I was born in Thunder Bay Ontario, on the Northern shore of Lake Superior and grew up in the towns of Red Rock and Nipigon. I graduated from Nipigon Red Rock District High School in 2005 and went on to attend Wilfrid Laurier University, where I earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. I then went on to attend the Software Engineering Technology (co-op) program at Conestoga College, graduating in the spring of 2014

Currently I live in Palo Alto California with my wife and daughter.