I began my audio career back in the early 2000's recording my own music as well as other bands and musician friends. I started my own mobile recording business while attending Columbia College Chicago for Recording Arts which then led me to JBTV Studios with Jerry Bryant where I really cut my teeth in the industry.

I spent eight years recording, mixing and mastering hundreds of live performances that also got me multiple Emmy Nominations. I also spent a good amount of time gigging around town doing live sound.

This all then led me to a full-time faculty position at Flashpoint College in Chicago teaching recording arts (check out the EDUCATOR tab for more details). The school unfortunately did not make it through the covid-19 pandemic and closed down in May of 2022, which has led me to my software development path.

As mentioned in the AUDIO section, I had a ten-year run at Flashpoint College Chicago teaching everything from basic audio concepts, fundamentals of acoustics, studio recording, live sound production, and sound for film. I was also teaching portfolio and career development courses by the end of my time at the school as well.

I was actually tasked to develop the live sound program within the Recording Arts department when I was brought on and continued to manage it all for nearly eight years.

I loved teaching and thought I was in it for the long haul, but the universe makes interesting decisions for us sometimes. I would love to find myself in some sort of mentoring or teaching role again, but for now I have become a student myself as I dive each day into the rich world of software development.