I make my home in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. I never turn down an opportunity to eat cookies. I play music and write songs.   I've been performing regularly at some local restaurants and coffee houses. Click  here  to visit the website of my production company.   There I have a current schedule of show dates, and some mp3's and lyrics for some of the songs I've written. I listen to a variety of Music.  Indigo Girls,  Our Lady Peace,  Pearl Jam,  Third Eye Blind,  Bob Seger,  Elton John,  Billy Joel, Brian Vander Ark,  Chet Atkins,  just to name a few. I spend as much time as I can hiking, climbing, camping, and snowboarding.   I’ve climbed Mt Hood,  Mt. Adams,  and Mt. Saint Helens. I've hiked across Crow Pass through the Chugach Mountains in Alaska. I spent nine years in the U.S. Army.   Four as a Commissioned Officer,  Three as a 13F (infantryman with a radio) in the 82nd Airborne Division. I learned to fly when I was 17,  I’m a Rated Army Pilot, and hold a commercial certificate,  airplane single and multi and helicopter.   I logged over 200 hours of combat flight time in Desert Storm. I have an MBA from the University of Central Florida. I've been working as Project Consultant in the Pacific Northwest.  I've done Project Management and Construction Engineering for various projects including a Fiber Optic Cable Network, a Cellular Telephone Network, a Missile Launching Facility, a Sewage Pumping Station, a Paper Mill, and a high Purity Piping Facility.  I'm currently taking some time off to reacquaint myself with my piano and my guitar   I've started a production company called  Trashbuckle Productions. I have two trucks: A Ford Ranger and ‘59 Willys Overland Wagon. I have been an Amateur Radio Operator since I was a teenager.  I hold a General Class License.  I monitor the 712 repeater on Mt. Hood. I recently finished reading The Wordy Shipmates,  by Sarah Vowell and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. …… … Click here to go back to the top