I was born George Jones in Amarillo, Texas in 1968. I grew up to study Computer Science Engineering, and run Track at the University of Arkansas in 1986. I enlisted in the Air Force in 1990 as a K9 Handler. Following my military service, I pursued a successful career as a Creative Technologist, holding positions at prominent companies such as Comcast Technology Solutions, Amazon, and RealNetworks, Inc. With over 20 years of experience in program management and solution architecture, I specialized in content streaming, software development, and e-commerce in the hi-tech industries.

I appeared on the Dr. Phil Show in 2008 after learning that I had a biological father I didn’t know, and retired from my career to pursue my childhood passion for photography and returned to school studying Digital Image Management at The Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas. I founded notions Gallery, where I combine photography with AI and augmented reality technologies to share the stories of African American communities in the southern United States. My approaches aim to inspire the next generation of storytellers, and he actively mentors African American children in the art of photography. Additionally, I’m developing the [STEAM] :insights program to educate African American youth about creative technologies.

In 2020, I started the Black Book :projects, as an effort to repair African American genealogies affected by the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. This project utilizes crowdsourced DNA test results from direct-to-consumer kits to reconstruct and repair African American family histories. He hopes to provide valuable resources for African American genetic genealogy research, transforming not only how Black people are seen, but how they are seen by others.