A graduate of Yale University and two-time winner of the International Queen Fabiola Carillon Competition in Mechelen, Belgium. He is a member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America and currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife, carillonneur Vera Brink. In 2015, he received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah after being named a NASA Space Technology Research Fellow in 2013.