Chet was born and raised right here in the Kanawha Valley. He completed his bachelor's degree at Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis. He received his specialized Prosthetic and Orthotic training at Century College in White Bear Lake, Minnesota where he earned certificates in each of their one year long Prosthetic Technician, Orthotic Technician, Prosthetic Practitioner and Orthotic Practitioner Programs. Chet went on to complete his two year residency in North Carolina working in Greensboro, Winston Salem and the UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill before passing his boards and being granted his CPO credential, CPO number 1770. Soon after he returned to the Kanawha Valley and went on to work for over twenty years in Charleston, WV. Now after working for the last few years in Huntington he has returned home to open his own practice.