Graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2017 where he was the men’s hockey team captain his senior year. He received his undergraduate degree in systems engineering with a human factors focus. As a lieutenant, he spent three years as a 17D – Cyberspace Operations Officer where he served as a communications flight commander at Minot Air Force Base and while deployed.

After his time as a Cyberspace Operations Officer, he received his master’s degree in Human-Systems Engineering from Arizona State University. Before teaching at the Air Force Academy, he spent three years as a 62E – Developmental Engineer where he worked at the Air Force Research Laboratory located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. His research focused on the human factors aspect of Air Force and Army cyberspace and information operations.

M.S. – Human Systems Engineering (May 2022)

B.S. – Systems Engineering (May 2017)

Air Force Research Laboratory – Cyber/Human Factors Research (2022-2025)

Squadron Officer School (August 2023)

Communications Operations Flight Commander (2019-2020)

Communications Deployed Plans Flight Commander (2019)

Air Force Commendation Medal (June 2025)

Air Force Hackathon Best Combatant Command Use Case (March 2023)

Air Force Hackathon Best Logistics/Maintenance (March 2023)

Air Force Achievement Medal (August 2019)

Master’s Thesis – The Impact of Expectations and Leaderboards on Cognitive Reflection Test Performance (2022)