My story begins in Michigan, though Colorado claimed me early — shaping my youth, my education, and the first chapters of my career. The Rocky Mountain state gave me my foundation, but the road eventually wound eastward, through the quiet resolve of Russell, Kansas, and onward to Manhattan, where I now call home.
Over the years, I have worn many hats in the world of video production — editor, producer, storyteller — and the industry has rarely offered me the same challenge twice. I have worked across nearly every format the medium has to offer: breaking news, broadcast television, on-demand content, and the ever-evolving digital frontier. I have witnessed the industry shed its skin more than once, living through the seismic shift from tape to digital, and now standing at the threshold of an AI-driven future that is rewriting the rulebook entirely.
My experience spans both ends of the production spectrum. I have led crews of editors, graphic designers, and audio engineers through the intricate choreography of interstitials and promotional content — and I have sat alone in the edit bay, crafting full-season productions from the ground up. Both have taught me something that the other could not.
I won't pretend the path has been flawless. I have stumbled, miscalculated, and learned hard lessons that no classroom could have offered. But every fall has sharpened my instincts and deepened my craft. The industry continues to transform at a breathtaking pace, and I meet each new iteration of it not with apprehension, but with curiosity — and the quiet confidence of someone who has already weathered more than a few storms.
Life and I never had a formal arrangement — I asked for little, and yet it saw fit to give me everything.
It started with a woman whose singular ambition in a partner was refreshingly modest: simply find a man who wouldn't drive her to the edge of her patience. Fate, in its infinite mischief, delivered me instead. Somehow, I held on — and somehow, she let me. From that unlikely beginning, we built something neither of us could have blueprinted alone.
First came Alex, our passionate and imaginative soul, who approaches the world as though it were a canvas waiting to be transformed. Then arrived Cara, fierce and wonderfully untamed, a whirlwind we have never quite managed to predict — nor would we want to. Rounding out our little constellation are Zoey, our faithful and adoring dog, and Roxy, a cat whose talent for mischief borders on the artistic.
As for the American Dream? We have our own version of it — just swap the white picket fence for one of sturdy metal, silver-gray and unapologetically so.
And honestly? What more could a man ask for.