About Me

About Me

• I am married to my wife Teresa. We moved to Burleson Lane in 2016. We currently have two German Shepherd Dogs, two cats and a koi pond full of fish. We are avid gardeners, sailors and campers. 
• I was born in Fort Walton Beach Florida. My father was an engineer and an early computer scientist at Eglin Air Force Base.  My mother was an artist and the founder of a nonprofit professional ballet company. Many weekends were spent with my dad building scenery or producing shows as a volunteer. 
• I currently work for a large healthcare corporation for 28 years in IT roles, traveling around the country, navigating a huge organization structure, variety of teams to meet big challenges, project management and very large budgets. 
• We completed America’s Great Loop on our diesel trawler boat in 2023/24 season, spending 11 months aboard our boat traveling 6300 miles around the eastern United States, Canada, the Great Lakes and the inland rivers. Every day was a new adventure full of challenges to overcome. Still married!
• Served as Big Brother through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee as a community based mentor, twice. Siante B was my first, matched when he was 9 and he's in his late 20's. David R was 12 when we were matched and is now in his late teens. I still keep up with both of them regularly! Fund raised sponsoring tables at their annual breakfast.
• Founding president of a statewide 501(c)3 nonprofit organization Bike Walk Tennessee. As a volunteer I worked with all levels of state, MPO, county and city governments. I lobbied Congress to advocate for safer streets for people outside their cars.
• Back in my heavy cycling days, I rode 15 years in a row to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. I also rode many weeks on my tandem bicycle with kids from the Tennessee School for the Blind.
• Volunteered with a variety of nonprofits, including Isaiah House 117, homeless shelters and other nonprofits.
• Interests in outdoors - sailing, gardening, camping, biking, hiking, metalwork, astronomy and tinkering. Learned about water quality through an interest in fly fishing and canoeing.