Pilot. Flight instructor. Lighting designer. Husband, father, technologist — chasing the next horizon, one runway at a time.
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Director of CX Ops & Intelligence
The world's first and only pilot experience platform — modern flight training and aviation operations, end to end.
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Founder / Developer
A software studio that builds products from firsthand need — tools we searched for, couldn't find the way we wanted, and decided to build ourselves.
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Founder & Lighting Designer
Partnering with churches, musicians, and productions to deliver lighting that captivates, inspires, and glorifies God.
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Started as a Flight Instructor, helped open and run a new location as Site Director, then managed the corporate technology infrastructure. Led the implementation and administration of a new flight training management system (Flight Schedule Pro).
Director of Digital Media in Granbury, Texas — helped create innovative marketing solutions for customers.
Production Lead at the main campus in Granbury, Texas. Ensured the technology and production aspect of weekend services supported and enhanced the vision of leadership without distracting from it. Continued serving as a volunteer Lighting Specialist.
Off the clock
“The most dangerous risk of all: the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy the freedom to do it later.” — Anonymous
I love flying. I grew up going to air shows with my family — my dad worked for an aerospace company. As a professional pilot and flight instructor, I still enjoy sharing my passion and excitement for flying with the next generation.
The best part of a concert is the visual production. I enjoy designing lighting rigs for churches and events, trying various consoles, but love using my GrandMA3.
Working out is a priority. I loved doing physical training at the Dallas Police Academy — we did CrossFit before it was mainstream. Currently enjoying a 5-day weight lifting routine.
I'm very DIY. I've built furniture — entertainment center, bed frame, several large office desks — remodeled a 36′ 5th Wheel RV and an old house, and I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty tinkering on my vehicles.
I enjoy being outside — fishing from a kayak, riding BMX (and homebuilt ramps as a kid), occasional mountain biking, and camping going back to my Boy Scout days.
I like to try out new technology — computers, peripherals, operating systems, programming languages — and tinker with what I can get it to do. I enjoy learning new tools that improve a system or process.
Strengths
My #1 strength is found in my Saviour, Jesus Christ. I'm thankful to have a relationship with a God who is always with me — even through the times I am least Christ-like.
“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” — Philippians 4:13 ESV
My #2 strength is my wife, Janie. We met in 2006 while I worked for her mom at a church and married in 2009. She supports my crazy ideas — and isn't afraid to rein me in when needed.
“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” — Proverbs 31:30 ESV
In Memory
“So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.” — John 16:22 ESV
On June 28, 2016, at 12:12 am, Jackson Theodore Latimer was born to Janie and me at 1 lb. 1 oz. and 11 in. A few hours later, Jackson was born into Heaven because of bilateral multi-cystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) — a condition where the kidneys form as a cluster of non-communicating cysts instead of properly. Bilateral MCDK is the lethal form, occurring approximately 1 in 10,000 births.
The kidneys filter blood and produce urine. In the womb, a baby's urine contributes to the amniotic fluid that's instrumental to the growth of muscles, bones, the digestive system, and most importantly the lungs. Without functioning kidneys, a baby cannot develop fully enough to live outside the womb for more than a few hours.
We're blessed with our 2nd son, who will one day meet his older brother in Heaven.