He received his Bachelors of Architecture with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996. He has worked for several well known firms in the United States and abroad including: Christopher Alexander (Berkley, CA), Behnisch + Partner (Stuttgart, Germany), Moore/Andersson Architects (Austin, TX), and Paul Lamb Architects (Austin, Texas). He also helped Peter Gluck Architects (New York, NY) construct a 9,500 s.f. house in Westlake Hills, Texas.