Ted has enjoyed his past 40 plus years of helping companies and individuals through professional services experience and volunteer work with community organizations. Following graduation from The University of Southern California (BS, Business & Organizational Development) and Tulane University (MBA, Finance and Accounting), Ted started his career as an Accountant and then Management Development Specialist with Deloitte Haskins + Sells (now Deloitte).

Blending his work in training, management development and finance, Ted moved into business consulting with a boutique consulting firm specializing in sales management, sales effectiveness and sales compensation. This career experience included working with a wide range of Fortune 500 leading global companies and emerging small and mid-sized organizations. His career progressed from new consultant to principal and vice-president levels with roles including analyst, project manager, consulting manager, national practice lead for leading national and global consulting firms including The Alexander Group, Sibson Consulting, NextEra, Segal and Watson Wyatt from 1988 to 2009. Yearning for a break from big firm bureaucracy, Ted and his business partner started Better Sales Comp Consultants serving as Founding Principal since 2009.

A native Southern Californian, and a resident of the Coachella Valley since 1998, Ted has spent most of the past almost 30 years supporting community organizations both financially and through volunteer efforts. Ted began his involvement in the Palm Springs Community working on the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards Gala Committee for a few years, before serving on the Board of Gay Associated Youth (a former drop-in Center serving LGBTQIA youth aged 16 to 22). Ted later was elected to the Board of The Desert AIDS Project and helped lead the Partners for Life Program for annual donors. Ted started working with The LGBTQ Center of The Desert (The Center) in 2017 by guiding the organization through a strategic plan development. He then was elected to The Center’s Board of Directors and served until 2023. His positions included Vice-Chair and Co-Chair of the board during those years. He remains a strong supporter of The Center as well as supporter of Eisenhower Health with his husband Ted Jarvis.