1972
Is a certified non-commissioned officer (NCO) in leadership by the 1st U.S. Army NCO Academy and serves in the U.S. Army until 1975.
1975
Works as a lead mechanic for the Murphy Sumner Drilling Company with IDP until 1977.
1975
Becomes a Certified Arc Welder through Wiesars Welding School.
1977
Is a maintenance and operations lead with the Agate & Crescent Beach Park & Tree Farm until 1979.
1978
Earns certification in commercial SEL/INST flight from the Pearson Flight School.
1979
Is a machinist apprentice with Independent Power Developers (IDP).
1979
Works as a service technician at Western Refrigeration until 1983.
1981
Earns an HVACR Certificate as an HVACR Technician from the J.M. Perry Institute, now the Perry Technical Institute.
1983
Is the president and owner of Arctic Refrigeration & Heating until 1991.
1991
Serves as an instructor at North Idaho College until 2008.
1992
Earns a Bachelor of Science in adult vocational education and teaching at the University of Idaho.
1997
Is the chief executive officer and founder of Blue C LLC, d.b.a. HVACRedu.net and HVACRedu Canada Ltd., through today.
1997
Earns the National RSES Imperial Award for the Top Technician in Commercial Refrigeration.
1998
Is listed among the Top 10 Career Technical Educators in the United States by the Association of Career & Technical Education (ACTE).
1999
Earns a certificate in distance education from the Tele-Training Academy.
2011
Receives a National Dealer Design Gold Award from ACHR News for his design of the ItsAboutQ.net program for California utilities.
2014
Is named Teacher of the Year by ACHR News.
2024
Is named among the Top 24 HVACR Educators in the United States.