Biography:

CIVILIAN CAREER

International Regional Manager (manages sales & marketing in Latin America, Middle East / Africa, and Central & South Asia), Draper Inc., Spiceland, 1999-Present
Featured in “Using Languages in Business & Industry,” The Language Educator, January 2010
2010 Young Turks of Custom Electronics Award (1 of 41 recipients nationwide)
Featured in “DIY Exporting,” Indianapolis Business Journal, December 6-12, 2010
Board Member, Indiana District Export Council, 2003-Present (appointed by US Secretaries of Commerce Donald Evans (2003) and Carlos Gutierrez (2007))
Member, International Business Advisory Board, Miller College of Business, Ball State University, 2011-Present
Former high school foreign language teacher (Spanish, German, French)
Frequent guest columnist and guest speaker on international relations and other topics

COMMUNITY

Elder, Springport Christian Church
President, Henry County Council (re-elected 2010 with 69%) (DC lobbying trips, 2008, 2009)
President, five-county (Henry, Randolph, Rush, Union, Wayne) Eastern Indiana Development District (EIDD), 2011-Present
6^th Congressional District Campaign Chairman, McCain/Palin 2008 (won 6^th CD with 52.4%)
Board Member, three-county (Hancock, Henry, Rush) Wind Energy Core Group, 2009-Present
Board Member, New Castle-Henry Co. Economic Development Corp (EDC), 2007-Present
Founding President, International League of Henry Co,2008-2009 (organized 2 community festivals)
Founding President, Henry Co. GOP Club, 1997-98; Annual Speech Contest Chairman
2010 G. Robert Kirby Award (for service to the Henry Co. Republican party)

EDUCATION

MBA (international management), Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale, AZ, 1995 (half-tuition scholarship; peer career counselor)
BS (Middle Eastern studies and general engineering), United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 1989 (appointed by US Senator Richard Lugar; elected Class Secretary)
German Linguist Certificate, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA, 1990
Graduate, Hagerstown Jr.-Sr. High School, Hagerstown, IN, 1985

FAMILY

Married to Kris, a former high school biology teacher and current substitute teacher
Two daughters, Elizabeth, 10, and Alexandra, 9, Blue River Valley Elementary students
Active in daughters’ activities (church children’s ministry, 4-H, Girl Scouts, soccer)
Hobby farm: raise Shetland sheep, goats, chickens, and enjoy horses
Restored 1870s home of the late Congressman Ralph Harvey, near Mt. Summit

MILITARY VETERAN

Military Academy Liaison Officer (West Point recruiter), Eastern Indiana, 1998-Present
Service Academy Selection Board, 1995-Present (appointed by Congressmen Mike Pence and David McIntosh)

US Army Active Duty, 1985-1992:

7^th USAFAD, Schwalmstadt-Treysa, Germany, 1991-1992: Liaison/Linguist Officer; Executive Officer; Intelligence & Security Officer; Platoon Leader
Counter-Terrorism School, JFK Special Warfare Center, Ft. Bragg, NC, 1990
Field Artillery School, Ft. Sill, OK, 1989
Regimental Air Transportation Officer, Combined Arms Training, Ft. Knox, KY, 1988
Speechwriter/Research Intern, GEN Carl Vuono, Army Chief of Staff, Pentagon, 1988
New York State Intercollegiate Extemporaneous Speech Champion, 1988
Stinger Platoon Leader (Cadet Troop Leader Training), Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1987
Exchange Cadet, Royal Military Academies of Jordan and U.K. (Sandhurst), 1987
Airborne Paratrooper School, Ft. Benning, GA, 1987
Set new academy record, Cross-Country Orienteering, 1986