A Virginia home, a military family, and a career built in technology.
I’m exploring public service from the perspective I know best: as a husband, father, veteran, IT professional, small-business owner, and longtime Virginian.
I was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and moved to Woodbridge, Virginia, to live with my dad when I was about 12 or 13. Virginia has been home ever since.
I joined the Army at 18. I originally expected the military to be my long-term career, but life had other plans. I served as a 35T, an intelligence systems maintainer and integrator, after my dad encouraged me to choose a field that would translate into civilian life. That decision put me on the path into IT, where I have worked ever since, including time supporting government customers and later building businesses of my own.
Service runs deep in my family. My father is a retired Army Sergeant Major who continues to support the country through contracting. My mother is also an Army veteran and continues her own career in public service and contracting. My sister served, my uncle retired from the military, my brother-in-law is currently serving as an infantryman, and that tradition goes back through my grandparents and great-grandparents.
Politics should leave something better behind.
I’m not doing this because I think one person can walk into Richmond and fix everything. I’m doing it because I want to contribute. Too many people feel squeezed financially, poorly represented, and pushed aside by the loudest edges of both major parties.
I consider myself politically independent. I may land somewhat right of center on a number of issues, but I am not a Republican, and I have serious disagreements with both the far right and the far left. I want to represent people who care more about practical results, individual freedom, family stability, and the future than party loyalty.