As VMIR's founder and owner, I provide quality and timely musical instrument repair at a reasonable cost.  With nearly 30 years of experience in the service, and operation of musical instruments, I have been a member of the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians (NAPBIRT) since 1980.  I attend national and regional NAPBIRT sponsored classes, keeping VMIR on the cutting edge of instrument repair, tooling and new products. 

After graduating from the State University of New York at Morrisville with an AAS degree in Musical Instrument Technology, I began work as a repair apprentice/technician in Aurora, Illinois.  Moving to New Hampshire, I spent over ten years as a service manager and band repair technician.  We performed repairs for Aerosmith, Boston, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles to name a few.  I/we won many corporate awards including:

• President's "Customer Service Award"

• Nominated by Music & Sound Retailer Magazine for the "Best Repair Facility" in the country for three years

• "Employee of the Year" Award - two consecutive years

• "Mission Impossible" Award for the inception and set up of a new 5,000 square foot repair facility

• "Technician of the Year" Award

With Music Land USA, I spent five years as a repair technician in Lindenhurst, New York, where I was responsible for the technical repair and maintenance of a 3,000 unit band instrument rental program and full service string repair facility.  I also performed repairs for the members of the New York Philharmonic and countless Broadway Show musicians.

Moving to Wilmington, North Carolina in 1998, I worked for McFadyen Music where I was responsible for all brass, woodwind, guitar and orchestral (string) repairs including factory warranty and subcontracted repairs.  With the demise of The Brook Mays Music Group (McFaddyen Music) in 2005, I was the Zone Service Manager for two regions and the Senior Band Instrument Repair Technician.  The Brook Mays Music Groups' zone stores included all McFadyen, Pearson, Duncan, Durham, and Zeswitz's Music retail locations with in-house repair shops in North and South Carolina and Reading, Pennsylvania.  I then decided to open VMIR.

As a result, VMIR is now the #1 resource for schools and private teachers in Southeastern North Carolina.  VMIR services many of the New Hanover County, Pender County and Brunswick County school systems' music repair needs.  I am also the resident and on-site repair technician at our local university, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.