I was born by the beach in San Diego, California, and grew up mostly in the ocean doing any activity we could survive.  Most of my adult life has been spent living west of the Missouri river.  After high school in South Dakota, I served many years in the U.S. Navy, with most of my time in conflicts overseas. When I returned to the U.S. to leave the service and attend college, I was lucky enough to find the University of Montana, in beautiful Missoula, where I received my degree in Elementary Education in 1999.  Go Grizzlies! 

However, after graduation my extensive technology experience sidetracked me into the exciting world of Internet start-ups and Big Tech for over a decade.  While I enjoyed my time helping develop many of the programs that are commonplace today, I always wanted to return to education where most of my family has spent their life working.  

I took the chance to return to public education when it presented itself in 2010.  Spending three years at Lincoln Southeast High School as the Tech Interventionist helping staff and students to learn the "new" Google Cloud. Being a Knight was a great experience for me, but I had to return to my Elementary Education roots.

In 2013, I was given the awesome opportunity to bring Computer Science to Lakeview Elementary as an everyday class.  My first year was a significant growing experience as I learned to adapt teaching Computer Science to grades K-5.  Every year since, LPS has made great strides in creating a fully formed CS curriculum. The district is now an award-winning model of K-5 CS education for other districts around the nation.  Getting the chance to make new and successful Computational Thinkers and Coders every year has been very fulfilling.  Students need to be prepared for a future that will be fully digital in almost every way.

My wife and I live in southwest Lincoln and are begrudgingly learning to be empty nesters, but we travel to see are daughter Emerson whenever we can.

We love spending time outside at Pioneers Park, getting Barcelonas from Cultiva or sushi for Ginger, lounging in the pool, or walking at Yankee Hill lake.