Following my discharge from the United States Marine Corp, I became a telecommunications lineman building cable television and then fiber optic telecommunications networks across the U.S. I married my wife Marie in southern California in 1988 and we have called Nevada our home since 1996. We raised three children in the same home we purchased in 1996, our children went through the Clark County public school system, and they are all hard-working productive Americans. Thanks to the tuition reimbursement offered by NV Energy my employer for close to twenty years, I was able to attend college in the evening and received an associate degree from the College of Southern Nevada, a bachelor's degree from UNLV and an MBA from Western Governors University. I also earned numerous professional certifications including a Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) and a graduate certificate in Renewable Energy. NV Energy also sponsored my attendance in the "Leadership Las Vegas "cohort in 2017. I am thankful for the opportunity I have been given and I understand that much is expected of me because of that. I have also been fortunate in my lifetime to serve the youth of Nevada . I coached softball, baseball, football and basketball and recently received my 25- year service award as a sports official for the Southern Nevada Officials Association.  I currently work as an advisor to the electric utility and telecommunications industry and am an adjunct professor of business and management at the College of Southern Nevada.  I volunteer for my Church and as a board member of the YMCA of Southern Nevada and I truly believe that my education, community involvement and work/life experiences qualify me to represent our community.