About SAMatters
Thank you for for visiting my website. I have been a provider of fire and EMS for my entire adult life. I stated as a volunteer for the Weirton Heights Volunteer Fire Department in Weirton, West Virginia in 1979. As I tell my kids… it was so far back the Internet wasn’t even invented yet. For some reason they find that much more entertaining than I do. Anyhow, soon after joining the fire department I joined the Weirton Area Ambulance and Rescue Squad and became an EMT.
In the fall of 1979 I started on my educational journey at West Virginia University as a business administration major. While I was in Morgantown, I joined two emergency services organizations: Monongalia County Emergency Medical Services and the Star City Volunteer Fire Department.
Yes, I was serving on four departments at one time. Two agencies while in school during the week and two agencies while home on the weekends, holidays and summer break. I loved it! 
What can I say. I was consumed by the opportunity to learn, the excitement and the action that came with being a first responder. I had no idea how those experiences would shape my life, my family and my future.
After graduating from West Virginia University in 1983 with a Bachelors degree in Finance and Economics I returned to my home town and went to work in banking. After a very short stint at a local hometown bank, I landed a job as a Management Associate for Bank One.
This was an awesome experience and I had great bosses who taught me a lot about how to run a business and deal with people. In my short three-year tenure with Bank One I was promoted three times and ended up in Columbus, Ohio. While working for Bank One I went to night school and earned my Masters in Business Administration. After completing my MBA I realized that banking wasn’t for me and I was being called back into public service.
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