A poll....who does what for a living

[Ken Neeley]

Since we now have over a thousand members, I thought we could share our areas of expertise and maybe help send our business to other board members.

Let's post with name, location, and line of work.



Ken Neeley

Auburn Hills, Michigan

General Manager

Tracker Marine Division

Bass Pro Shops

 

[Steven Atwell]

Steven Atwell (26 years old)

Melbourne, FL

Digital Designer

ASIC and FPGA Technologies Department

Harris Corp.

 

[Max Neathamer2]

Max Neathamer

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Retired Navy 38 y/o

 

[Jeff Griffeth]

Jeff Griffeth

Griffeth Consulting

Winamac, IN

Advise, implement and support business computer systems.

Do some ISO9000 consulting.

Work mainly with agriculture businesses, although, I'm in the middle of my first government project -- NEVER again!

Own a hunting lodge in Pike County Illinois, where I grew up.

www.pikeland.com

 

[Corey Carrico2]

Corey Carrico

Unix Presales System Engineer

CDW Computers

Northern Illinois

 

[Texas Transplant]

John Astrello, PMP

Sr. Project Manager

Wachovia Corporation (bank/securities)

Information Technology - Mainframes, networks, ECommerce

54 years old

Charlotte, NC (area)

 

[Kenny Lively]

Kenny Lively

Grapeland, TEXAS

Vocational/Horticulture Instructor

Texas Youth Commission - Crockett State School

(a juvenile prison)

sad part is we teach 247 days a year no summer vacation.

 

[Texas Transplant]

Kenny,



My Dad and Mom owned a home in Grapeland, outside of Crockett. Miss that part of the country.



Tex

 

[Alan Taylor2]

Alan Taylor

Physician Assistant

Duncan Oklahoma

32 yoa

 

[Kenny Lively]

Tex,



Who are they???

 

[Carlos Hathcock III]

Carlos Hathcock III

Quantico Virginia

Gunnery Sergeant in the Marines and Head coach of the USMC Rifle Team

38 yrs old

 

[James D.]

James Duggan

Edmond, Oklahoma

Sales Engineer/Digital Temperature Controls

39 yrs old

 

[Mike Tosello]

Michael Tosello

Thornton, Illinois

Commercial Mason Contractor

goin on 42

 

[Rob LaMoy]

Rob LaMoy

2 full time deals from April until November

Customer service/Sales & marketing aftermarket HVAC for Transit and rail

tournament angler and professional guide (hopefully sole income within the next year)

Plattsburgh NY,(as far north as you go before hitting Canada) 28 years old

 

[Greg. Avery]

Greg. Avery

Howell, Michigan

Retired 2 yrs. ago from Detroit Edison

after 36 years service

60 years young ;^)

 

[Terry Young]

Terry Young

Earlville Iowa

Retired from John Deere for going on 5yrs.

56 yrs. old

 

[Roy Cody]

Roy Cody

Quality Engineer

Aerospace Company

Elyria, OH (west of Cleveland)

 

[Kyle Crabtree]

Kyle Crabtree

Pennington Gap, VA

Owner, Cumberland Mountain Pest Control

34 years old

 

[Kraig Clement]

Kraig Clement

I sell new and used trucks at Huffines Dodge in Lewisville TX... 10 minutes North of Dallas.

35 years old



anyone need a truck?

 

[Scott Hammer TOXIC]

I'm amazed...what a group.



Scott Hammer aka TOXIC

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Sr. Bank Liquidation Specialist

Sr.Financial Institution Liquidation Specialst (S&L's)

Deputy Ethics Counselor

Sr. Real Estate Specialst



It's kinda like the ear, nose and throat doctor. I wear a lot of hats.



And I guide for Teddy Carr.



and I'm one heck of a nice guy at 45 yrs young.



TOXIC

 

[Bob G.]

Robert J. Gabriel

Field Service Engineer

Applied Materials Inc. - employed for the last 21 years

 

[Dennis Hamer]

Dennis Hamer

Operations Ananlyst

Bank Of America

41 yrs old

 

[Barb Baggott]

Barb Baggott

Quality Chemist

Toyal, Inc (Aerospace Products/Solid Rocket Fuel)

27th anniversary of my 21st birthday.

