I have a passion for creating the types of systems that allow people to pursue a life that truly fits them. Therefore, I have the following current pursuits

  • My full time job with Midigator, where by helping small to medium sized businesses manage chargebacks, I help people who are pursing their dreams stay in business

  • My podcast, where I interview people from all different backgrounds who pursue their passions hoping to encourage and inspire others to do the same

  • My new business, Reclaim Your Time, a course where I help people overcome addiction to smart phones and other new technology and replace unintentional screen time with more productive, positive and fulfilling habits

My childhood was spent in two different places (my family moved when I was 11)

  • Mineola, New York (Long Island)

  • Buffalo Grove, Illinois (Northwest suburbs of Chicago)

Then I studied Atmospheric Science at

  • Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN)

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)

I still love the weather, follow it and will periodically go on a storm chase or make weather forecasts.

My other life-long fascinations include

  • Travel and maps

  • Outdoor adventures (I ski, hike, raft and bike about 2,000 miles a year)

  • Social sciences, including philosophy, sociology and group dynamics

  • The stock market

  • Often ill-fated attempts to predict the future

  • Advocating for individual liberty

I’ve had the following jobs in the past

  • Worked at Portillos in high school (learned Spanish- I’m still okay at it, wish I were fluent)

  • Teaching Assistant in Graduate School

  • Aon, as a Meteorologist in the Insurance Industry

  • As a Data Scientist with the City and County of Denver (yes, this was totally the wrong place for me)

  • Also doing Data Science in consulting and freelancing (multiple instances and clients)

  • Some freelance writing (I do love writing, check out my blog!)

  • As a meteorologist at Core Logic working on maps of hail, wind and tornado events

  • As a Technical Product Lead at EDUCAUE working on resource benchmarking

…. Sometimes I talk to people who stay at the same job for over a decade and wish I could be that person.

But I am an ENFP, so I am obsessed with

  • Obviously personality assessments, I think I am a 7 on the eneagram- maybe a 4

  • Risk taking in general- stock market and other investments when I’m being healthy, craps and other casino games when I just feel like life needs a little more chaos

  • Any social situation, the more frequent and the more people the better

  • New ideas from doing things like reading really intense books or listening to TED talks

  • When I do go online, YouTube is my go-to

  • Testing limits

  • Hearing about different ways of doing things

  • Being in motion as much as I possibly can

  • I want to try food from every country and culture on earth (except maybe North Korea- are they able to eat anything other than like bread and potatoes and if so is it the same food as South Korea?)