co-valedictorian of Monroe High School in 2003

Purdue University on an Air Force ROTC Scholarship, BS Electrical Engineering in 2008.

Commissioned into the Air Force, and assigned to Edwards Air Force Base, CA, rising to become the Lead Project Engineer on B1 flight systems.

T transferred to Wright Patterson, AFB, OH, in September 2011.

Promotion to Captain, effective in May, 2012.