About Me
A product of the late 80s and early 90s, I spent my entire childhood in south east Missouri. At a very early age I would often look up at the sky to the big yellow crop dusters that would often fly very low over my parents’ house while my little brother and I played outside. This would spark an interest in aviation that would stick with me though out my life.
At the age of sixteen I took my first flying lesson. After earning my private pilot certificate prior to graduating high school, I went on to achieve an instrument rating and then my commercial pilot certificate at eighteen. At nineteen I went on to become a fight instructor. I still continue to instruct today, as well as provide pilot services, and have helped several students achieve earning their pilot certificates.
In 2001 I met Diane Adams, a college student majoring in secondary education. We dated and shared several of the same interests before we married in 2004.
2004 was a year of change for me. Career wise I was struggling to find myself, often asking myself what I wanted to be when I “grew up”. Flight instructing just wasn’t paying the bills anymore. I felt that I had reached a crossroads in my life and knew that I had to make choices on what I wanted to do with it. With a new wife to support I knew that I had to get a “real job” and reluctantly took a job at a local retail store.
Over the next couple of years I took an interest in repairing computers and installing small networks, first gaining confidence with my home network then friends and family, eventually using my newfound skills for local small businesses.
In 2006 I was offered a job at a local phlebotomy laboratory, whose network spanned across seven states including several remote offices, as an IT technician. I accepted and since have went on to gain valuable experience in the field of IT. I also have provide pilot services for the company.