Born in Mountain View, California, Alan moved to the town of Lake Oswego, Oregon when he was 8 years old after his father obtained a job drilling water wells in the area. He attended and graduated from Lakeridge High School in 1982 and earned a B.A. Degree from Concordia University in 1990.Alan is the Co-Owner and Co-Founder of TruEarth Entertainment Group, LLC. He is the COO/CFO and Executive Producer / Production Editor at TruEarth where they create and develop reality show concept packages. TruEarth also creates and produces feature films.Alan has also had the privilege of working as background talent for several seasons of Leverage, commercials and a recent Feature Film called "in my shoes" with Nancy Travis.He also played a small role as "Otis" in a local indie film that was called Coup de Theater but is now called Coup de Cinema.Alan is married with 3 children. His oldest (Joshua) is graduating in 2014 from the Art Institute in Portland, OR to become an animation artist. His daughter (Taelor) is graduating High School in 2014 and has danced since she was 5 years old. She is planning on attending the Art Institute of Portland to study Fashion Merchandising. His youngest (Caleb) is entering High school in 2014 and has mild Asperger Syndrome which makes him a special little angel his life. If you want to know more about Alan he can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.