 

[Steve Stinson]

Steve Stinson, CFP

Huntsville, Alabama

Certified Financial Planner

Prudential Securities



been doing this for eighteen years, i'm 44,

 

[Tim King]

Tim King 30yrs old



Conductor

Uninon Pacific Railraod

Herington, KS

 

[David Munaretto]

David Munaretto

Business Development

Risetime Technologies

Chicagoland (my kinda town)



28 & counting...

 

[fatrap]

Mike Grandick 51 yrs

Underwood, IA

High School Teacher 27 years

Cartoonist

 

[Jim B]

Jim Brown

Desktop Architect

Bose Corp





I also wear lots of hats. I set the software and hardware standards for the desktop computing enviornment at Bose. I also build our software load we use on our desktops and laptops and cad workstations. I also provide escilation support for the desktop technicians as well as the helpdesk technicians. I also help out the NT server people when needed doing system admin work.
http://www.bose.com

 

[Rob LaMoy]

Jim, do you have access to the home audio stuff. My uncle used to work there in SC and used to get me killer deals on some cabinet style home speakers, I think the series was 901!! Seriously. And the satellite tweets rock! Probably two different divisions I imagine. I know the employees used to get dibs on returns and minor defects etc.

 

[Jim B]

Yea rob I do get access to some stuff at a discount, but the company is starting to watch that very closely because people were really abusing it. It sounds like your uncle worked at the manf. plant in columbia sc, they build all the speakers there pretty much. I work in the corporate headquarters where all the engineering, sales and finance stuff is.

 

[Sue DeLelys]

Sue DeLelys

Wallingford, CT

Technical Support Manager at Guest



Hey Curtis!



I spent many a summer vacation in Wolfeboro at my Grandparents. Where are you located?





Have a great day!



Sue D.

 

[Kenneth Brown]

maintenance pipefitter, honeywell, plastics plant .chesterfield, va. 43 years old new ntows member darn glad to be here, some of you guys ain't right!lol

 

[Bill McElroy]

Bill McElroy

Sr. Illustration Processor (HUH?!)

General Motors (Like a ROCK, Baby!!)

Waterford, MI.



Cartoonist(Scales and Tales, & BPS Outdoor World Magazine)

Married (18.5yrs), 2 Daughters (14 & 15)

Tournament Fisherman, sponsored by Ranger Boats, Bass Pro Shops, XPS Baits, MotorGuide, Mustad, Precision Plastics, and Scales and Tales.



3 Favorite Quotes: "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A. Einstein



"Winner's do what Losers don't want to"....Dr.Phil McGraw



"I know WHAT to say and WHEN to say it,.....HOW to say it, and WHO to say it to!!,..'Cuz I AM THE MAN!!...Feed off my Energy!"....Ken Neeley, 2001

 

[Roger Mikels]

Roger Mikels

32 years old

Audio Video Systems Engineer

Purdue University

Lafayette, In

 

[Sue DeLelys]

Hey Curtis,



Up on Pine Hill Road. I'm trying to picture Beech Pond, but I don't know many road names. Sounds familiar though.



Sue

 

[Erin Resch]

Hey Guys,



Erin Resch

27 y/o

Houston, TX

Facilities Manager/Recreation Coordinator in Kingwood, TX

 

[Douglas Ward]

Douglas G. Ward

Sr. Manager - CASG - TSS

Lucent Technologies

4 Robbins Road

Westford MA 01886

 

[Sam Elkins]

Sam Elkins

Project Engineer

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Northern Indiana Health Care System

Marion Indiana Campus

 

[Carl Pylant]

Carl Pylant

Dothan, AL

Real Estate Appraiser

Self Employed

 

[Steve Stinson]

Hi, Carl. I was born in Dothan and grew up in Enterprise. My father is still in E'prise. Where do you take that Targa17SC to fish around those parts?

 

[Mike L.]

