Kirkaiya lives in Portland, Oregon, and is originally from the United States of America. He works in the Information Technology in the area of cloud computing. He served as a military intelligence analyst in the US Army from 1986 - 1990, holds a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, and a Masters of Business Administration from Webster University. Kirk lived in Southeast Asia for nearly nine years, before returning to the U.S. to live in Oregon.