I was raised in deep South Texas in Bishop, a farm town off Highway 77. On my father's side, I am the descendant of cowboys, and on my mother's side, the descendant of Indians.

In grade school, I was constantly in trouble for various shenanigans. In middle school, I would redeem myself by representing my small town in math competitions. In high school—Football.

College was a disappointment. I viewed the entire process as an act of submission, one that would require a complete sacrifice of my intellectual autonomy. This was a sacrifice I wasn't willing to make; I needed to arrive at my beliefs on my own terms. I withdrew on principle.

I spent about a year flipping houses, studying religion, and trying to find God before I eventually found my way into the U.S. Army—7th Psychological Operations Group where I had the great privilege of serving with the finest Americans.

Once I found my wife, Michelle, and we started a family together, I had to make some real money. That led me into the oil and gas industry.

Whether it was sheer luck or divine providence, I landed a job whose only prerequisite was a strong back, but it had enormous upward mobility for those who could learn the technology.

For seven years on drilling rigs, I taught myself to code. Ultimately, I developed hardware and software that could take drilling rig sensor data and convert it into valuable insights.

With no knowledge of "venture" or "startups", I took my own savings and a small investment from a buddy and started Roil Services.

Roil Services operated for about a year, charging $500/day to lease our hardware and software, until the price of oil dropped and our biggest client went out of business. In hindsight, I was in way over my head, but I learned a million lessons.

Coincidentally, I had met a man in a bar fight a couple of years before, and we later attended the same church. As my oil and gas enterprise collapsed, he asked me if I would help him and his partners build a communication tool for lawyers.

That led to the development of Client Connect. Later, a group of lawyers wanted to migrate their on-premises database and CRM systems to Salesforce, and by that time, I had become known as someone who could do things.

So, with the help of my partner Tyler, we did it, and that effort turned into Banjaxed Solutions. As I write this, Banjaxed is profitable and projected to do over $8M this year, split between managed services and SaaS revenue. I have had the pleasure of serving as the CEO of Banjaxed for almost 5 years, and along the way, the Banjackers have become some of my closest friends.

While serving Banjaxed has been an honor, ever since I dropped out of college, I have had a pull to get to the heart of what people really believe; to provide a framework for evaluating the world without stripping them of their intellectual autonomy.

Recently, in late 2025, I announced that I am stepping down as CEO of Banjaxed and turning the title over to my partner, Tyler. He deserves it.

In January of 2026, I will begin working on EPIST, a platform for understanding beliefs.