I was born and raised in eastern Iowa, near the University of Iowa. I studied Business Administration with a focus in Information Systems at Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN. After college in 2017 I was offered a job with a gas station chain, based out of Tupelo, Mississippi in their IT department. After taking that job I moved to Oxford, MS. While in Oxford I began to assist a friend with side IT work. Eventually we got too busy and this needed to become our full time job. I left that company to assist this friend with a start-up IT firm. I would go on to be the Project Manager for this company for the next 5+ years. We were licensed, network based surveillance and fire alarm systems installers. We also were IT consultants for various clients, and businesses, through-out the state of Mississippi. Winters Construction was one of our clients when I took this position with them, in the fall of 2022. Many might ask why leave? For me it was about growth, and learning new things, taking my skill set and applying it to a new field. That’s what excites me, is expanding my knowledge, and developing new skills, or even sharpening some old ones!