I was born on May 18, 1964 in Haleyville, Alabama. My parents are J.C. (living in Haleyville) and Barbara (deceased) Holder. I have one sister, Sandi Wright who works as a nurse in Haleyville and has always been an inspiration for me. In 1985 my daughter Cassandra was born (living in Haleyville), and in 1986 my son Aaron Holder was born (now living in Huntsville, AL). I graduated from Haleyville High School in 1982, attended Northwest Alabama Technical College for Electronics, then enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1986.
In the Navy I served as a Navigation Electronics Technician aboard several Ballistic Nuclear Submarines, including the U.S.S. Lewis and Clark and the U.S.S. Pennsylvania during the Gulf War. I completed Hostage Negotiation, Terrorist Combat and Riot Control with the FBI. In 1993 I left the U.S. Navy and moved to Pensacola, Florida where my second daughter Candice Holder was born in 1995. In 1998 I moved to California, and worked as a Systems Engineer for several companies including Microsoft, SAIC and Abbott Laboratories.
I still reside in California today with my wife Kathleen, and our new daughter Haley Alana born September 5, 2007, I am employed with Lockheed Martin at a U.S. Air Force Base, as a Systems Engineer responsible for Air Force Networks and supporting Tactical Flights to Iraq.
In 2007 I started ReelSchematic.com, to provide anglers with a full line of services and products that were not offered anywhere else. We now ship our products worldwide to anglers and business, in over 33 different countries. In Feburary 2009 I published my first book, and I am currently working on my second book which will be published in May 2009.