Michael Ladjack

Verizon, Freehold NJ

Network Switching

Technical Support/Analysis

 

[Jon Havens]

Jon Havens

Haverhill MA

Air Traffic Controller, Logan Airport, Boston MA

38 yrs old

 

[Bruce Yeaton]

Bruce Yeaton

Holden, MA

Currently unemployed

32 years young

 

[Brian Feist]

Brian Feist

39

Emergency Management Specialist

Johnstown, PA



(Until two weeks ago, I was a supervisor in a 9-1-1 Center)

I update emergency operations plans for local governments and

now have full time duties with a county operated hazardous materials team.

 

[Mike Tosello]

Ken, this question was a good idea. Lots of different careers here. Any idea what the record is for how many replys to a single post?

Mike

 

[Chad Mitchell]

Chad Mitchell

Buchanan Dam, TX

28

Analytical Chemist/ICP-MS Specialist @ ATMI Burnet,Tx

 

[Craig Roberts]

Craig Roberts

Burton, Mi

Friendly neighborhood parts guy

BPS Auburn Hills, Mi

41 yrs OLD.

 

[Buzz Bouvier]

Buzz Bouvier

Bristol, Vermont

Senior Automated Equipment Specialist

IBM - 21 years

 

[Mark Gross]

Mark Gross

M.W.Gross Construction co.

Contractor for new build or remodel

Woodbury,MN.

Howerver at night I,m a "undercovers investigator "

 

[Staci Matheis]

Scott Matheis

53 years old last Saturday!

Glen Carbon, Illinois

(St. Louis Missouri metro area)

Sell loading dock equipment for Roberts Loading Dock
http://www.robertsdock.com/

 

[JAMES MOORE]

James Moore 48 yrs young, Retired E-7 Army, Currently working for "Tisdel Associates" Consulting Engineers, job title Mechanical Design Engineer, Specialty HVAC. Also do structural, electrical and anything else they need done around the office. Jack of all trades.

 

[Mark spencer]

Mark Spencer

Egg Harbor twp, N.J.

History teacher@ Atlantic County Vo-Tec

185 day's,(sorry Kenny!)

 

[David Hunt]

David

Engineer (not the choo choo kind)

US Dept of State

Overseas Construction of our Embassies

Live in the Rockville/Gaithersburg area of MD

Low 40's

Was an automotive mechanic in my previous life

 

[Steve Rizza]

Steve Rizza

Scottdale Pa.

31 years old.

married, 2 rugrats

Drive a 85 ton Caterpiller rock truck.

 

[Frank Daniel]

Frank Daniel

Knoxville, Tennessee

Bookstore manager for a K-12 Private School.

Married 15 years

7 year old twins

Not enough fishing time

 

[Rich D]

Rich Dollish

Supervisor, Pricing Administration

Fisher Scientific

Married, no crumb snatchers

34 yoa

 

[Tony Payne]

Tony Payne

Lexington KY

Sr. Software Engineer (Web/Network applications)

IBM

Married 12 Years

 

[stan jones]

stan jones

bennington vt.

engineering tech at a composits factory.

 

[Scott Wildwood]

Scott Kurzweg

Columbus, OH



Ashland Inc.

Systems Engineer

Cisco Certified, Microsoft Certified, SCO Certified, etc...

Basically a Geek



Former United State Marine >> Semper Fi

 

[Jim Brone]

Jim Notter

Oak Forest IL



PLASTIPAK PKG. ALSIP IL

Maintenance Technician

 

[Mike Levesque]

Mike Levesque

Elk Grove, IL.

Offset Pressman

(Printing)

44 years young, but I'm told I don't look a day over 54.

Why, you ask? 4 kids, 2 of 'em in college, nuff said...LOL

 

[Bruce Freeman]

Bruce Freeman

Foards Western Auto

Service Manager

42

 

[Jim Storck Sr]

Jim Storck

9 years from retirement and counting

Automotive Service Manger for too long,many different mfg,currently with a Saturn dealer

Home Town-Milford Ma,all I want is to be left alone so I can fish ,fish,fish and than fish somemore

 

[Andrew Zuber]

OK...

