I grew up in a small town in Michigan. After college I moved to California and worked as an aerospace engineer for 12 years.

Today I'm the CEO of DesignMind, a San Francisco-based consulting firm. We deliver Big Data and Data Analytics Consulting, including Systems Integration, Data Engineering, Master Data Management, Cloud Solutions, and Enterprise Mobility Solutions.

DesignMind is a Microsoft Gold Partner in Data Analytics and Data Platform.

Ask me about Power BI, the Microsoft BI stack, SQL Server, Azure and Azure data-related services, Master Data Management, Hadoop and Cassandra.

If I don’t have the answer, I know someone who does, and I'll connect you. And if you're coming to San Francisco or Silicon Valley, let’s try to connect!

• I run four Microsoft user groups in the Bay Area.

• I served on the Board of Directors for PASS, a global community of database professionals.

• I've been a Data Platform MVP for the past six years.

• At DesignMind we have a top notch team and we do work for several of the world’s great companies.

• I live in Marin County, just north of San Francisco with my wife, 12 year old twin boys, and several dogs that make my life happy and fulfilling.