I like to understand how things work and find ways to improve them.

I grew up on a farm in rural Ohio, in an entrepreneurial family. My parents started and ran a retail greenhouse, a custom cabinet shop, and a farm all on our property. Working in these businesses as I grew up taught me good work ethic, integrity in business, and responsibility. I've spent more than a decade working in custom cabinetry and architectural millwork, both on the shop floor and in design and management. Having put in the time on the shop floor, I know the friction between design and fabrication. Now, I'm passionate about mitigating that friction through great systems and design, CNC machining, and automation.

At my dad's cabinet shop, I had the freedom to look at the whole process and make real changes — we improved efficiency by around 30%. I've carried that same drive into my work today, designing and planning with the entire business in mind, constantly asking how we could improve efficiency. Curiosity doesn't stop at fabrication and design — I'm constantly asking: "How does that work?" Not only in the manufacturing space but also in relationships, culture building, leadership, and spirituality.

These days I'm living on the road in a school bus I converted into a home — and working remotely as a CAD designer and CNC consultant. Whether I'm drafting shop drawings, helping a shop integrate a CNC router, or designing a solar system for an RV conversion, the approach is the same: Deep research to understand the system, then design and plan knowing someone will actually build it.