Our Team

I showed my cow at the county fair for 4H and won 3rd place at the county fair demolition derby.

I was on Second City's Main Stage and performed many years of Improv and standup comedy. I also make custom make muppets.

I once traveled the American West on a motorcycle for 3 months, racking up over 18,000 miles.

I've been to Disney World over 35 times.

I learned how to swim before I could walk.

I've met the whole cast of Saved by the Bell. Kelly Kapowski even gave me a big hug!

I love to bake, especially around the holidays, my kitchen is full of all kinds of goodies.

I'm currently trying to complete the Baseball Park Bucket List. Most of my vacations are planned around baseball games.

I could eat pizza for every meal for the rest of my life and not get sick of it.

My great grandfather is a documented gangster.

Before joining Topstep, I’ve had the good fortune of being a founder—or a member of the founding team—of 3 companies.

Won an Emmy in 2009.

I moved 14 times in a 4.5 year span.

Before working at Topstep, I was a professional classical musician for 7 years and can be heard on Spotify.

I coach ultimate (frisbee).

My 4 brothers are named Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael.

I love horror genre and creepy stuff, including but not limited to Halloween, scary movies, and true crime.

I ran from San Francisco to New York City in 2011.

In my late 20's, I took a year sabbatical with my wife backpacking the west coast of South America and Southeast Asia.

I have walked into a parked car, been hit with a boomerang, and clotheslined by a handrail. However, I have never broken a bone.

I played in a national baseball tournament and an international hockey tournament in Canada as an adult.

I have skydived 3 times.

Wrote a musical based on the life of the 90s film icon Brendan Fraser.

I have read/watched science fiction from every continent.

I had a life-saving open heart surgery when I was 5!

I had amnesia for 18 hours and was found 100 miles from my home.

I play drums for a metal band!

I can do many things, but eating a banana is not one of them.

I've never gotten a parking ticket.

I've had two Super Bowls held on my birthday in my hometown of New Orleans.

I also work on the BLUECHXP team, where we are building a safer, smarter gateway to the stock market!

My family's last name was Fizer before my dad moved to the U.S.

The Dow lost 11,000 points in the time between my interview at Topstep and my job offer :)

I keep all of my shoes in their original boxes.

I've attended a World Series game (Game 1 of the 2018 WS at Fenway Park).

Scuba dived in every country I ever been to.

I used to have a few sponsorships for Snowboarding.

Spent an academic year of undergrad in Bilbao, Spain. Best time of my life.

I am a 3 time marathon finisher.

I have climbed to the top of Mount Elbert, the second highest peak in the contiguous United States.

I have a growing collection of Rubik's Cubes.

I've named every car that I've owned. My current car's name is Kevina

I am afraid of the ocean because of a Spongebob Episode

If I could have any superpower, it would be time-traveling.

While I was in college my dorm voted me as their "theme" so the RA put up pictures of me on everyone's door.

I rode on an airplane for the first time at age 20, it was an international flight

In high school, I dyed my hair blue because I thought it would make me cooler

I had Bell’s Brewery send me a surprise gift box of Oberon accessories because I held up an Oberon in a video that was tweeted at them.

I rode my bike from Elmhurst, IL to Greenup, IL with only a water bottle and a paper map.

I fenced competitively for four years in High School.