I grew up in a small farming community in and around Minooka, Illinois. I've lived in Little Rock, Arkansas, San Diego, California, Iowa City, Iowa and I have traveled to extensive parts of the world to places such as Egypt, Greece, Italy, Oman, Germany, Newfoundland, Panama, El Salvador, Turkey, and many other places. I am into my family, creating glass art, designing web sites and online business applications, for artists, entrepreneurs and small businesses. Most notably, I am a veteran, a college graduate, and most grievously, a cubs fan, thanks to watching ball games with my grandpa as a kid.

In addition to Gathering Elements, I design and operate both tektechnologies.com and endlessgear.org. Each site plays a vital role in connecting business systems with online applications. Tek technologies provides site design and information systems data, whether for artist, entrepreneurs or small business while endlessgear.org provides a platform for artist to express their web credibility, while delivering their product to the market.

I am currently working outside of San Diego at the most presitgous burger place in East County.I recently started producing my glass art, attending industry conferences and working on my continued education in web software.