Hi, thanks for checking out our web site and wanting to know more about me. I grew up in Kingwood, a suburb north of Houston, Texas and graduated from Kingwood High School in 1997. I then went to The University of Texas at Austin and studied mechanical engineering. During my limited free time, I started learning to fly and obtained my private pilot's license in September of 1998. I continued flying during college (thanks in part to the University Flying Club) and I currently hold a commercial license with multi-engine, instrument, and single-engine seaplane ratings. I graduated from UT in December of 2001 with a degree in mechanical engineering. I currently work as a pipeline engineer for Antares Offshore, a small start-up engineering company in Houston.

My parents, Charles and Jan, moved from Kingwood in 2003 to Cookson, Oklahoma where they built a house at Snake Creek, a fly-in community. My grandmother, Dorothy, also lives with them. I enjoy going to visit my parents in Oklahoma because it is a beautiful place to truly "get away" and enjoy life, not to mention the amazing sunsets.