Career
He demonstrated an early aptitude for business, launching a successful commercial venture while still a college student. His banking career took him around the world and included some significant roles including Director of the Year 2000 Program (Millennium Bug) for the United Kingdom and Europe. In 2001 he was moved to New York to launch a global product and then he was moved to Chicago to lead the integration of Household Bank and Household International, following the latter"s $13.8 billion purchase in 2003.
He appeared on television and in major newspapers both as an advisor on the Millennium Bug (year 2000) and as a Christian living for Jesus Christ in the City of London.
In 2006, Long decided to leave his banking career to join Alpha United States of America. The Washington Post describes Long as a "former banking executive" as one of the "stars of the church-saving circuit," and Alpha as a "church-saving business" that "sells course materials designed to boost church membership."
In October 2010 Alpha United States of America released Long"s first book, Developed in cooperation with business expert and author Ken Blanchard, is a modern-day parable. Taking a page from "business-allegory" works such as Blanchard"s One-Minute Manager, Long uses a simple story to communicate basic concepts about God, religion, suffering and the afterlife.
He is now working on his second book which topic will focus on loss and grief, through his own personal experience, and how Christ-followers can understand and overcome lieutenant
