As I put this version of my web site together, I stopped to consider whether or not to post my resume for all to see.  Resumes - mine, yours, anyone’s - can be, well, rather boring.  Yes, they are important.  Yes, they serve a critical function in expressing your work history, accomplishments, and the like for a potential employer to review.  And yes, they allow your next employer to verify that, in fact, you worked where and when you say you did.  All very nice and necessary. 

And still rather boring.

Instead, I decided that I would share with you some of the most memorable gigs I have has over the last 20 years.  This should prove to be far more fun and enlightening than bullet points and corporate speak.

Light Bucket Entertainment

At present, this is the name for the team I have registered for the 48 Hour Film Project in Salt Lake City, Utah.  I also have future plans for this this name.  What are these future plans, you may ask? Stay tuned...

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Also at present, I am a Virtual Channel Account Manager for Cisco.  I have the honor of working with the Cisco team that manages the relationship between Cisco and Dell.  This gig has connected me with linchpins (hat tip to Seth Godin) from all areas of Cisco and Dell.  Together we make astounding and memorable things happen for our customers.

Bill Good Marketing

Although I speak about this gig on my Bio page, I believe that it needs a bit more explanation. This project allowed me to work shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the finest, funniest, most caring, most brilliant, and most client-centric professionals in the financial services industry. The people I worked with truly gave a damn about their clients.  The actions they took - of their own creation and the actions that Bill teaches in his system - proved that they had a genuine interest in their clients that went beyond the almighty dollar.  While the financial services industry has been put through the meat grinder for its despicable actions, I know that there are many good people that tried like hell to keep this plague from completely ruining their clients.

Lagoon Amusement Park

While I summarized this gig on my Bio page, I wanted to mention it here again because this was the best gig I have ever had.  Period. It gave me the opportunity to really put it all out there and see if I had anything that would be remotely called talent. It also started me thinking about the future, about how I could use all of my talents to make something great for my family. After the gig at Lagoon ended I went to work for a company that within a year promoted me to a management position in southern California.  It was in SoCal that I found a gig that let me put my geek, my ham, and my teaching talents together for the first time.  This would not have happened if I had not spent the summer of ‘92 at Lagoon. 

I am often asked if I have ever worked in the radio broadcasting business. I am happy to say that I have.  I am happier still to share my experiences in the radio biz with you.

KSIT 104.5 FM

This was my first radio gig. It was in Rock Spring, WY (they have two seasons there - Winter and Construction). I still have clear memories of sitting in the tiny on-air studio - a bank of reel-to-reel players and two turntables to my left, the temperamental cart machines, the mixing board that generated enough heat to melt a glacier, the broadcast tower monitor to my right, and the room filled with LPs just outside the studio door. A copy of Radio and Records Magazine was on the table just in front of the studio window.  It was live.  It was unscripted.  It was everything I thought it would be and nothing like I thought it would be.  To John Beach, Jon Smith, Val Cook, Bob Telk, and the rest of the team, I thank you for allowing me to be a part of your radio family.

KBZN 97.9 FM

My second gig in the radio broadcasting industry was at a “Smooth Jazz” station. It was my first gig in a major market (Salt Lake City, UT). Eight years had passed since I worked at KSIT (the radio business is very fickle) and the industry had changed with the times.  The turntables were gone - everything was on CD.  The spots (commercials) had started their migration from carts to MP3 files.  The World Wide Web was just on the verge of becoming a very important part of a radio station’s identity.  I enjoyed my time at “The Breeze” immensely.  I loved the music (still do) and met some incredible artists, including Craig Chaquico, Peter White, Richard Elliott, and Warren Hill.  In 2008, KBZN changed its format to Adult Contemporary. I would like to believe that someone (maybe me) will bring “Smooth Jazz” back to Utah soon.

KCNR 860 AM

This was my third (and currently last) gig in the radio broadcasting industry. I joined a wild group of “hot talk” radio hosts as a producer. I produced many of the weekend shows and would occasionally sit in for one of the weekday producers.  This gave me the opportunity to work with Rick Emerson, Clyde Lewis,  Todd Herman, and Martin Davies. Each of these gentlemen has their own style and approach - the mix worked exceeding well. Sadly, it all ended as many radio stations do. A company that had a mouse for its spokesman offered the station’s parent company a hefty check - KCNR was gone, but the memories would never die.