CURRENT MISSION

To find equal joy in the discovery of the treasures of this life's dumpsters as the companionship of billionaires on paradise islands. Always to embrace the carefree inner child, but never to forfeit empathy for those whose paths I cross.

ABOUT ME

I was born in Florida, but after a childhood traveling to exotic ports aboard a 40-foot sailboat with my parents, I made my way to New York to get a five year bachelor's in computer engineering at Rochester Institute of Tech. After I graduated, I got a job programming software defined military radios, and remained in Rochester, NY for another four years. Finally, I was ready for a big life change, so I moved to California, and began working at a Silicon Valley startup doing embedded software on networked consumer electronics.

Having visited nearly a 100 countries (mostly in the Caribbean and the southern hemisphere) and sailed across the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans all before I was 16 years old, I caught the adventure bug early on. At this stage in my life, I am working toward striking a balance between professional and life stability and continued exploration and travel.

PHILOSOPHY

Always, always treat others as you would like to be treated. It is amazing how that clears up most of the world's long standing moral dilemmas.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate in many other activities with active couch surfers, but I would like to become more involved with surfing and hosting.

Interests

Domestic and international travel, physical fitness and related activities (including running, cycling, and weight lifting), sailing, cooking delicious dishes that happen to be healthy, amateur mixology, hashing, fast cars and automotive miscellany, investing as a hobby, and work-related challenges like algorithm development and creating scalable software architectures.

• cooking
• cocktails
• fitness
• running
• electronics
• technology
• traveling
• cars
• investing
• cycling
• surfing
• sailing
• engineering
• software

Countries I’ve Visited

American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Canada, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Israel, Jamaica, Madagascar, Martinique, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, South Africa, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.