About our Owner

Signal 13 was started by a retired Maryland State Trooper and Paramedic, who spent a total of 28 years in public service. He received commendations for: his response to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack, The "DC Sniper" attacks, Multiple active shooter responses and for his work as a paramedic in Camden NJ. He spent 10 years as a Trooper Flight Paramedic in the MdSP Aviation Command, flying hundreds of missions. He spent the last ten years of his career in a multi-jurisdictional child exploitation task force, with a small group of federal, state and local police hunting pedophiles.

He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Leadership Management from Johns Hopkins University. He also received hundreds of hours of psychology based interview training from leading experts. He was an instructor and physical fitness coach in the MdSP. He never desired promotion and was proud to remain frontline personnel his whole career.

He has dealt with many personal traumas, as we all have. After retirement, he faced the civilian job hunt and found employment outside public service, as a college instructor. He has sought out therapy and is learning how to be a father and husband and still retain the ability to turn on the hyper focus that kept him safe for the last 28 years.