Daniel Holtman grew up in Prairie Village, Kansas with his mother and father and older sister.  Growing up he played all percussion instruments, was active in the Boy Scouts and had a great interest in computers.  He says, “my Dad was a programmer and gave me my love for computers.”

Attending Shawnee Mission East High School, Daniel played drums in a rock band and in the marching band.  He marched all four years of high school and was honored to play at the Peach Bowl and Citrus Bowl.  In 1990 Daniel spent two weeks on a Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic.  His group assisted in building a children’s hospital for the local indigent families.

Before his 1993 graduation, his high school orchestra was invited to The Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois.  The Midwest Clinic represents all 50 states and more than thirty countries and exists for education purposes in raising the standards of music education.   After graduation he continued his musical interest by helping the Kansas City Symphony with data entry and mailing lists. 

Through a mutual friend he met his wife, Jaime, and they were married in Overland Park in 1997. 

In 2002, Daniel pursued his love of computers by receiving his Network Administration Certificate from TechSkills.  He and Jaime then started their family and have two daughters, Anna and Kathryn.  They are looking forward to their third child, due in December of 2011.  Daniel and his family attend the Overland Park Baptist Church in Kansas.

Daniel came to CALO in August 2010 as the IT Administrator.  He currently resides part-time in Osage Beach and plans to relocate his family to this area in the next few months.