I was born in Ogden, Utah, lived in Layton until I was about 4 years old. My family then moved to Colorado where I grew up and attended High School and one semester at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I then spent 2 years in Korea on a mission for my church. Following that, I enrolled at BYU where graduated with a BS in Chemical Engineering in 1997. During that time, I met my lovely wife Becky. We dated off an on for about 3 years and finally tied the knot in 1998. Following graduation from BYU, I moved to Pennsylvania where I worked for Merck for about 6 years. During that time, I was going to graduate school at night at Lehigh University where I earned an MBA and an MS in chem