Looks like I'm the only "NUKE" on the board...

Andy Zuber

Senior Radiation Protection/General Employee Training Instructor 39 y/o

Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Bridgman, MI

American Electric Power (AEP)

www.aep.com

Been at the plant for 18 years.

We make enough electricity to power 2 million homes!!!

If you've got 'radiation-related' questions I can usually answer them...

 

[Mark Weichold]

Financial Controller for a Contract Service Company

Sodexho based out of France but the largest contract provider in the World



Mark

 

[Greg Meyer]

 

[Greg Meyer]

Greg Meyer

Project Leader

InfoStar International

(Computer Systems Consulting Firm)



Also:



Senior Systems Consultant

Independent IT

(My own contract Computer Consulting Firm)

 

[Bill Corrigal]

Bill Corrigal



Product Manager

Pure Fishing Canada

I am responsible for product selection and design for all our fishing products for Canada. the brands we own are



Berkley

Abu Garcia

Fenwick

Mitchell

Spider

Redwolf



I pick, chose and design

Lures

rods

reels

fishing Acc.

Fly fishing product

and other stuff





Pierre...turned me on to the site and I check in at least once a day. usaully in the A.M. at work while I'm having

breakfast

 

[Larry Harp]

Larry Harp (Harpo)

Edmond,Oklahoma (suburb of Oklahoma City)

52 years driven hard /w no maintenance

Married.....All my life

2 kids...Boy 13 & Girl 18

Considered by my friends to be the only white/male/middle-class Democrat in the state.(stuck in the 60's)

Field Estimator & Salesman

The F.A. Highley Co. The oldest & largest countertop (both laminate & solid-surface) manufacturer in Oklahoma.

 

[Chuck Weir]

Chuck Weir

Fort Wayne, IN

Marketing Director

Klotz Performance Lubricants

We make the best TC-W3 Synthetic Lubricants!

 

[Mike Poling]

Mike Poling

Cincinnati, Ohio

Commercial Artist

Owner EastFork Promotions

Sceen Printing Co.

56 Y/O

Married with 2 Children

& 4 super grandkids

 

[Dewey Leggett]

Dewey Leggett

37

married 14+ yrs - 2 kids

Real Estate/Business Attorney in Plano, Texas

Grew up in Hooker, OK (in the OK panhandle), where they have no water!

 

[Jack Long]

Jack Long

56 years old

Electrician at Saturn Corp. Spring Hill, Tn.

Married 35 years, two girls and four grandkids

worked 27 years at Delco Remy in Anderson, In.

been at Saturn for six years and love this area for fishing

 

[Stan Kline]

Stan Kline Owner Kourtesy hay Co. Selling alfalfa hay to Los Angeles area daiyman,to make lottsa milk... 44 years old

 

[Duart Betz]

Duart Betz

Liberal,Kansas (Just down the road from Hooker Ok.)

Telecommunications Specialist

Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co.

43 years old

 

[Jr. Dunn]

Jr. Dunn

Owner/Pres. & CEO

Bell and Carlson

Dodge City, KS

www.bellandcarlson.com

47 years young



My Grandfather was a commercial fisherman on the Missouri river & my Dad was a towboat pilot.

 

[Steve Helscher]

Steve Helscher

Columbus Junction IA

Public school band director for almost 29 years.

Will be 51 next month.

Married, 2 grown kids

 

[Robert Lariviere]

Robert Lariviere

Providence, Rhode Island

Holographic Embosser Operator

32 years old

married and one daughter

 

[JEFF WHITE]

ok,here we go,



jeff white sr,

39 yrs old,feel like 90,but oh well

married,13 yrs,or is it 14,oh well,too long,

1 son,12 yrs old

live in a small town called jermyn,pa,just outside of scranton

profession,jack of all trades,master of none!

seriously,i work repairing truck van bodies,installing and repairing rebuilding liftgates,installing dump bodies,and such.also a diesel mechanic,auto mechanic,and numerous other things.



did i forget anything??

