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A Geek, A Ham, and A Teacher A Geek
In the many years since that first geek job I have used my predisposition to all things geek to help people use technology to make their lives better. I have a knack for translating technobabble into understandable and meaningful words (and no, that does NOT mean I and “dumbing things down” - if that’s your take, go back to your cave and wait for the mother ship to contact you). I have helped business owners find the technically savvy people they need to run the geekdom part of their companies. If you want someone who is not afraid to channel his inner geek, I am happy to work cheek-by-jowl with you and create something great
My efforts paid off. I was hired by a radio station before I graduated. I have also ventured back into the radio business twice more. For all the details, please click here. Photos of KSIT broadcast studio circa mid-1980s. Photos copyright Bob Telk.
Did not being on the air stop me from being a ham? OH, NO. I found other ways to entertain the masses...
An amusement park To see for yourself just how fun this job was, click here. Ok. So this ‘most fun job’ took the ham out of me. HA!
My first real-world teaching opportunity came when I joined the faculty of Certified Careers Institute, a private business college that specialized in information technology. I taught hands-on, lab-based, blow-this-up-and fix-it courses that prepared students for Microsoft, Novell, and CompTIA certification tests. I also coached graduates on their interviewing skills by putting them though mock job interviews. On top of all of that, I had the honor of traveling to Hill Air Force Base once a week to represent the college at the Education Center. My next teaching opportunity came about when I joined Bill Good Marketing, a company that specializes in providing client marketing, prospecting, and office management strategies to financial advisors. I was one of the road warriors that taught the Gorilla Training Seminar (a five-day event in which financial advisors and their staff members learned the basics of the Bill Good Marketing System), the Sales Assistant Boot Camp (a four-day course that focused on goal setting, cold-calling, and script writing), and the Service Assistant Boot Camp (a four-day course that centered on client retention, office processes, and organizing the team).
A Hubby, a Dad, a Brother, an Uncle, and a Friend
The three of us have a passion for our horses...Berrycuda, Syrenity, Sweethearrt, and Rhapsody. On several occasions I have been the show announcer for local equestrian events. I also have many brothers and sisters. Some are blood-related, others are from families that I chose and that chose me. One other thing. I am becoming reacquainted with a hobby that I loved as a boy...astronomy. I was given an Orion StarBlast Astro Telescope as a Christmas present in 2007. I now anxiously awaits the night sky so that I can once again peer into the heavens.
An Alumnus of WGU, ATC, and THS
B.S. Business - Information Technology Management American Technical Center - Class of 1987 Certificate of Completion - Radio and Television Broadcasting Taylorsville High School - Class of 1985 Recipient of Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
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I was a geek before I knew the meaning of the word. I come by my geek tendencies naturally (I recently saw a photo of my dad in his teens - he was wearing a lab coat and working on something that closely resembled an Interocitor). The geek baton was officially passed from father to son in 1981 when he showed me how to type simple commands into his personal computer. That moment eventually led to my first official geek job - in 1994 I became a technical recruiter working for an employment placement firm in southern California. 
Around age 11 I decided that I wanted to be a disk jockey. I would carry around a portable tape recorder and try to imitate Joe Lee, Lynn Lehman, “Skinny” Johnny Mitchell, and Wooly Waldron. I also made up all kinds of commercials (I still remember my Star Wars commercials - oh, if only I had kept one of those tapes!) Fast-forward to two years after graduating from high school. I put down the tape recorder and picked up the microphone at the American Technical Center School of Broadcasting. I haunted the studios of the school, trying this or that bit, cutting up miles of reel-to-reel tape, and writing commercials that involve cardboard regattas and lime-flavored popsicle chunks. 
In 1992, I had the most fun job I have ever had in my life (so far). The job involved the following...
In 2007, a friend of mine invited to do something I had never done before - make a motion picture. He was putting together a team for a film competition and wanted to know if I would be interested in participating. The ham tendencies of my DNA overrode my common sense and before I knew it I was on location trying not to completely destroy the movie. It was so much fun that I decided to do it again in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Please 
I have always been a curious person. My mom loves to tell people that my favorite phrase as a young boy was “What’s that?” My geek and ham tendencies have aided me tremendously in my teaching roles. 
I am a lucky man. I am married to a beautiful, intelligent, classy lady. We have an amazing, talented, beautiful daughter that is attending 
Western Governors University - Class of 2006