About Ted Simendinger, aka “The Great Explainer”…

Ocean Palmer is the pen name of Denver-based author, speaker, and internationally known sales leadership coach Ted Simendinger.

The pen name, he says, was born of necessity: “When your legal name is Theodore John Simendinger III, it takes a long time just to read a title page.

“Ten or so years ago my agent was shopping The Rise and Fall of Piggy Church as a potential movie project and suggested I use a pen name. ‘Ocean Palmer’ came to mind instantly — it was catchy and easy to remember — so now I use it for most of what I write.”
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