Jessie grew up in West Virginia and received his B.S. in Computer Science and a minor in Geology at West Virginia University in 2004. His passion for both sciences led to his first job in a virtual environments laboratory, at WVU, performing 3D laser scanning and GIS projects for the Navy. After graduating he moved across the country to Seattle, WA where he helped start an interactive design agency. There he designed and lead the development of a custom CMS, and built sites for many high profile clients such as The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and RealNetworks, Inc. In 2009 he relocated back to the East coast where he continued to develop sites in ColdFusion, PHP and WordPress.

He started his current position at The Tactile Group in February of 2020.