Chief Executive Officer

Aug 2023 - Present

Go Ape is the largest zipline and adventure park operator in the US with 15-locations throughout 11-states. Our amazing adventure experiences involve obstacle courses, zip lines, and other aerial adventures set within the forests of our Park Partners.  Guests are presented with physical challenges and fun adrenaline-pumping ziplines in an outdoor.

Go Ape’s mission is to inspire everyone to Live Life Adventurously.

Co-Founder & Director

Aug 2018 - Present

Summit Ropes is the largest indoor adventure park in the United States and includes three brands.  Summit Ropes Indoor Adventure provides families, friends, individuals and groups with over 120-challenge course obstacles to challenge themselves and have fun and bond. 

The Leadership Development Group at Summit Ropes is the premier team building and leadership development brand in the mid-atlantic region serving corporate and federal government with training in resilience, critical thinking, communication, and other important traits to maximize their return on people. 

Finally, Summit Café offers our guests with a broad range of food and drink options including beer and wine for before, during, and after their experience at our facility.

Co-Founder & Director

Dec 2014 - Jan 2020

BackTrek Ventures was a premiere hiking guide service in the DC area. Offering full service guided tours of some of the best hiking in the region and covering important skills such as Leave No Trace and the 10-essentials. Clients of BTV had enriching experiences in places such as Shenandoah National Park on some of the best hikes such as Old Rag, SNP.

BackTrek Ventures stopped operating approximately 1-year after we started Summit Ropes.

CAPTaiN, US ARMY

Aug 1995 - Aug 2003

My experience in the US Army is not too different from many that have served. It changed my paradigm from one of searching out comfort to one of being comfortable with being uncomfortable. I learned leadership early in my adult life and was introduced to mountaineering in Alaska at the Northern Warfare Training Center. I learned about fear and my own mortality in Operation Iraqi Freedom with 2/3 ACR from Ramadi and Fallujah. I gained a lifetime of lessons that I’ve been able to leverage in every role I’ve been in since but also lost brothers that still pain me to this day. Most importantly, I learned that the benefits of service to something greater than oneself reaps the greatest rewards.