I'm not a chef or a professional brewer. I'm an operator.

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Before restaurants, I built a tech company. ResortWiFi deployed wireless internet across 50+ timeshare resorts. We sold it to Wayport in 2007. AT&T acquired them two years later.

Then I opened a pub.

In 2008 I took over a historic 1862 building in downtown Carson City and turned it into The Firkin and Fox. In 2010 I started brewing. Won a Gold Medal at the Great American Beer Festival in 2013.

By 2015 I had $12 in the bank and $2 million in debt. I didn't quit.

Today I'm building A Fox Family Group — The Fox Restaurant & Brewery in Carson City and Reno, plus Fox & Fire Pizzeria & Taproom opening August 2026.

I'm not a chef or a professional brewer. I'm an operator.

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