Studied film at UC Santa Cruz, then moved to New York City where and worked in film post production. Industry jobs ranged from feature films to documentaries in picture, sound and music editing departments. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004, began producing music for budding singer-songwriters. In 2010, began to master the LA Riot music catalog and have mastered over 2000 tracks over more than 300 cds and collections. In 2010 began teaching film sound for the Los Angeles Film School, helping to develop a brand new introductory course, then joining the team to teach the intermediate film sound course.