- 4th Degree Black Belt (Yondan) in Matsubayashi Karate-Do
- 1st Degree Black Belt (Shodan) in Okinawan Kobudo (Weaponry)
- Renshi Teaching title
- Former Adult Instructor of the Year
- Senior Software Engineer
- Certified in CPR
- Interests: Tinkering with vintage vacuum tube audio; Listening to instrumental surf music (among other genres); Solving interesting technical problems; Reading almost anything.
