Top 20 random (but true) things about me
- I’ve been in front of the camera. I’ve been in commercials, a few indie films, and you can find me on IMDB.
- I’ve been behind the camera. My family business sells professional movie cameras and equipment – so I’ve been on a few sets.In addition, I worked for the on-air International Sports Broadcast team for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- I am ambidextrous in slalom water skiing, wake surfing, and playing ping pong.
- I’ve worked with or near some well-known people like Faith Hill, Carrie Fisher, and Dick Van Dyke.
- I enjoy adrenaline. I’ve skydived, scuba dived, and sledded head-first down a bobsled run at 42 miles per hour.
- Walt Disney World created an additional internship opportunity for me that didn’t exist before once I completed my first internship.
- I once helped design and build a parade float.
- Overstock gave me a new opportunity to make up a new position and team after returning from Disney World – which resulted in Overstock being recognized by several national awards.
- I have combat skills. I’m a blue-belt in Karate, have taken fencing lessons (own my own foil), and I’ve shot handguns, rifles, and shotguns.
- I worked in construction as a project executive secretary for a project of a building that can hold over 21,000 people in the main auditorium.
- I once made a 10 foot high replica of the Monty Python (and the Holy Grail) trojan rabbit – out of cardboard.
- The Secret Service called me, more than once, to speak to me while at work.
- I’ve participated in the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt The World Has Ever Seen (GISHWHES) for several years.
- I earned a full-ride scholarship to the US Cyber Security Bootcamp after I became a finalist in the US Cyber Challenge.
- I was an All-American Swimmer in High School.
- I was wanted by the FBI while I worked at Disney World after applying to become a special agent and passing initial tests and interviews.
- I once modeled for a hair show.
- I once headed up the Overstock.com office Olympics complete with VP torch run, events, and award ceremonies.
- I once learned how to yodel (but am out-of-practice now).
- I’ve seen the Mona Lisa in Paris but never went inside the Louvre.
