The Origin: Resilience & Problem-Solving Under Pressure

Long before engineering mission-critical defense hardware or designing closed-loop environmental ecosystems, the founder of ETES learned how to engineer solutions with zero resources. Raised in extreme instability-navigating couch-surfing, homeless shelters, food insecurity, and surviving harsh Oregon winters in an unheated garage-survival required resourcefulness, grit, and adaptability.

A passion for technology and systems became an anchor. Winning Oregon’s statewide Microsoft Dream competition for writing on how digital networks connect communities signaled an early trajectory: using technology to bridge gaps and create tangible real-world impact. That achievement led directly to community advocacy, securing municipal funding for the city's first tax-funded homeless youth shelter.

17 Years of Mission-Critical Systems Engineering

Seeking an environment where high stakes demand absolute reliability, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy under the Advanced Electronics Computers Field (AECF). Qualifying as an Aegis Computer Network Technician (FC ACNT) and Aegis Weapon Supervisor (AWS), he spent over 17 years maintaining, troubleshooting, and deploying some of the most complex, multi-million-dollar tactical networks and combat weapon systems designed by Lockheed Martin.

Across multiple shipboard deployments (USS Chung-Hoon, USS Nitze, USS John Basilone), pre-commissioning detachments, and shore commands, his military career was defined by a single standard: zero failure tolerance under extreme constraints. Serving in environments where replacement parts are hundreds of miles away taught a foundational engineering truth: you must innovate, optimize, and adapt using only the resources in front of you.

The Vision for ETES: Recover. Reuse. Restore.

Following nearly two decades of high-intensity defense service, a period of personal recalibration sharpened a new mission. Realizing that modern industrial infrastructure-from high-density data centers to chemical manufacturing-wastes massive amounts of heat, water, and energy, he founded Environmental Technologies & Ecosystem Solutions (ETES).

ETES is built on first-principles engineering: transforming industrial byproducts into clean economic and ecological assets. Under his leadership, ETES is developing closed-loop thermal networks and circular resource recovery infrastructure-capturing wasted industrial heat to power land-based coral propagation, sustainable aquaculture, and regional ecosystem restoration.

By merging military-grade systems architecture with environmental stewardship, his goal for ETES is clear: build high-yield, self-sustaining technologies that restore Florida’s degraded reef infrastructure while creating a resilient, community-driven workforce built on hard work and unity.