awards with the country band known as Jeff Luckadoo and Southern Wave.
LIFE COACHING: Ronnie Tsunami is an Affiliate Certified Axiology Practitioner (ACAP) through Better Life Training, co-founder of the iMotivators Academy (a nationwide network of life coaches), and has been conducting workshops and seminars since the age of 17.
His evolution from IT guru to happiness guru, and his passion for helping others to create their own happiness, has been a long road, but he does everything with the intensity of a “tsunami”. If you, your business, and/or your employees need to be inspired and motivated, book the TSUNAMI now for your next event!
