I was born in Englewood, Colorado. Due to a change in work, my father relocated our family to Bellevue Washington where I lived for more than a decade. Since then, I have lived in Mt. Vernon Washington, Kennesaw Georgia, Kailua-Kona Hawaii, Tokyo Japan, Sedona Arizona, Mesa Arizona, Boulder Colorado, Irvine California, Chandler Arizona, San Diego and Tyler Texas. My primary background is in software engineering & development, and executive business management with recent focus on business and technology virtualization. My hobbies include writing short stories and scripts, which I have been doing since I was a teenager years old.
My father worked for Control Data Corporation (CDC) which gave me the unique opportunity to access the PLATO network, the birthplace of online gaming. Throughout the 80’s I was fortunate enough to play historic PLATO titles such as Avatar, Empire, Journey, Wilderness, Drygulch, Labyrinth, Angband, and other online games that defined an upcoming industry (covered in an article I wrote called The Origins of Modern Online Gaming).
My software creations include titles such as Mordor, Demise, Horizons, and Alganon. I also became a published author in 1995 when I wrote my first book βThe Visual Basic 4 Network Gaming Adventure Setβ, published by the Coriolis Group.
After founding Artifact Entertainment in 1999 and creating Horizons, I started a new company in 2001 called βPharaoh Productionsβ but was unable to secure funding for my hybrid MMOG game known as Dominion. In 2004 I decided to take a position with a software company in Irvine, CA as CTO.
In mid-2005 I relocated to Arizona, and in January of 2006, co-founded a new company (QOL) which was the first virtual company in the industry to produce a commercial-grade MMOG. Alganon initially released in December of 2009.
I left QOL in March of 2010 and began private consulting services with a focus on helping companies utilize the latest in software technology, acquire top notch talent, and streamline both productivity and efficiency.
Health and well-being are very important to me and my family. We stay away from sugar, eat organic foods, and exercise regularly. I disconnected from the large Social Networking platforms years ago, finding their interactive natures to be more harmful than good. I prefer to keep in touch with friends and family directly through calls and visits.
I am an avid supporter of 2nd Amendment Rights and am formally trained in self-defense and firearms. I believe in freedom, accountability, responsibility, honor, integrity, and standing against those who inflict harm upon or steal from others. I have a passion for creating worlds, products, companies and teams, and express that passion through programming and development, product design, management, leadership, and productivity.