All About Me

The Cerner years

I married my lovely wife - Dr. Amber
We have an adorable one year old Boston Terrier - George
We opened Purple Mountain Chiropractic
I've moved around a lot which tends to happen when you work for a consulting company: Kansas City, Missouri; Springfield, Illinois; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and finally in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

College Life

I graduated with a 3.91 GPA and was in the top 2% of my class at Iowa State University. I was inducted into a few National Honor Societies: Golden Key, Phi Kappa Phi, NSCS, and Beta Gamma Sigma.
I am a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity.
I received a BS in Management Information Systems.
I was a web administrator/developer at Ames Laboratory for the Condensed Matter Physics Group.
I used to work at the Nike Factory Store in Williamsburg, Iowa.
I worked as an intern at Pella Corporation in the Communication Services Department. I also worked for the Story City branch during my senior year.

High School in small town Iowa

I graduated from HLV Community High School. I made their site when I was a senior in high school, while I was the Computer Club President. I don't currently update it, as you can tell.
I went out for every sport at school before I tore my ACL (anterior cruciate ligament, located in your knee). So after surgery I only lettered in baseball and track.
I was in the National Honor Society and Student Council. I was President of the Computer Club, School Technology Assistant, and Vice President of the Senior Class.
I maintained a 4.0 GPA starting in seventh grade and was the school Valedictorian
My senior year I ran at the Drake Relays in the 4x100 Meter Relay (Jason York, Dennis Pirkl, Chris Furler, Ryan Sullivan).
I received All Conference Honorable Mention for track my senior year and missed going to state by one place in the 4x200. The three teams that placed ahead of us in our district got 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at state. We didn't get to go because 1A Boys Track in Iowa only sends the top 3 positions from each District Meet to State.

Everyone loves pictures...

Aren't we cute! How could you say no to either of us? Dad, mom and myself.

I could mow with the best of them and so can my grandpa Bill. Dad and mom on Halloween back in the day.

This is a picture I took from the Press Box in Yankee Stadium. I have the full size version of this image at 1024x768, making it the perfect desktop background!

1998 SICL track championship team from high school.

Me running in the 4x100 at the Drake Relays my senior year in high school. What can I say, Max was tired, so I put him to bed.

Me and my 1989 Mercury Cougar Night Cat. Here's a picture of the car I just got. That's why I will be broke for the next 18 months or so.

Baby was my roommate's Ball-Python. These are cross connections for the phones system located at Pella Corporation for Building 32.

Nice Tierra. This was taken at one of the many proms I attended. This is a picture taken of a data closet in Pella Corporation that I installed. I did everything from installing and configuring the switch and UPS to running all of the phone and data cross connects.

Part of my family at ISU's graduation. Left to right: Tawny, Mel, Maxine, Carol, Shawn, and me This is what you really learn to do in college. I believe computer people refer to this as multitasking. I'm listening to mp3's doing research for a paper, chatting on AOL, eating a grilled cheese, and balancing Mr. Orange on my head. Now beat that!

It's nice to graduate and enter into the "real world." Tyler and I standing in front of the "No Standing" sign in Times Square.

Getting ready to head out to my last Buck Burgers at Patty's Irish Pub on Welch Ave in Ames, Iowa. Me, Keith, Jon, and Derek at the Iowa State Homecoming game on October 12, 2002. Iowa State 31 Texas Tech 17


Aren't we cute! How could you say no to either of us?	Dad, mom and myself.

I could mow with the best of them and so can my grandpa Bill.	Dad and mom on Halloween back in the day.

This is a picture I took from the Press Box in Yankee Stadium. I have the full size version of this image at 1024x768, making it the perfect desktop background!
	1998 SICL track championship team from high school.

Me running in the 4x100 at the Drake Relays my senior year in high school.	What can I say, Max was tired, so I put him to bed.

Me and my 1989 Mercury Cougar Night Cat.	Here's a picture of the car I just got. That's why I will be broke for the next 18 months or so.

Baby was my roommate's Ball-Python.	These are cross connections for the phones system located at Pella Corporation for Building 32.

Nice Tierra. This was taken at one of the many proms I attended.	This is a picture taken of a data closet in Pella Corporation that I installed. I did everything from installing and configuring the switch and UPS to running all of the phone and data cross connects.

Part of my family at ISU's graduation. Left to right: Tawny, Mel, Maxine, Carol, Shawn, and me	This is what you really learn to do in college. I believe computer people refer to this as multitasking. I'm listening to mp3's doing research for a paper, chatting on AOL, eating a grilled cheese, and balancing Mr. Orange on my head. Now beat that!

It's nice to graduate and enter into the "real world."	Tyler and I standing in front of the "No Standing" sign in Times Square.

Getting ready to head out to my last Buck Burgers at Patty's Irish Pub on Welch Ave in Ames, Iowa.	Me, Keith, Jon, and Derek at the Iowa State Homecoming game on October 12, 2002. Iowa State 31 Texas Tech 17