As an Engineer
- IT professional in the finance industry since 1992
- Database Administration: SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL, Hortonworks, and Oracle
- Automation: C#, Java, Powershell, Python, Unix Shell, and SSIS
- Web Development services: design, coding and implementation using Windows and Unix infrastructure, Java, ASP.Net, JSP, PHP, Ajax, Javascript, HTML5, DHTML, XML, and SNMP. Custom-designed monitoring and maintenance
- I’ve worked for Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, UBS/Paine Webber, Natixis North America LLC
- Education: St. Peter's Preparatory School, New York University, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Specialized in Windows Server, Red Hat Linux Server, and MacOS solutions
As a Musician
I started out as a drummer in the NY Metro area playing with progressive, funk, R&B, trip-hop & alternative bands. I’ve been recording and performing with several artists since I was 16.
From 1999 through 2007, I began putting material together using Mac based sequencers, software synthesizers/samplers and live drums: electronic and acoustic. I have been trying to stick to some defined category of music since I have made my material downloadable on a lot of sites (15,000 downloads to date), but it ends up being stream of conscious and/or a combination of styles.
Since 2011, I have been performing live with acoustic drums for acts such as Kimon and the Prophets, Kinslayer, Apophis and a band I co-founded which is Lion-Hearted. I am also recording with Gavin Guntner. I did his first album which can be downloaded from Gavin Guntner and I worked on his 2nd release which was available in 2014. I’m now working with Pierced, a NJ metal band, and Who On Earth, an alternative hard rock band.
One key element of my recording as a drummer is that I don't use quantizers and I will do extra takes to make the recording perfect if need-be. The key to the art-form of drumming is to be a time-keeper and foundation for the band, that requires honing a skill that we as drummers strive to master – to be the pulse. To me, quantizing makes one sound like a machine and removes the dynamics and feel of the instrument. So, when I record for others, they get the real thing, to keep time, I'm comfortable playing with a click track, live or in the studio.