In 1999, I started National Communications, Inc. (NCI) with one technician. Since then NCI has grown to become a regional company providing the installation and maintenance of all types of low voltage communications systems. I am actively involved in our community as a member of the Macon County Board of Commissioners, past member of the Southwestern Community College Board of Trustees, Vice President of the North Carolina Cattlemen's Association, and Macon County Farm Bureau Board of Directors. I am a member of First United Methodist Church. I am married to Janet Taylor Gillespie, who is also a Macon County native, and have one son, Logan.