I started my professional life as a union carpenter in Reno before joining the United States Navy in 1991 as an assistant ship's journalist and a deck seaman.

I covered high-profile events around the globe, from Hurricane Andrew disaster relief in 1992 to the discovery of USS Yorktown off of Midway Island with Bob Ballard in 1998. My final tour of duty at Combat Camera Group Pacific was as a field producer in support of a worldwide mission of military documentary production.

I left the Navy in 2001 and moved across the country to start my first business with my long-time best friend Mikah Sellers, a specialized communications firm in Washington DC called Hancuff Miller. After a short but successful partnership, we both decided to pursue other opportunities following the Dot.com Bomb.

I spent the next decade years as a freelance multimedia designer, web developer and screenwriter. I also wrote five feature-length scripts, earned a bachelors degree in graphics and multimedia design from Capella University and a Masters in Producing for Film & Video at American University.

I am currently the Chief Operating Officer here at IM4 and working with Mikah on our next big idea.