Brad grew up with tools in his hands helping his father remodel their home and working on various projects in the shop. He has always enjoyed working with his hands and built his own home in the late ’80s.

Brad is a retired Master Jeweler and spent most of his career designing and repairing high-end jewelry and won several national and international awards and honors. In 1999 he and his wife Debbie, began a training company teaching jewelers around the country. Brad wrote over 100 articles published in trade magazines and traveled extensively leading seminars and workshops teaching at major jewelry conferences and trade associations.

Brad and his wife retired in 2017. While many couples retire so that they can travel more, Brad and Debbie retired so that they could stay home. To supplement their income, Brad began working part-time at Walmart performing painting and other maintenance work. In the summer of 2021, he left Walmart to begin his own Handyman Service company specializing in Interior Painting.