I am a Houston native with 15 years in the Oil & Gas and Energy industry working around power plants and industrial gas turbines and valves. I am also a 27 year Army service member with 10 years active duty and currently in the Army Reserves. I always had the desire to do something on my own but there always seemed obstacles of sorts or timing was just not right. I always admiration for business owners and when the opportunity appeared I knew that I wanted to be a business owner. I always knew owning a business is not a walk in the park and that everyday would be challenges to face and solutions to find. I guess its the excitement of the unknown and reacting to make everything work. I relate a business to having a child. We feed it, we nurture it to learn, we teach it how to be, we watch it grow. In addition, it gives me the opportunity to help others along the way and give back to our communities. I don't think of how money as a measurement of success but more how much we can give back for our success.