Jon has real-world entrepreneurial experience in co-founding and running a bicycle shop. His background is in project management and sales for a language services provider that handled translations for everything from documents to web applications (a few of which you've probably used).

Jon did his Undergraduate in German at Georgia State and has a Masters of International Business at GSU's Robinson College. He also completed a graduate level German to English translation certification from the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Georgia State University.

Jon runs a cycling journal documenting his life as a racer, commuter and dad on a bike. An avid photographer -- his site features Atlanta riding, travel, race & ride highlights. As rookie touring cyclists, new to tandeming and newly wed, Jon and his wife Stacey honeymooned in Europe on a tandem. Jon says: "wherever your marriage is heading, riding a tandem gets you there faster" and wants everyone to know that he is very happily still married.

Jon is a brunch fanatic, and enjoys working at some of the best brunch places in Atlanta: Radial, Ria's and Flying Biscuit. Jon is a proud fellow Highgroove-sponsored Faster Mustache racer on the road and on the track.