About Me
I grew up in Oklahoma, and along with everyone here am slightly atypical from what you might expect. I've ridden my share of horses, actually corralled cattle, and have helped build one of the most innovative tech companies in Oklahoma. One of the only tech companies in Oklahoma.
I have a borderline obsession with Ancient History and have loved Star Wars as long as I can remember. I read whenever I can, listen to audio books when I can't. A good movie is great, a bad movie with friends can be even better. And in whatever free time I get - I write.
Position:
SVP
Favorite Projects:
Every ONEsite community is so distinctive and unique. There is something incredible about the way each has grown and evolved after it first launch. And part of that comes from the people we work with - with every client we get to work with an incredibly talented group of people. Those independent ideas, thoughts, strategies, and suggestions have driven the platform to be the best in the market. So every project is my favorite - Clear Channel, Univision, BowlSpace. Their communities and the different things each has done with them has been incredible.
Favorite Experience:
I got a call once from someone at Z100 - because Rihanna desperately needed help setting up her page.
Hobbies:
Intelligent conversation, reasonable people, and a group of close friends. The occasional game of Heroscape and whatever video game playing I can get in. You could probably build a pretty good Thad replicant if you got the combination of Ancient History + Science Fiction + Awesome + Dinosaurs + 80's Cartoons + More Awesome + Genius - some ego + some delusions of grandeur + whatever my MBA professors have done to my poor brain. I think that I came out relatively well.
A knowledge of history is critical to the understanding of the world, there can be no question about that. It is impossible to understand where we are and where we are going without understanding where we have been. In the UK they are no longer teaching about the Holocaust or the Crusades out of fear of causing anger, insult, and offense.
No nation on this earth is free from past transgressions. Every country has engaged in its share of deplorable acts. The lessons we learn from history are an understanding of how the acts occurred, what brought them about, how people were influenced to commit such things, all so that we might LEARN FROM THEM SO THAT THEY MIGHT NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. Merely ignoring events removes the worth from an education, and worse destroys and undermines the understanding of the world around us. Without that understanding, individuals can only act in ignorance. Without that understanding we are condemned to the inevitable repeat of past offenses and atrocities. How can we hope to find a better future if we are unwilling to look to our past objectively and learn from it.
I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes, and it still holds true
"The risk of insult is the price of clarity"
We must be willing to open our eyes, to become educated, even if it is uncomfortable and troubling, because this is how we grow as people and nations, but looking at the past with reasons so that we can gain KNOWLEDGE and act accordingly.
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