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A little curiosity.
A lot of living.

The work, the family, the beach chapters, the Vegas chapter. It all connects. And it started with a kid who really wanted to know what the computer could do.

Let me take you back
Troy and his wife at the beach
A beach chapter, 2019.
Illustration of a 1990s computer desk with a beige monitor and programming books
An illustration of the dial-up days. The curiosity was very real.
1998. DIAL-UP. BIG PROGRAMMING BOOKS.

I was 13.
And very curious.

While other kids were doing their thing, I was reading big programming books and building things in Visual Basic 3.0. AOL was my playground.

I found a quirk in the way AOL handled <h1> tags in instant messages. It could freeze the client and knock someone offline. Some of what I built back then were “punters.” Teenage me thought figuring that out was pretty exciting.

The mischief stayed in that chapter. The urge to understand how things work came with me. These days, I put it toward finding the issue, helping someone out, or making a workflow better—with permission and a good reason.

THEN THE CURIOSITY GOT A LITTLE BIGGER.

Computers were interesting.
People were, too.

At 21, I started getting into personal development. I wanted to understand leadership, sales, marketing, mindset, and why people do what they do. More than a thousand books later, I’m still at it.

A few favorites keep coming up: Think and Grow Rich, Psycho-Cybernetics, and How to Win Friends and Influence People. I also enjoy Neville Goddard and exploring how I can make the most of this life while I’m here.

I like learning something, trying it in real life, and reflecting on what happened. A good idea gets a lot more interesting when I can put it to work.

A FEW FAVORITES

Think and
Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

Mindset & ambition
ON THE SHELF

Psycho-
Cybernetics

Maxwell Maltz

Self-image & growth
ONE I KEEP COMING BACK TO

How to Win Friends
and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

People & communication
AN AUTHOR I ENJOY

Neville
Goddard

Selected writings

Imagination & possibility
Illustration of people discussing ideas and a shared plan
Illustration: where marketing and people meet.

That’s where marketing
and leadership came in.

At DS Domination, I built and managed an organization of more than 2,000 independent representatives. At The Goins Group, I went from sales to the CMO seat, working on funnels that brought in enough book orders to give fulfillment a very busy day.

Those experiences brought the technical side and the people side together. A good funnel needs to work for the customer. A good plan needs people who understand it. And more sales affect the business after checkout, too.

Since 2017, ClickMagick has been a huge part of that story. As a partner and Head of Support, I help customers make sense of complicated setups, lead our support team, and work with developers to get issues resolved.

A few of those chapters Life at ClickMagick
MEANWHILE, LIFE WAS HAPPENING.

Husband. Dad of three.
Usually with a few tabs open.

For more than a decade, I’ve worked from home. For years, that also meant sharing a home with three children who were being homeschooled. They’re in school now, but those years taught me a lot about focus, flexibility, and being present.

I work in Pomodoros and give the high-priority tasks my best attention first. That structure helps me do good work and make room for the people I’m doing it all for.

And staying sharp takes more than a calendar. I train five or six times a week, eat well, pay attention to gut health and mental health, and make time to read, practice, and reflect. Mushroom coffee usually makes an appearance somewhere in there.

Troy with his smiling son
The people behind the open tabs.
Troy’s wife and two children smiling outdoors
From an earlier family chapter.
A sunny beach from Troy’s personal photo archive, with palm trees and the ocean
One of our beach chapters, 2021.
Troy looking across a green valley in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, 2022.
THE SCENERY CHANGED ALONG THE WAY.

We’ve called some
pretty good places home.

Topsail Island. Oak Island. Myrtle Beach. Puerto Rico. Beach life has been a recurring theme for our family, and I’m glad we got to experience it.

We’ve also driven across the country three times as a family. That’s a lot of miles and a lot of shared memories.

These days, we’re in Las Vegas. A very different pace. A lot more lights. And a few experiences I definitely didn’t have on my bingo card.

I’ve even worked as a movie background actor, appearing in scenes with Seth Rogen, Bryan Cranston, Vince Vaughn, and Al Pacino. A pretty fun detour from the usual open tabs.

Rocky scenery beside the highway on a family road trip
Three cross-country drives with the family. This one’s from 2022.
A wide view across Las Vegas toward the mountains at sunset
Las Vegas, 2023. A different kind of horizon.
AND NOW? I’M STILL TRYING THINGS.

Same curiosity.
A whole new set of tools.

AI has made this a really exciting time to build. Tarotmantic is a working product I built end to end with AI. Mildly Offensive Tees started as a way to get real data for ClickMagick demos, and I’m now giving it a fresh chapter.

I have agents helping move projects forward, and I’m constantly finding better ways to work. I bring the direction, the experience, and the questions. AI helps me do more with them.

There’s still plenty I want to learn. That’s part of the fun.

See what I’ve been building
Troy in a blue shirt and straw hat
Still trying things. Still having fun.
FEEL LIKE TAKING A SIDE ROAD?

A few more things
you might not know.

25 things about me
ENOUGH ABOUT ME. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?

Have something in mind?
Let’s talk.

A project, a tricky problem, or an idea you can’t stop thinking about. I’d love to hear it.

Let’s book a call

Email me and we’ll find a time.