Beginning as a young Marine assigned to FAST Company, conducting platoon level CQB training, I found I had a passion to teach.  Following up with subsequent assignments as the lead MCIWS and CSS for the 24th MEU, I completed my enlistment as a Sergeant with the 1st Bn. 6th Marines.  

Immediately following the Marine Corps,  I become a police officer and spent the next 14 years in a variety of assignments including Patrol, FTO, Instructor and SWAT.  For most of my time as a police officer I served on one of the largest SWAT teams in Pennsylvania as an Entry Team Leader and Training Coordinator.  I participated in hundreds of tactical operations and was fortunate to have served with the finest men and women of law enforcement.  As training coordinator I managed all aspects of the team's training development, sustainment training and authored the team's Basic SWAT School curriculum.  In 2014, I retired early to take an opportunity in the firearms industry as a full-time trainer.    

​In addition to my time spent in service, I have been active within the private training community since 2004.  I have held positions with Phalanx Training Group, US Shooting Academy, Direct Action Tactical and as Vice President of Range and Training with a large central PA firearms retailer, range and training center.   Through these various roles I have written, developed and delivered curriculum that ranges from initial instruction through training the nation's elite warriors as they prepare to head downrange.  My posts also afforded me the chance to train and hone my skills through a variety of topics  around all weapons systems, defensive mindset and tactics, application of force in a variety of settings and mission-centered, relevant, realistic training