I’ve had a passion for bicycles since I was a child. As a kid growing up in suburban New Jersey, a bicycle provided freedom and mobility. In the 70’s and 80’s, BMX bikes were having their heyday, and we rode our 20” BMX machines all around town, discovered trails in local parks, and the few remaining undeveloped stretches of land. Our parents had no idea where we were, or what we were up to – we just needed to be home before dinner.

My Father is a generally handy DIY guy, who introduced me to tools at a young age. I was probably no older than 10 when I first started turning wrenches on my own bikes. Admittedly, in those early days I didn’t always successfully re-assemble everything I took apart. I got my first “good” bicycle at around age 13. It was a Lotus brand (made in Japan) and was relatively lightweight and fast. I made many modifications and improvements to that bicycle, and that’s when I started to feel confident as a mechanic. For the next couple years, I nagged the local bike shop to give me a job, and somewhere around age 15, they finally relented and hired me. I worked for Pro-Tour Cycles in Westfield up until I graduated high school and shipped off to University of Vermont. Once in Vermont, I leveraged my skills and experience to land a position at North Star Cyclery, in Burlington. I worked at North Star all the way to graduation, and then started my career in accounting and finance.

Throughout my corporate career, I’ve continued to enjoy working with my hands, repairing and tuning all sorts of machinery, from appliances to automobiles to wood burning stoves. After nearly 30 years working as an accounting and finance professional, culminating with a CFO role at a Wall Street brokerage firm, I’m returning to my roots. Bicycles are my original mechanical obsession, and I now want to help my fellow cyclists keep their wheels turning.