- Parcipated on Newman High School Football State Championship Team 19911991
- Graduate of Newman High School 1992
- Marine Corps 1992 -1996
- Lived on an Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Saratoga for far to long
- Participated on Military National Rugby Championship Team
- Involved in riots in Panama of 1100+ Cubans against 60′ish Marines…involved meaning I was on the Marines side, just in case you were thinking something else
- Traveled most of the United States and countries in Europe
- Jumped out of helicoptors and airplanes…with a chute of course
- Learned to shoot and shot a shoulder-fired Stinger missle (anti-air weapon), which is one of the many cool weapons I fired that made loud “boom” sounds
- Graduated Southern Illinois University of Carbondale with a B.S. in Information Systems Technology 2000
- Graduated DePaul University with M.S. in Information Systems 2005
- Once pursued a Doctorate in Instructional Technology at Northern Illinois University


