At the age of nineteen while on a basketball scholarship at Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts, Brad was given a Gideon New Testament. After reading that little book more than his freshman-year studies, Brad surrendered his life to Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and forever Lord. After graduating from Word of Life Bible Institute soon thereafter, he went on to study for the pastorate at Liberty University. After graduating from LU with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science (emphasis in artificial intelligence (AI) together with math & greek minors), he worked for Framatome (Areva) as a curriculum developer and technical trainer. During those 10 years with the nuclear engineering company, he studied corporate training at the University of Richmond and converted Framatome’s training department from a cost center to an external $1M/year profit center. Afterward, Brad formed a business consulting and technical training firm, achieved many industry certifications and worked with state education systems and many Fortune 1000 companies. Since 2007, Brad has worked mostly as a C-Level executive for various SMB/SME Corporations.Throughout his life, Brad has served in various ministries including Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago, Illinois (helping the homeless and preaching as a evangelist) and the Gideons (as a chapter President). Brad remains a public speaker as well as an on-demand, cross-denominational Christian church pulpit substitute.Currently, Brad is the Executive Director of Compuverse Technology Corporation and serves as the Chairman of the Board for their sister nonprofit organization, Compuverse Christian Charities (LifeBroom.org). As a Messianic Jew, Brad is an active participant of SpiritAndTruth.Church as well as a tithing member of his local church (Hyland Heights).Brad is the father of 8 grown children. He enjoys travel, an occasional basketball game and a daily mental challenge at Chess.com (as TheLightNight).