I started my editing journey in the late 1900's by hooking up some VCRs and a boombox to a RadioShack RCA switcher. I was using my family's VHS camcorder to create content at the time, but soon thereafter saved enough money to upgrade to a Hi8 camcorder, then digital8, followed by miniDV, before I entered into the magical world of non-linear editing when I obtained and installed Dazzle Digital Video Creator's PCI capture-card into my Packard Bell computer.

I slowly expanded my creative horizons by transitioning from making silly homemade videos to taping weddings & sporting events, making birthday & event slideshows, and dabbling in the corporate world of safety/training/promotional videos, learning Adobe Premiere, FinalCut 7, and finally Avid Media Composer along the way.

I attended California State University Fullerton, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Radio- Television- Film, and a minor in Philosophy before landing my first television post production job ever: Blind Date Uncensored for PPV.

I now have decades worth of experience across multiple genres and mediums, utilize countless software and hardware applications, and have accumulated or been part of the team responsible for earning several awards and nominations, including...
Emmy nominations for outstanding picture editing in reality programming (Naked and Afraid), outstanding structured reality series (Fixer Upper: Welcome Home), and outstanding instructional/how-to series (Fixer Upper: The Castle, Fixer Upper: The Hotel).
Multiple Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Awards for best reality show (Wipeout).
A Critic's Choice award for best reality competition series (Face OFF), along with several nominations for best culinary series (Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines) and best reality competition series (Face Off).
An MTV Movie + TV nomination for best lifestyle show (Fixer Upper: Welcome Home)
A Teen Choice Award nomination for choice TV personality (Catfish).
Plus a RealScreen Awards nomination for lifestyle- house & home (Secret Celebrity Renovation).

I'm known in some circles as Red Hatchet, in others as Boat Daddy, and some of the things I'm into (in no particular order) are magic, raising chickens, fostering dogs, 12 ft skeletons, ham radio,off-roading, the Green Bay Packers, motorcycling, axe throwing, biking, boating, hiking, camping, backpacking, holidays, podcasts, guitar, volleyball, Las Vegas, New Orleans, road trips, plants, building stuff, Ron Paul, golfing, science, origami, scuba diving, pool, electrical engineering, shuffle board, cornhole, traveling, comedy clubs, space, barcades, rocks, Mountain Dew, snowboarding, pirates, spear fishing, softball, darts, the beach, Futurama, guns, Nascar, concerts, yardwork, fishing, mud runs, family, friends, and of course my cats, dog, chickens, & my amazing wife.