When you grow up in a remote area of the dusty Texas Panhandle working oilfield, farming, and cattle ranch jobs, you learn quickly how to fix things. When a round-trip to the hardware store takes two hours, you get really good at diagnosis, improvisation, and invention. Thankfully, I’ve always loved it. Understanding how things work—whether it’s machines, theories, organization, or other systems—and how to solve, improve, or fix them is something I’ve always been gifted at, and enjoyed. However, as experiences shaped me into the person I am today, I’ve come to realize that it is envisioning how things could work—things that haven’t yet been conceived, and how they could solve a problem in a new way—that is truly exciting to me. Whether it’s identifying unique approaches to creating profitable business opportunities in underperforming markets, inventing handheld robots that will aim the next-generation of military rifles, or deconstructing old processes to radically rethink how the convergence of technology and human potential can drive unprecedented innovation, I have grown to love attempting the “impossible”. Co-founding my own research company created immense freedom to test new ideas and impact the world with my work. The success of RMSL and the culture of innovation there led to the founding of AimLock with a direct focus on revolutionizing the next generation of small armaments systems. It’s been quite a journey since my early days of building endless cattle fence and fixing equipment, but the solution-driven spirit and the hard work ethic they instilled in me have been driving my story ever since. Now, I’m blessed to go to work every day knowing it’s my job to combine purpose-driven imagination with rigorous science to create solutions that will help win wars, keep the peace, and save lives.
Listed skills include Program Management, Mechanical Engineering, Strategic Planning, Simulations, and 36 others.
