About Lefty
Twenty years in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Commander, driving the F-14 Tomcat and a few others too. The experiences were extraordinary, and the people, places, and stories are what continue to influence me. Check out a slice of that time with photos from my aircraft carrier cruises and more on my Photos page.
Husband. Girl dad. Best job I ever had. Of all the stuff scattered across this website, this is the part that matters most. They inspire me every day — so much so that I wrote a song about it, called “Bein’ Your Dad”.
After the Navy, I wrangled another career in cybersecurity, working to protect things worth protecting — from the electric grid, to oil and gas pipelines, to hospitals and more. If you really want the résumé version, LinkedIn has it here.
I’ve always been a storyteller. I’ve even played a few chords on a guitar and sung songs with the almost-century-old Red Ripper Band. And all the music I dream up has a human voice in mind. Now technology lets me turn the songs and stories rattling around in my head into something you can actually hear—and hopefully enjoy as much as I have. Doing that has been incredibly fun. More to come! Links to my album, Left Alone, are all over this site. You can also find my Deezer artist page here.
Contact
For music, licensing, media, and business inquiries:
For photographs, cruise archive questions, original-resolution image requests, and photo-related inquiries: