He received his BA from Marietta College (1996) and MBA (1998) from Ohio University. As a senior Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP+MCSD+MCAD) and Principal Certified IBM/Lotus Professional (PCLP), he was most recently a Senior Consultant with Cap Gemini Group, one of the world's largest management and IT consulting firms. In this position he worked with various client companies, including Procter and Gamble International (P&G), General Electric (GE), Schneider Industry, Standard Register, Provident Bank, etc. He led a worldwide global design team in the P&G eForm project and conducted an intensive application development and maintenance training course in Brussels, Belgium. Before joining Cap Gemini, he was an information technology consultant with Meritage Technologies in Cleveland where he developed Meritage's business in the area of business collaboration, knowledge management and e-learning.