Currently the deputy director at Austin Soundwaves, an El Sistema-inspired arts nonprofit serving more than 2,000 students every year across the Austin metro. Formerly lead and co-founder of Picardy and adjunct professor at the University of the Incarnate Word. Composer of original concert music. Degrees from Cal State Long Beach (B.M.), University of Colorado at Boulder (M.M.), and The University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A.), studying composition, conducting, and violin. Married to a brilliant lady and dad to two young lads who love baseball, golf, swimming, track, and music. And two dogs and a cat tying everyone together.