My career started early.  My father bought us a Timex Sinclair 1000 when I was still in grade school.  I can remember typing in BASIC programs from computer magazine listings, and soon a lifelong fascination with technology was born.  Thanks to a wonderful teacher in High School, myself and a handful of peers learned to program.  Many of us went on to lead impressive careers in technology.  A couple of us started our own software firm and went on to develop successful software for the health care industry.

I attended college at the University of Arizona where I worked with Optical Scientists and Astronomers as part of a team developing world-renowned observatories.  Not satisfied with a traditional degree, I went on to get a degree in the fields of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence.  Over the years I have worked with small startups to Fortune 50 corporations.  In 2000 I found myself in Silicon Valley working on strong encryption with Phil Zimmerman the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).  Then the dot-com bubble burst.

Being thrown off the roller coaster of the 90s dot-com craze gave me time to reflect on the direction of my life and what was important to me.  I threw myself into my other lifelong passion, wilderness.  That journey brought me to beautiful Ely Minnesota and its more than two million acres of protected wilderness.  Here I worked as an outfitter, met my beautiful wife, and put down roots.  Then I was contacted about the intriguing opportunity to work with wild black bears, utilizing technology to help understand them better.  It was a challenging project that melded my passions of wilderness and technology.  A project which met a high profile political end.

In every end there is a new beginning, and I am very excited to start and grow a new business here in Ely where the possibilities are thrilling.