Hiya!

All about me ... but not all me.

My career in the web started while I was in Navy working as an aircraft mechanic and attending night courses at a local community college.  Keeping myself open to possibility I really didn't know exactly what I wanted to do as a career outside of the Navy.  After meeting my wife Aja—the glue in my life, I started to dabble more and more in web design.

To me programming seemed to be the perfect fit because I could just let my mind go and I was never too far away from something cool. The most attractive thing about programming was that I could imagine something and then just go build it. I really enjoyed projects that involved me using my imagination and having a logical path to channel it. For the first time in my life I found an overwhelming interest in art while applying my ideas on a canvas that was more dynamic and interactive. What I have learned to accept about myself is that I am always evolving and I find the most enjoyment trying on something different all the time. Web design and web development provided the most suitable environment for me to continually learn something new while committing myself to a life long trade. 

After spending 5 years in the United States Navy Whidbey Island Aja and I moved to Denver, Colorado with the addition of our first son Tyken, where we welcomed our second son Finley.

While in Colorado I rapidly nurtured a successful career as a web developer.  Getting my foot in the door as a project coordinator I exposed myself to the more technical side by filling in any extra time I had assisting the development team.  Within my first year I had a full-time job working as a Flash/PHP developer.

After spending three years as a web developer in a large agency environment I broadened my background while stimulating ideas and unveiling new hidden potentials as an independent contractor. Over the last year I have come full circle in the industry experiencing the business from almost every angle and learning how to managing resources to get projects done with over 20 projects ranging from project support to large scale applications completed single handily and built from the ground up with minimal instruction.

While I enjoyed working as a freelancer emensly there are some elements of working as a developer in a team that I have grown to miss.  While I have always felt that projects were most succesful when the team moved in unity I have also found that projects are easly balanced when there are others involved that you can count on.

Recently, after spending five years missing the northwest we decided to move back to Washington and currently I am seeking full-time employment as a web developer once again.  This time I only want to extract from my experience the things I have grown to be most fond of. That is programming and building cool websites with a team I enjoy hanging out with.