Steve's Biography

First a little about me. I'm 34 years old and grew up in Connecticut. I graduated from college in 1995 with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science with a concentration in Astronomy. I then moved to California in 1995 to start grad school. Four years later I graduated with a Masters degree in Astronomy. Right after graduation I started working at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD). For four years I managed and processed a large database of satellite data used by polar researchers worldwide. In 2003 my wife and I moved to Boulder Colorado so she could start graduate school for her PhD. I started working at CU Boulder as the Computer Systems Administrator for a large Geophysical research group. I manage and maintain multiple high-end Linux servers, multiple Linux storage RAID arrays, 40+ Linux workstations, and 15+ Windows workstations.

As a kid, I was always interested in ghost stories and movies (not horror per se). Serious interest in the paranormal for me did not start until 2004. A TV show called Ghost Hunters introduced me to the possibilities of serious scientific research into the paranormal. The idea appealed to me even though I had never really had any sort of paranormal experience. After doing some background research into the local Colorado paranormal research groups I contacted ParaFPI in 2005 to see if I could join in an investigation. After the very first investigation I knew I was hooked. Even though we did not find any hard scientific evidence of the paranormal I knew I wanted to continue searching. Since then I have become one of the Founders, Scientific Team leader, as well as the Research manager for ParaFPI. My main goal in paranormal research is to collect hard, scientific data to prove or disprove paranormal activity in any location we investigate.