Candidate, Washington State House of Representatives, District 48 Position 2, 2014

No caucus information on file.

Software Engineer, Microsoft, 2014-present

Contract Worker, Microsoft

Teacher, Pierce County Skills Center

Session Aide, Washington State Senate

High School Teacher, Pierce County Skills Center, 2012-2013

Software Engineer, Garmin, 2010-2012

Software Engineer, Microsoft, 2012

Software Development Engineer, Turn 10 Studios, 2012

Nuclear Mechanic, United States Navy, 2002-2006

Associate Legislative Assistant, Don Benton, 2000-2001

Session Aide, Washington State Senate, 2000-2001

Advisory Member, Digipen Institute of Technology Advisory Committee, 2013-present

Member, Toastmasters International

Current Car:

1982 DeLorean

Favorite Book:

No one favorite book, but some good ones: Atlas Shrugged, everything CS Lewis, The Lord of the Rings, Dune, Shogun, The Wealth of Nations, Flatland.

Favorite Movie:

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Favorite Quote:

The battle is not to the strong alone, but to the active, the vigilant, and the brave. - Patrick Henry

"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win" - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain." Richard Milhous Nixon

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Economics and political theory, Japanese culture, software programming

Priority Issues:

Jobs and the economy, lowering cost of living, improving the job market.

Publications:

The Profit Bargaining Ratio Theory (2009) - Book discussing of the effect of coercion on the economic balance between rich and poor.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I'm disturbed by politicians, left and right, trying to force their viewpoint, religion, or philosophy on other people. The purpose of government is to protect each person's right to become the person they were meant to be.