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Valiant was born and raised by prominent Farmers and Land Owners in a Midwest farming community in Wisconsin originally owned and named after Pioneer and State Legislator Sebastian Kronenwetter. He showed a strong interest in the arts especially in music and theatre at a very early age.
His most daring venture to date was being a Steampunk Aviator Male Model on the runway for Fashion Designer and Producer (Fashion Forward) Leonard Simpson's "10 Best Dressed Awards and Fashion Show" and Dress for Success Charity 2014 at Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in La Jolla, CA. From 2015 to 2017, Valiant has been a male model for Michael Kors Mens Designer Suits and Tuxedos in The Los Angeles Fashion Shows. He also modeled for Ray Ban sunglasses and some nineteenth century costume companies.
For three decades, Valiant has been involved in numerous acting venues from Theatre to Reenactments to TV Series to Movies. He has acted in Civil War Reenactments(North Union Regiment Captain),Revolutionary War Reenactments(American Militia Fighter),Renaissance Festival Performances(Swordsman),Shakespeare in the Park(Prince Escalus of Verona), Pirate Faire performances (Pirate),The Go Game Corporate Role play games (Mobster or Pirate), and various Steampunk characters.
At the age of 12, while attending private grade school during the daytime, Valiant also earned University course credits in Theater (acting, mask creation/design, and voice training) and World Literature during the evening for two semesters. These University credits transferred within seven years towards his BA degree in English Education and Theater. Also, he portrayed several characters in a UWMC Upstage Theater production of "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" in November 1986.
Valiant earned his B.A degree in English Education (Magna Cum Laude) at MSC in 1996. He taught University Level English Literature under the direction of MSC Dean and Professor of English Dr. Vincent Beach, Ph.D. and Graduate Professorship Recommendations from Education Chair Dr. John Eitenmiller, Ph.D., Professor of English Dr. Bruce Glassco, Ph.D., MSC College President Dr. John Cable, Ph.D., and MSC Dean of Academics and Professor of English Dr. Victor Macaruso, Ph.D. Valiant was in theatre during those college years as various characters and performed with other actors in "Shakespeare in the Park" as Prince Escalus of Verona.
Valiant went on to Graduate School for a M.A in English Education at Bemidji State University but left after a year due to a "boring and repetitious curriculum". He continued his graduate work and earned a Doctorate, a Ph.D. through an Independent Scholar's program through the University of MN in 2002.
After moving to California in 2005, Valiant became involved with various Technology Companies such as O'Reilley Media, their Etech Conferences and DataForce by TransPerfect. He became a Data Contributor and Instructor/Professor of Technology at Conferences. Valiant has been a technical writer of numerous published technology articles for over a decade. He has invested early on in Real Estate, Technology, and Cryptocurrency.
Valiant continues being creative with some acting in plays onstage, his writing of novels and screenwriting for plays, singing (baritone or bass-baritone) with his Contemporary Band, songwriting lyrics and composing music for songs for others and his own music recordings.
