I have an education from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, MN. I attended off and on for 4 years in their Meteorology program. I did not complete my degree however, as I decided to focus on my business.

I remain an avid storm chaser, student of meteorology, and even a contract storm chaser for the local ABC affiliate in Minneapolis (KSTP) which I have been doing since 2005. I recall an instance in 2006 when I was on the air by phone following a large tornado in southern Minnesota, and asked by the on air meteorologist if I had anything else to say about the tornado before they let me go. I said yes… if I was in the little town of Kasota, MN I’d be pretty worried right now. At that point they zoomed in on their radar to try to find the city and started mentioning it. It turned out that a few minutes later the tornado hit Kasota and killed an elderly man. Maybe others would have gotten killed if we didn’t mention it, maybe not, but at least we got the word out the best we could. That was one time where I truly felt like I did some good storm chasing, and that what we’re doing has some worth. I look forward to working with the media in the future.

Last spring I got engaged to a beautiful woman at the Grand Canyon. I'm madly in love with her and we are planning our wedding for September 27, 2008.