About me

I graduated from Indiana University in 2002 with a Business degree in Computer Information Systems. IU helped to instill me with an entrepreneurial spirit, and I have started, helped start, or ran several business in my life, including a programming consultant business, a wedding photography business, and a digital advertising firm. I currently have a successful real estate rental business: Maverick Real Estate Investments (www.mavrei.com).

As for full time employment, I have been a Systems Administrator for about 20 years, currently with Hoosier Wheel / OTR Wheel (otrwheel.com).

I grew up in a small town on the border of Indiana and Illinois with roughly 200 people in it. I spent my summers and weekends riding my bike, or at the park playing pick-up basketball and football with the other town boys. I played 7 sports in high school and graduated 3rd in my class. Then I went to IU and spent the most amazing 4 years of my life there. It helped shape me into the person I have become, and I miss it often. I visit as often as I can. After college, I moved to Evansville to pursue other things, and I have been there ever since. I got married on 6/14/14 to my beautiful and Loving bride Amanda, and we spend our time reading, working on projects, playing with our adorable puppies, working out, or playing board games with our friends (you know who you are). My hobbies include golf, biking, writing, cards & games, poker, music, movies, fantasy football, watching sports, playing pickleball, running, 3D Printing, etc…

One of my major goals is to write a very successful novel, or series of novels. This of course means getting published by a legitimate publishing house. I am currently working hard on that goal. Another goal of mine is to travel a lot more. I have a huge bucket list of places I would like to see, and have yet to make a dent in it. Now that I’m married, I hope the two of us find time to see a lot of the amazing things this world has to offer. Professionally, I plan on having 20+ rental properties by the time I’m 50, and possibly be able to work only part-time soon after that, and spend the extra time flipping houses.

Top Gun & Top Gun Maverick (of course)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Star Wars Original Trilogy
Avatar
The Matrix
Gladiator
Garden State
Shawshank Redemption
Indian Summer
Jurassic Park
Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Inception
American Beauty
Crimson Tide
A Few Good Men
National Treasure
Gone In 60 Seconds
The Thomas Crown Affair
Twister
The Rock
Tin Cup
Fight Club
Slumdog Millionaire
Boondock Saints
Bad Boys
Serendipity
300
Blood Diamond
The Island
Wedding Crashers
Anchorman
Love Actually
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Big Lebowski

Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkein
Life of Pi – Yann Martel
The Time Machine – H.G. Wells
DaVinci Code – Dan Brown
Dune – Frank Herbert
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
1984 – George Orwell
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
Ishmael – Daniel Quinn
Animal Farm – George Orwell
The Way of the Peaceful Warrior – Dan Millman
To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Dances With Wolves – Michael Blake
The Watchmen – Alan Moore
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Ravens in Winter – Bernd Heinrich
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
The Island of Dr. Moreau – H.G. Wells

Pink Floyd
The Eagles
Third Eye Blind
Linkin Park
Led Zeppelin
Angels & Airwaves
Breaking Benjamin
Chicane
Blackmill
Taylor Swift