I was born July 27, 1964 in Gary, Indiana, USA, but I spent most of my first 21 years in nearby Hobart. (This did not make me happy.) I graduated from Hobart High School in 1982. In 1986, I received a Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications (TV/Radio/Film) from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana--the same place that gave late-night talk show legend David Letterman his start.

Afterwards, I moved to Hollywood where I briefly interned at Stephen J. Cannell Productions, producers of The A-Team and other action TV series. I also worked as a production assistant on a pair of low-budget science-fiction films.

Returning to Indiana in 1987, I took a job as a master control operator at public broadcaster WYIN-TV in Merrillville. In 1989, I was hired as the traffic manager at WILL-TV in Urbana, Illinois. In 1997, I was promoted to program director, heading the programming department, managing an $800,000+ budget and responsible for screening/scheduling shows that are seen throughout East Central Illinois.

I met my wife Vicky through work; she was the traffic manager at nearby WTVP-TV in Peoria. We used to trade videotapes for broadcast on our respective stations. One thing led to another, and we were married on October 3, 1992. We live in Champaign, Illinois with one cat and no kids.

Our house as seen from spaaaaaace!

My hobbies include playing board and computer games, bowling, building Lego models, collecting Star Wars toys and serving as a "suspect" in murder mystery dinners for a local theatre company.

If I could be a tree, I'd be an oak.