Originally from Satellite Beach, Florida I grew up living on Patrick Air Force Base where my dad retired from the Navy after 20 years of service on submarines. I spent very little time on computers growing up as we spent a majority of our free time at the beach. 

After graduating Satellite High School in 2005, I joined the Navy as a Hull Maintenance Technician and spent the first three years on the USS Frank Cable stationed in Guam. Following these three years, I cross over into the Intelligence Community as an Intelligence Specialist (IS).

Following IS school, I was sent down to Tampa, Florida where I was stationed at USCENTCOM which focuses primarily on the Middle East and the Levant region. After my tour at CENTCOM, I went right across the street to SOCCENT where we support Special Operations Forces in the same region of the world. 

After nearly 10 years in sunny Tampa, I was sent up to US Fleet Forces Command in less sunny Norfolk, Virginia. Its here that I enrolled at ODU and began my studies in Cyber Security.

I married my wonderful wife Lindsey in 2007 and together we have three boys.