Founder, primary songwriter, keyboardist and lead vocalist of the rock band Starset known for the song "Monster" which peaked at #2 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart in May of 2017. Before founding Starset, he co-founded a band called Downplay which started out as a cover band. The group put out a first original album called Saturday in 2005. He earned an electrical engineering and master's degree in avionic engineering from Ohio University. He later pursued a PhD.
