In real life John is a cybersecurity engineer. The other 16 hours of the day he is an omnivorous reader and viewer of science fiction, urban fantasy, and cyberpunk, especially The Expanse, Ghost in the Shell, and anything by William Gibson. John has over 20 years of experience presenting interactive fan panels in the Baltimore-Washington area. With his wife Ann he is one-half of the writing and vidding duo KOBA-TV.

Also, John won the costume contest for the Washington Nationals' 2017 Game of Thrones Night. Ann constructed the costume. See his avatar photo, in which he plays Lord Varys and Screech plays the Three-eyed Raven.