[3] In 1986, Ward formed the band Grundig along with several other students, Sam McCandless, Jeremy Marshall, and Matt Loughran, at Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach, Florida.

Three and a half years later in 1995, Grundig broke up and Ward moved back to Jacksonville, where he, McCandless, Kelly Hayes, and Pat Lally formed the band Diablo.

Ward would remain in Cold until February 2006 when, after several lineup changes and battles with record labels, the band decided to break up.

Ward is married and has two daughters, Raven and Cameron (as mentioned in the liner notes for Cold's fourth album, A Different Kind of Pain).

He wrote the song "What Happens Now" with the hopes that it would be featured in the 2012 film, The Amazing Spider-Man; the track is accompanied by artwork of a Spider-Man-inspired character in the album's booklet.