John graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in Civil Engineering, minor in Construction Management, in 1987. After working for a production home builder, John started his own custom home building business in 1994 and has been designing and building high-end custom homes at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia ever since. John is an avid 3D modeler and SketchUp expert, modeling every phase of the construction process in remarkable detail, virtually building every house ahead of time to work out issues. John has developed several SketchUp extensions, including Estimator for SketchUp, Framer for SketchUp, PDF Importer and Issue Tracker., and has authored a book, "SketchUp for Builders", due out before the end of 2018.