I grew up in Mt. Lebanon, a suburb a few miles south of Pittsburgh. My interest in technology started quite early. At 13 I built my first custom desktop PC, and at 14 I took my first programming course using QBasic. I took some programming classes throughout high school, including a basic web design course for HTML, and some Visual Basic courses.

After high school I attended Mercyhurst College (now Mercyhurst University) in Erie, Pennsylvania. While I was there, I received my B.A. in Graphic Design and a minor in Web Development. In addition, I competed on the Mercyhurst College baseball team for four years as a starting pitcher.

I am currently employed as a Senior Full Stack Engineer, which results in me working with various pieces of the tach stack that my current employer (Diamond Kinetics) utilizes. I've lead frontend projects, backend projects, and established best practices for some of the various technologies that we use.

As a result of my full stack role, I've been exposed to various frontend and backend technologies that have made me a well-rounded software engineer with the ability to understand what is required to deliver successful project implementations. I will say though that frontend is my main concentration.

Currently I'm living in a town just south of Pittsburgh. I currently work at Diamond Kinetics as a member of the development team. We focus on building software and digital solutions around the integration of sensor technology in Baseball and Softball equipment, mainly bats and balls.

In my free time I'm usually with my wife, kids, and dog having fun around the house, being outside, or going somewhere for the kids. These days my personal hobbies consist mostly of cooking, trying to stay in shape, working on our house, watching Pittsburgh sports, and playing video games (mostly VR these days).