Hal founded Hope Unlimited, LLC in 1994. Prior to going out on his own, Hal had been Patent Counsel for Sundstrand Aerospace Company in Rockford, IL. During his long tenure there, he had developed a seminar series which he shared internally. A co-worker read the letters participants had sent to the CEO and said, “You should name the new company Hope Unlimited, because that’s what you bring people.”

Hal died in January, 2012.