Short Biography

I've lived in Austin since 1983.   After high school, my parents moved to Athens, Georgia.  I attended Southwest Texas State University for my freshman year, and decided to finish up at The University of Georgia.  After spending over 3 years in Athens, I knew that Austin was where I belonged.  After college, I moved back to Austin.

I've seen Austin transform  over the past 20+ years.  I've seen the developments- some good, some upsetting... But, somehow Austin has managed to keep most of the things I fell in love with so long ago.  I can remember driving down unpaved ranch roads to get to the lake, now I drive through gated communities.  I moved out to the lake area in 1991, since then I have been following the real estate market extensively, and investing when I could.

Although I studied Journalism / Communications  in school, I found work in the information technology field after college.  Upon returning to Austin, I started working with Macintosh computers.  After spending 5 years working with Macs, I moved on to database & network positions.  I was the database administrator & network administrator for Citysearch.com during the beginning of the .com explosion.

From there, I went on to ERP software consulting.  I worked for SAP for 3 1/2 years.  I thoroughly enjoyed my time at SAP.  I was able to utilize my aptitude of learning to become the expert on complex technical products.   I quickly moved up the corporate ladder to positions of greater responsibility.  However, when SAP closed our Austin office, I decided to put my knowledge of Real Estate to work.

The great thing about my previous employment, are the experiences they have allowed me.  I've traveled extensively throughout the US & Europe.  I've seen a lot of beautiful places, and a lot of incredible cities, but I have not found anyplace that I would rather call home.  Austin is home.