Troy wrote code since childhood, but his career started in advertising and marketing. He later served as CTO for a series of startups, building development teams and products before starting his own software development company in 2014. Troy started working with Ocusell founder and CEO Hayden Rieveschl in 2020, helping the company navigate a range of technical and partnership challenges resulting in their current suite of apps: The Ocusell AI Listing Manager, Rulesetta Stone, and Meridian API gateway. Troy is an advocate for open standards, and an active member of RESO. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio near Ocusell headquarters.