My passion for cannabis began in 2008 when I was a senior year college student in Seattle. For my oral thesis I decided to do a presentation on the history of cannabis prohibition and the drug war. During my research I discovered all of the wonders of the cannabis plant, and it's medicinal, economical, and environmental benefits. I realized that this little plant had so potential to change the world, and I was appalled at the way that it had been maligned and outlawed during much of the 20th century.

On November 6th, 2012 I was watching the news and saw that Colorado has just legalized recreational marijuana, and I knew right then what I had to do. I packed my bags and 2 months later I was living in a Denver hostel, looking for an apartment and any job in the cannabis industry that I could find.

I got my first job as a trimmer at the Denver clone store. I worked closely with other cultivators and learned everything that i could about cannabis.

​I even set a up a home grow in my studio apartment so that i could experiment with different nutrients and growing methods.

By the end of my time at DCS I was the veg and clone manager, responsible for dozens of mother plants, hundreds of veg plants and thousands of clones. ​

My next gig was as the cultivation operations manager of a large scale commercial grow in Denver. 

There I was able to put all of my knowledge and skills to the test. In the course of a year, with only a skeleton crew and a shoestring budget, I was able to triple their yields, cut their nutrient costs  in half, and maximize their output.

Unfortunately, after a year the company had to shut its doors and I was forced to move on.

My next stop was at The Health Center. There I was one of the supervisors of the packaging and processing department, where I learned how a large scale commercial operation efficiently harvests, trims and processes hundreds of pounds of cannabis every month.


After my stint at THC I was thoroughly well rounded in the field of commercial cannabis cultivation, having personally worked at every level from seed to sale. It was time for the next step.

In January 2018 I relocated to sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. There I landed a job with state flower cannabis as their processing manager. Like many new cultivations they were struggling to navigate the murky and confusing rules and regulations of a fledgling, newly established recreational marketplace while trying to maintain top shelf quality at the sometime.


Luckily I was able to use my years of experience to help them develop an efficient and scalable post-harvest department, effective testing procedures, and a robust inventory management system that met and exceeded all compliance standards while also producing high quality flower, trim and pre-rolls.


SFC now boasts one of the lowest package rejection rates in the state, and enjoys a sterling reputation with the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board.