I grew up in Cape Coral, Florida, and eventually found my way to Mexico, Missouri. Somewhere along the way, I traded palm trees for cornfields, served in the Army, became a husband and father, found my calling in ministry, and developed a habit of turning ideas into projects.

From 2010 to 2013, I served in the U.S. Army, including a deployment to Afghanistan. My time in uniform shaped a lot of how I see the world, especially the importance of service, responsibility, and taking care of the people around you.

These days, I’m a youth minister, writer, content creator, and self-taught software developer. On paper, those might seem like four completely different directions. To me, they’re all connected by one simple idea: if something can be better, why not try to make it better?

That’s really how Paragdise Ventures came to be.

Most of my projects start with an everyday frustration. A small church struggling with expensive software. A veteran trying to get back into shape. A family trying to keep life organized. Sometimes the solutions out there are too expensive, unnecessarily complicated, or just plain missing.

So I build what I wish existed.

I’m not a big tech company with a room full of developers. I’m one guy with a family, a calling, a growing collection of projects, and probably too many late nights in front of a computer.

Build something better.