Tom and his wife Cindy have 4 children and 9 grandchildren.  Tom was born in Jacksonville and grew up in Orange Park and Gainesville. He grew up with a strong christian influence from his mother and grandmother. After a period of lukewarm faith he wholeheartedly turned to the Messiah Yeshua after his freshman year in college.  He enjoys the craft of software development and has spent most of his career as a software developer, software architect and DevOps engineer – though he also spent a year as a special ed teacher and a couple of years as a geological technician. He now enjoys working out at a CrossFit gym with his wife, visiting family and playing trumpet or piano. His favorite Psalm is Psalm 139 and his favorite book is Romans.