At-a-glance

• I love to: Fish, ride motor cycles and travel
• In my driveway you’ll find: My 19 year old, 20 foot Alumweld fishing boat
• I couldn’t do without: iPhone, Mac, iPad, and my cameras
• I work here because: we are building state-of-the-art technology with a very smart team
• On Sunday morning I: Watch the NFL
• Those who don’t know me quickly learn: I am honest, trustworthy and have an old dog that comes to work every day

The corporate stuff

Data centers , computer IT, and running great businesses are my passion. I’m a serial entrepreneur. Nearly 20 years ago along with my wife I co-founded Dimension Systems, a value-added reseller (VAR) for enterprise information technology (IT) manufacturers. Earlier I held Industrial and Systems engineering positions at Boeing where I also managed one of the largest data centers.  I’ve also worked in the storage vertical markets handling performance management, business analysis and training and sales engineering support for all of the US and Canada. After years of visiting data centers around the country I saw firsthand how hard it was for the smart teams I was working with to manage their assets. That got me to thinking—there’s got to be a better way. So I set out to find a new approach and assembled the best team in the country to help launch Vizualiiz and the LightsOn solution.  Education: Western Washington University, BA Industrial Technology.

• I couldn’t do without:  My BlackBerry
• I dream to: Sail the Caribbean six months of every year
• In my driveway you’ll find:  A nice MB (wife's car)  beat up Honda Civic (my car)
• On my iPod: Jimmy Buffett to Cheryl Crow to Nelly to The Fugees to Bob Marley to Kenny Chesney
• My favorite electronic device:  Soundmatters FoxL Bluetooth remote speakers
• People think I’m obsessive about:  customer experience and timeliness 

The corporate stuff

I’ve come up through the engineering ranks and lived and worked in and around data centers my entire career. I love the data side of building companies. Early on I held a number of engineering positions at companies such as Pioneer Standard, Avent Computer and Alisa Systems. I’ve also had a chance to be a part of a rapidly growing, large, international operation in my decade plus career at Amazon.  There I managed the gamut from retail systems, technology operations, and international data services to hardware lifecycles.  I’ve been an Officer, First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corp and graduated with a BA in Computer Science and Business from Western Washington University.