I was born in Kansas City, KS and lived there for about a year, after which my dad did his fellowship at Saint Louis University. We lived in Maryland Heights, MO for some time and moved to St. Charles in 1988, which was where I grew up and attended grades K-12. I spent six years in Champaign-Urbana earning my BS and MS, and in 2008 I bought a house and moved to Lawrence, KS. Lawrence is a great place to run my little business and be close to family.

I enjoy music and technology, and I have the great fortune of being able to travel often.

Education

I attended St. Charles West High School in St. Charles, MO beginning in fall 1998. I was involved in jazz, marching, and concert bands, and later I became involved with the science club. I hold a BS in computer science and an MS in accounting from the University of Illinois.

Family

I have two brothers at university in Illinois, but I live in Lawrence, not far from family in KC, Wichita, and Hays.

Friends

(well, those with websites anyway)

• David Klempner
• Steven Sawadisavi (aka Savi; his site is currently hosted on this machine)
• Phil Lowman-a good friend and recent graduate of UIUC.
• Jeff Huang- great guy, now at Google and UW

Travel

This is by no means a comprehensive list; I have been fortunate to travel quite extensively.

Longer Trips (usually 7-10 days, some longer; usually occured over spring or summer break):

• Chicago
• Phoenix/Scottsdale
• Washington, DC (got to go up into the capitol dome....it's closed off nowadays)
• Wyoming (almost two weeks long, very very beautiful)
• Seattle, with a day trip to Victoria, Canada (long time ago, but pretty as I recall)
• New York (cool, but I wouldn't want to live on Manhattan Island)
• Boston (liked the historical stuff)
• Alaska (one of my personal favorites, included a Cruise)
• San Francisco Bay (so beautiful that I applied to Stanford and Berkeley)
• London and Paris (Summer 2002, another favorite)
• Colorado (learning to fly fish, rafting)
• Los Angeles (the movie industry is cool, but the smog is bad and I can't say I'd ever want to live there)

• SUPERBOWL!! Winter 2002, my dear Rams vs. the evil Patriots (New Orleans, LA)
• Lawrence, KS and Springfield, MO for a number of different music camps
• Tulsa, OK for a marching competition (Freshman, Sophomore, and Senior years in HS)
• Washington, DC for the 4th of July Parade
• Pennsylvania for the Illini vs. Penn State game (fall 2002)
• Midwest Clinic in Chicago (with my high school jazz band, Winter 1999)
• Fiesta Bowl, Tempe (again, band trip, Winter 2001/2002)
• Houston, TX (overnight to check out Rice University)
• San Fran again (check out Stanford and Cal)

I will also admit to having visited Ann Arbor to check out Michigan....though of course I have no loyalty to them ;-).

Places I haven't been and things I'd like to do:

• Normandy (we could have done it on the Paris/London trip but would have had to sacrifice something else)
• Sounds crazy, but I'd like to skydive sometime; Mom says she'll kill me if I do :-(
• Berlin and the Rhineland, Germany
• Hong Kong sounds interesting, but I'm not sure if I'd like it or not
• I'll take another cruise. Anywhere. I mean it.