Welcome to my new [in progress] website! I am a graduate student at Virginia Tech where I am doing research on community noise. My background is in Computer Science from the wonderful Michigan Tech, located in God’s Country (aka Michigan’s Upper Peninsula). I have work experience with J2EE programming, website development and IT Support (user support and system administration). My favorite programming language is C++ and the most random one that I know is COBOL.

Hiking with Tacori
In my free time, which is very rare as a graduate student, I enjoy being outdoors; hiking, running, biking, swimming, kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding, snowboarding, skydiving, etc. I’m also a big fan of craft beer, and I am a homebrewer. Of course this means I spend plenty of time brewing beer on weekends, going to the Hokie Homebrew Club meetings, Vintage Celler tastings, and touring breweries (Most recently: Devil’s Backbone, Wild Wolf, Starr Hill, Blue Mountain).