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About Us...
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Valerie was a Traditional
Stay-At-Home Mom while her children were in
their formative years. However, she was
never one to sit idle. She was a Program
Coordinator for a Village School System through High School.
A Coach For Special Olympics for years and a
Secretary for a Village's Annual Festival. A
Salvation Army
Volunteer and a
Cosmetic Representative for eight years. She
also ran our years before its time Mail
Order Business where her
last
position being an Financial Office Administrator.
Anthony was fortunate to attend Premier
Domestic and International Learning
Institutions. Whereas,
World Class Instructors broadened his and
others horizons during a crucial time of
unheralded technological change. Those from
Bell Atlantic / Verizon, Hughes Networks,
Department Of Environmental Protection, US
Air Force, Unocal, US Army Corp Of
Engineers, Jet Propulsion Labs, Lockheed
Martin, US Joints Chiefs Of Staff,
Armstrong World Industries, National Credit
Union, TASC, GSA, Saudi Aramco, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, GE
Capital, Celestica, The Pentagon,
NASA, MITRE, Bombardier, Bell Sygna, US Fire
Administration, and Others. |
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At a time of changing technologies
Bell Atlantic / Verizon invested in expanding the horizons a few of their
employees. For me it was toward new tech and governmental style entities
that were locating to the Clarksburg - Morgantown, WV I-79 Tech
corridor.
Though over $100,000 was invested in me alone, I'd spend evenings studying and locating further
reference materials. I would push myself even further at home,
accomplished with a wife's allowances and 36 hour weekends. A
symbiotic connection made between mind and machine whereas
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A Non-Listed PHD would
inform me that I had broken then Industry records.
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Learning Institutions were inclusive of Learning Tree International and Bellcore,
(Telcordia, then Eriksson). Branches were also located in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Rockville
and Silver
Springs Maryland, Reston
Virginia, Lisle Illinois, Washington DC and Toronto Canada.
A
DC student at the Reston Town Center stating it was an exciting time and
great things were coming out of of West Virginia.
I Canada I was refereed to as in the the top 4% in the world
within my then field/s. Hughes Networks
would a large portfolio to my
home.
I was also told I was one of the most credentialed within Bell Atlantic
/ Verizon.
At Tysons Corner man
innocuously tests me, stating
he never had encountered someone like me before and had
clients that wanted me
yesterday. He
kept throwing out salaries and then complained when I refused,
stating he never met anyone so dedicated to a Company. My wife
and I were dedicated to our State.
It was a fulfilling time. At home I
was
experimenting with "Talking over the
Internet." Choppy, walkie-talkie quality
communications which I termed to as a game changer that was going to end our
company model. Shortly thereafter, I
met with the CEO of Bell Atlantic /
Verizon along with about 60 others who I'd him of the above along
with a few other perceptions which he keenly took note of.
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Some on the far left roster would be
pleased with
my last minute saves and interventions.
I'd change Siemens Newest
Technological Manuals as for few crucial
areas being wrong where I was then
Credentialed with Bell Atlantic / Federal Systems
Designation.
Others
listed also being for saves or crucial assistance. Sco-Unix, NASA,
Huntington Banks, White House, 911, Bell
Atlantic, Hughes Networks, FBI, Learning
Tree International.
At one point, I had a meeting with
Verizon CEO Ivan Seindenburg along with
many others. At which time I provided
singular technological aspects that
would be relevant to Verizon's future.
After which. his people called me by my
first name and shorty afterwards I was
repeatedly told I needed to move out of
WV.
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Instead we stayed where Bell /
Verizon aggressively turned their technological
innovations away from West Virginia to more
lucrative markets. Their focus on Wireless and
FIOS. For my credentials to stay relevant I was
repeatedly
told I'd have to move out of West Virginia and
if I didn't my background would fade, become outdated and forgotten.
We stayed.
We
then Created A Website at a time when the
Internet of "everyday life" was still far off.
My wife incorporating new processes that would
allow her products to arrive in the customer's
hands by the next day or the day after. Unheard
of concepts that other companies were driven mad
over. Calls coming in
wanting our company, then me. If they could've reached
through the phone they would have. A Venture
Capitalist Firm did their research and wanted to
purchase it. Though flattering, it was my wife's
endeavor. It was new, it was fun and it brought
her joy, so I turned them down.
Then
Technological Perspectives:
In 1997 President
Clinton was asked if
this "Internet Thing"
and was it used at the
White House? He answered
Vice President AL Gore
Used Email as mentioned next:
Part 2 We Stayed... |
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