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I went from protecting websites to protecting hearts.
27 years in cybersecurity sales. 16 President's Club wins. Ironman medals in Hawaii and Maui. And a drinking problem nobody saw coming. He rebuilt everything in 12 months. Then got cancer. Then kept going.
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Why this. Why now.
The people running your listeners' companies are burning out in silence.
Gallup's 2023 data: 44% of employees worldwide feel daily stress. Senior leaders report the highest emotional exhaustion of any group. The ones who look most in control are often the farthest gone.
Kenny isn't a researcher who studied this. He lived it for 27 years. Boardrooms, global deals, President's Club dinners. And a private war with alcohol that nobody around him saw coming. He made it out. He knows exactly where the cracks start.
Executive burnout is hitting right now. Too many high-performing people are running important companies and living two lives. The one everyone sees, and the one that is quietly falling apart.
Kenny Stoddart
Track record
The numbers behind the story.
A résumé built across three decades of global enterprise sales, athletic championship rounds, and clinical training in progress. Every figure is verifiable.
27
Years in global cybersecurity sales
Verisign, Symantec, Sectigo, Utimaco. Channel leadership across North America and Latin America.
16×
President's Club
Top performer across Fortune 500 and global markets. Consistent multi-year quota over-attainment.
$100M+
Channel revenue driven
Direct revenue impact at companies including Verisign and Symantec. Built and led partner programs at scale.
2×
Ironman World Championship
Kona, Hawaii and Maui Xterra. Ten Ironman finishes total. Endurance as a métier, not a hobby.
14+
Months sober and documented
Recovery in real time, published as The Crucible and IronMind Chronicles. Public accountability as the method.
MBA + MA
Highest honours, MA in progress
The Citadel MBA (highest honours). Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Liberty University, graduating 2026.
Cancer-free since January 2025. Stage 2b prostate cancer diagnosed September 2024, surgery November 2024, cleared the following winter. Recovery documented publicly throughout.
What your audience actually hears
The moments that make it shareable.
Kenny does not deliver a TED-style polish. He delivers four scenes most of your audience is living right now. Pulled apart in real time, with the production-ready audio gold built in.
i.
The Ironman finish line that hid everything.
Kenny opens at the Hawaii finish line. Arms raised, the announcer's voice booming. Then he turns it. "You are an Ironman. Or am I?" The gap between that external peak and the internal collapse is the spine of the episode. Your audience recognises it immediately because most of them are living it right now.
ii.
The phone call that landed without trying.
He walks through the call from his best friend. No script, no plan. The line that became the turning point: "Do what you do in those Ironman races. Do your thing, Kenny." A friend landing the perfect line without knowing it. Pure audio gold for any host.
iii.
The bathroom mirror moment.
He covers the night he stood at his bathroom mirror, broken, and gave himself grace for the first time. The last drink he ever had was that same night. Quiet, specific, and unforgettable.
iv.
The diagnosis that arrived the day he launched.
He closes with the cancer diagnosis arriving the exact moment he launched IronMind Advisors. The live test of everything he teaches. Your audience hears a man who is still in it. Still proving it works.
Four takeaways
What your audience walks away with.
The nine-month danger zone most high achievers don't know about.
Executives typically spend nine months between deciding they need help and actually getting it. The math behind why that window is the most lethal period in a high performer's life.
Why more discipline speeds up burnout and what actually works instead.
Standard advice says be more disciplined. But adding structure to an already overloaded system makes the crash bigger, not smaller. Kenny names the replacement move.
What recovering loudly looks like in practice, and why it works better than silence.
Kenny went public with addiction, cancer surgery, and rock bottom in real time. He explains why that decision rewired his recovery and the relationships around him.
The IronMind framework: four moves from chaos to clarity under any pressure.
Identify. Recommit. Own it. Never look back. The structure he walks his clients through and applies to himself, deconstructed in language a podcast audience can act on immediately.
The honest objection
Not yet licensed. That is the differentiator.
Kenny is mid-way through his clinical mental health counseling degree. Every high achiever in your audience has already dismissed professional help for years. What moves them is not letters after a name. It is someone who sat in the same room, felt the same shame, and came out the other side.
I don't coach from the textbook. I coach from the trenches.
Kenny Stoddart
Episode title options
Three angles, ready to run.
If you book Kenny, you do not need to invent the angle. Pick one of these or pitch your own. He is comfortable in any frame his story actually fits.
Curiosity hook
"$100M in sales, Ironman medals, and a drinking problem nobody saw. Including him."
Story-led
"Grace in the Mirror: the night a 27-year high performer finally asked for help."
Counter-intuitive
"Why discipline alone makes burnout worse. And what actually works."
Past appearances · video
Watch the episodes.
Eight selected appearances across podcasts, broadcast media, and Kenny's signature keynote. Click any card to play. Videos load on demand so the page stays fast.
Topics Kenny covers
Executive burnout · High-functioning addiction · Recovery in public · Leadership identity · Mental toughness under pressure · The hidden cost of being the one everyone relies on
No friction
How booking works.
Three steps. No pitch deck required. Kenny replies personally to every inquiry, usually inside 24 hours.
Send a short message.
Even just "interested" works. No essay needed, no pitch deck. A line on your show, your audience size and the angle you are thinking is plenty.
Kenny replies inside 24 hours.
Personally. You will know fast if the fit makes sense for your audience and what shape the episode would take.
A quick call if you want one.
Or skip the call and agree the angle and format by message. Remote or in person from Jacksonville, Florida. No riders. No demands.
Let's talk about your show.
No pitch decks. No pressure. Just a quick message. Replies are personal, usually inside 24 hours.
kenny@ironmindelite.com · +1 (404) 831-1961 · Jacksonville, FL