I grew up in Arkansas where I developed a love for the outdoors, a passion for learning, and an interest in business from an early age.

My first brush with business was the monopoly board. As a kid, I would beg everyone in the house to play Monopoly with me, especially over the summer. I didn't realize it until later, but I think this is where my fascination with business and investing really started - realizing it was possible to use money to make more money.

This eventually led to studying finance in college where I also met many of the people I call friends today. It was also in college where I really started getting into hobbies that leaned into my love of the outdoors. I picked up mountain biking and backpacking, and I still love to do both. Due to Florida's distint lack of mountains, however, I've started getting into surfing and free diving.

After graduating from University of Arkansas - Fort Smith with a degree in finance, I moved to Fort Worth, TX where I had a brief stint as a financial advisor before starting an investment research company that I ran for two years.

I taught myself to code in 2020 because I felt that it would be a crucial skill to have in a world becoming more and more tech-oriented. During the summer of 2021, I started a career in property management at Champions Club Apartments in Fayetteville, AR where I was able to use my new coding skills to automate multiple tasks that led to more effective management of the property. Currently, I live in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and I'm working as the Director of Technology at Marker Investments, the same real estate investment company that owned Champions Club at the time I was managing it.

In my current position, I've built internal applications, built an API that streamlines various processes, and have successfully led some of our most challenging projects. Many of my projects are geared toward streamlining a process that is currently very manual. Things like custom integrations with ILSs, systemizing the process of paying and charging back utilities, and streamlining parking leases for a portfolio where we have 200+ individual lots of varying shapes, sizes, and price points.

I'm also currently working on a light-weight SAAS application that will make it easier to assign work to vendors, approve change orders when things don't go according to plan, track the completion of the vendor's work, and facilitate fast invoice processing. I'm hoping to finish by Spring 2024!