About Me
My background
- Married for over 40 years
- Four Children
- Originally from South Dakota and attended college with many farm kids, spent many summers on my Uncle Wally's farm working hard, baling hay, and building confinement barns
- Loves to Camp and Fish
- Avid Gardener
Education and Business
- South Dakota State University--Mechanical Engineering with Highest Honors
- University of South Dakota-- Law and MBA
- Chief Patent Attorney for ETA Systems and FICO Corporations
- Senior Patent Attorney for IBM and Control Data
- Senior Attorney for Exxon Productions Research
- Founder and Partner, Now Of Counsel at Billion & Armitage
- Partner at Schwegman, Lundberg Woessner & Kluth
Community involvement
Scoutmaster for Troop 298 for over 8 years. Awarded Scoutmaster of the Year in 2015. Order of the Arrow, and Wood Badge. Still live by the scout law....A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent.
Active at Mary Mother of the Church in Burnsville. Chair of Church Finance Committee, Lector, Discipleship Ministry Area Commission, and Rosary Maker. Active in Knights of Columbus and was Knight of the Year in 2021. Former Deputy Grand Knight and active in other leadership roles.
Graduate of Archdiocese Catechetical Institute. Recently finished Father Mike Schmitz's and Jeff Cavin's Bible in a Year study.
President of Friendly Shores HOA. Member of Board of Directors at two YMCA's (Burnsville) . Member of Board of Directors for the Riverwoods HOA.