Deacon got his start in the tree industry in 2011 and quickly worked his way up in the largest privately owned tree company in the Denver Metro area. He earned his ISA certified arborist in that time. After running tree operations for one of their branches he made the shift to the municipal world in 2016, working for the City and County of Denver. 2016 was also when Maloney Tree Care LLC was formed. Deacon would work at the city for 8 hours a day and then run his business in the afternoons and weekends as the company grew through referrals. In 2021 Deacon left the city and went full-time with Maloney Tree Care. He has also competed in the ISA tree climbing championships, winning the Rocky Mountain Tree Climbing Championships in 2023 and 2024. He has also competed in the North American Tree Climbing Championships and International Tree Climbing Championships. Deacon still loves being in the trees as much as possible, training staff, and pushing himself daily, just don’t get him talking about his family or hunting because he may not get much work done after that.