Our Team

When I was a teenager, my dad couldn’t keep me away from the building site. I started working for his construction company at 15 while taking night classes through the running start program. I love the process of drafting a family’s dream home and turning it into a real home. Building Net zero carbon homes adds another level of purpose and sustainability. When I am not building, I like to go on adventures with my three kids, skiing, biking and camping.

I have always loved working with my hands. I built my first cabin when I was 14. Its still there; on my dad’s homestead in southeast Ak. I always craved the ability to build sustainable homes. To do what I love in a way that benefits the earth and future generations just feels right. When I’m not planting trees in the back yard then I’m adventuring in the mountains or on the ocean with my two daughters and my lovely wife. I certainly live a charmed life.

Seeing a home come together from a blank piece of property is my favorite part of the building process. Every property has its own potential. Each successive step of building, from design to finish presents its own incremental definitions on the finality of a structure. That change is my favorite part. To see an idea, with all of its potential greatness and flaws manifest into a physical object is interesting to me. When I’m not working for T.C, I make and teach functional ceramics. Thinking about all aspects of a construction project, from the foundation to the roof relate directly to building pottery. Building a pot from the bottom and thinking of the interior structure and it’s relationship to the exterior, how it will be glazed, placed in the kiln, what function that object may serve, down to the minutiae of how well a lid fits. All of these aspects of ceramic craft are very present in building a home from start to finish. For me one craft informs the other. My career as a builder informs my art, and my career as an artist informs my career as a builder.

I have always been interested in building design, architecture, the environment, and renewable energy. When I had the opportunity to combine those interests in the form of an undergraduate course called Energy Efficient and Carbon Neutral Design, I jumped at the chance. After that course, I caught the net zero building bug. I’m excited to be making an impact on people’s lives and our environment through designing comfortable, affordable, and efficient homes as a member of the TC Legend Homes team! When not working on house designs, I enjoy trail running, climbing, skiing, and spending time with friends and family.