Career
Born in Saint St. Petersburg in Russia, he received a Bachelor of Surgery in computer science and an Master of Arts in music composition from the University of Virginia. He has worked as a composer for Monolith Productions where he collaborated with Guy Whitmore on titles such as Blood and Claw. Outside of video games, he also wrote the soundtrack for short movies (Kansas in 1998 and Maid of Honor in 1999).
Changing career, he joined WildTangent as the Director of Product Strategy, and later left in 2002 to create Sandlot Games.
While still acting as Sandlot"s Chief Executive Officer, he returned to composition with the soundtrack to The Penitent Manitoba in 2010.