I was born and raised in a small town in Western Maryland.  I played baseball at the local community college for 2 years before transferring to Frostburg State.  Frostburg is where I remotely completed my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland.  After school, I worked in the manufacturing industry for 8 years, assembling and designing components for trucking and construction equipment, before moving to Madison, NC to work ...