CEO/CO FOUNDER
father husband entrepreneur. born and raised in NE OHIO. one of 4 brothers. 2 full one half brother. parents white mother black father. mother was the rock of the family. father was abusive mentally and physically. we were raised to be intelligent and self reliant forma a young age. grandparents on fathers side were a big influence on us growing up. music and sports were a big part of my life. played piano, violin, saxophone all at a young age started piano at age 4. started sports all al age 8. all the usuals football baseball basketball soccer. found lacrosse in highschool. good student always pushing to learn and do more form a young age. always wanted to be in the gifted programs always wanted to be a part of the advanced classes. always had to ask to be a part of them and never was approached for them even thoughn i was a smart as the kids asked to particioapte in them. aslo had a real passion for art and history forma young age. loved drawing and photography. found it to be an alternative outlet but also a challenge to get better at it. started to also find some interest in the military predominantly the air force. wanted to be a fighter pilot in the worst way. dealt with a lot of emotional struggles with my father growing up. never felt wanted or recognized by him. took on all the physical abuse from him to keep it away form my younger brother. my older brother my mothers first child died at the hands of a negligent nurse at Mercy hospital in march of 1978. he was born with down syndrome and respiratory problems and had a trachea tube for breathing. long and the short of it all he suffocated because he was hooked up to the machine that evening but it was not turned on. moved through school with a diverse group of friends from all walks of life. but never just subscribed to one group i had room for everyone in my life and didn't care what others may or may not say about it. highschool was the point that i knew who i was and what i thought i wanted to be. plans were to go to college and be a museum director. went to shcoll to play lacrosse and wound up back in hometown after a year working in a fine dining restaruant. did that for a couple of years and then had the opporutinty to go back to school and play ball. enter saint vincent college. went there played ball for 2 years and then injury sidelined me satyed for anohter year and then left to come back to ohio to finishh school. found myself back in fine dining as a chef in training while goingot shcool. shcill gave way and work took over. workned my way to executive chef and did this for almost the next 15 years. life became extemrmly toxic for me i had to change things before it was too late. found my way back to pittsburhg as a chef for about 2 years. met my wife after being here for a year and swiethced gears out of that restarurant life into finance. heather is my wife and my business partner in our new endeavor. she came to the table with 3 young boys, Deven, Dante,Jaxon when we met who are now my sons. we also have our beautiful daughter together Charlee. she changed my life and my view of it instatntly. i now had a new mindset. we also no w have a 4 year old grandaughter we adore. weve been togher 16 years this coming may. there is so much more to my life but this gives you a glimpse into it. there are so many ares we can deep dive into which i am an open book about.