Jon's career began as a teenager when he gained his first production experiences on docu-reality shows for Discovery Networks, TLC, HGTV and National Geographic while concurrently pursing his degree from the University of Maryland. He quickly acquired on-set skills that led him to a full-time producing and editing position at Rock Creek Productions, Inc. of Washington D.C. where he worked on dozens of programs from SAG industrials to marketing and advertising for federal agencies such as DOD, DHS, NAVY and U.S. Air Force. After more than two years with Rock-Creek, Jon moved to Los Angeles to work in feature-film and television script development at Sony Pictures, Universal Studios and Valhalla Motion Pictures for some of the most accomplished Producers around including Lynda Obst (Contact, Interstellar), Marc Platt (Legally Blonde, Drive) and Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, The Walking Dead).