art, guitar, music, watercolor painting

After receiving my High School diploma from the small farming community of Conrad, Montana in 1987, I attended Montana State University until 1992 where I obtained degrees in Computer Science and Industrial and Management Engineering. After college, I began working as a professional luthier and CNC technician for the Gibson/Flatiron Mandolin and Banjo Company and later Gibson’s Acoustic Guitar Division in Bozeman, Montana. I relocated to Tacoma, Washington in 1998 and began a career in brass musical instrument repair. In 2000 I began developing an intense interest in Genealogy and decided to begin the creation of a book that chronicled not only my family's history, but also the deep ancestral origins of many deep branches of my family tree.