He has designed and taught the engineering enrichment courses for the Center for Talent Development, taught history at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, and taught every course in the catalog in Evanston's public schools. He has extensive experience working in the development of engineering startups. He holds two U.S. patents, and has received grants to fund design-phase engineering work from the USDA and NASA. In the spring he pursues his true passion of coaching little-league baseball.