I am a Transportation Engineering Technician Associate for the West Virginia Division of Highways. I am employed as a Materials Inspector and am currently certified in Soils Compaction, Asphalt Field Inspection, Concrete Inspection and various other inspection methods.I am a former Correctional Trainer / Sgt. with the West Virginia Division of Corrections Academy. I began my career in Corrections at the Huttonsville Correctional Center in September of 2000 as a Correctional Officer I. Throughout my career I have been a Correctional Officer I, Completed the US Division of Labor Apprenticeship Program and promoted to Correctional Officer II. I have been assigned as a Transportation Officer transporting inmates throughout the state. Beginning in late 2001, I began taking courses to become an instructor in Defensive Tactics and became a Master Instructor, Lead Master Instructor and Instructor Coordinator, Firearms, OC Peper Spray, First Aid / CPR, Basic Corrections Communication, Less Lethal Munitions, Taser, Training for Trainers and Mechanical Restraints and a HFRG (PPCT) Threat Pattern Recognition Use of Force Instructor.I am also a former member of the WVDOC Special Operations Unit trained as a Hostage Negotaitor. In September of 2008 I was promoted to my current position with the Corrections Academy and have continued to learn new skills to enhance training and professionalism within the Division of Corrections and all agencies I have came in contact with.I am also the President of the Central West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 114 serving Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis and Upshur counties. Having previously served as a Trustee for the lodge.