 

[Phillip Young]

Phillip Young

Certified Locksmith for large health care center

My boat is a 2003 PT 175 with 75HP (andI love it)

50 years old

 

[C C]

Cassandra C (AKA Cass) last name omitted to protect the innocent

Sr. Systems Engineer, CNE, MCSE

Titan Systems Corp.

Chelmsford, MA



Born & raised Floridian, Ponte Vedra, FL

Love to fish, would fish every day if weather & time permitted.



Retired US Army

39+

 

[Steven Atwell]

Hey Jr., that is awesome. You guys make some top notch stuff. I have been wanting to get a camo stock for my A-bolt. It's nice to know that we have some heavy hitters on this board................sa

 

[Dan J.]

Dan Jorgensen

Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World

Pro Staff Member (1995)

Guide (and live) on Lake Lanier, GA

 

[Jr. Dunn]

Thanks Steve.

Let me know if I can help you out.

 

[Marke Cicero]

Marke Cicero

Boat Sales Consultant

Bass Pro Shops, Auburn Hills, MI



Recently relocated from Amherst, NH

There I was a Mechanical Designer in the telecom & semi-conductor industries.



Turned 30 last year and decided I needed some adventure in my life. So I packed up the family and moved to MI.

 

[Scott Hammer TOXIC]

re: A poll....who does what for a living.....whatever my wife tells me to do.



TOXIC

 

[Bob G.]

Hi, my name is Bob and I like long walks on the beach, sunsets, starry nights, cuddling, animals, dining in/out...



Sorry, wrong post!!!



Member:

NRA Life Member

BASS

Buckmasters

NWTF



Bob G.

 

[Jan Van Bennekum]

Jan Van Bennekum

Clinton, Maryland



Retired Air Force -Aero engineer

13 Yrs with Bell Atlantic(Verizon) - Computer Analyst

4 yrs as a contractor to Navy - Computer Analyst



10 months from drawing Social Security,less than that from spending 100% of my time fishing, sailing, and golfing.



Gotta use them toys!!

 

[gone bye bye]

John "Mini" Maniaci

Sterling Heights, MI

39 years old



These are my "jobs":



1. Towel Man for Bill McElroy

2. Sales Rep. All Star Graphite Rods

3. Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Detroit Pro Staff

4. Greater North Tournaments Staff

5. Moderator of Fishing Reports Board on The Lake St Clair Network



There must be more....lol



Mini

 

[William Schram]

William Schram

Biloxi, Ms.

Shop Forman

Coast Transit Authority



Anyone ever comes down this way to go to the casinos let me know and we'll hook up and wet a line.

 

[Huck Palmatier]

Huck Palmatier

Norfolk VA

USN Retired (LCDR/SWO)

Starting second career off as a Jr SYSADMIN for

the Navy-Marine Corp Intranet (NMCI)

....first alive in 1955!

 

[Dennis Mathis]

Dennis Mathis

Senior Engineer -

Boeing Manufuacturing R&D

44, Married, with 2 fantastic daughters 14 & 15.

Sleepless in Tulsa, OK

 

[TrepMan]

Michael Trepper

IBM Certified Executive Project Manager, PMP (thats not a PiMP!! it's a Project Management Professional certification).

Manage world wide internal IBM software projects that deal with the sales/proposal area for IT Outsourcing.

Work from home in Woodstock, GA

IBM Global Services

 

[Bill McElroy]

Trep,...nobody would look better in a big furry pink boa, a wide brimmed felt fedora and pimpin' clothes than you, my 120lb no fish catchin'Brutha!!!!!!.....Toolin' around in your Taurus or Saturn...pimped out with thick white fake furry seats,..fake side pipes and those super-fly spoked wheels!!!....shoot fire Mista Treppa,...you BAAAD!!!

ahahahahahhaa.....

 

[TrepMan]

Thanks MAC!!! I personaly did have a set of pink Fuzzy Dice on my '70 Pontiac Catalina!!!



Sorry didn't post a YOU ROCK!!! on your weekend, been on the road since last Monday, doesn't quit till next Friday. Working me like they PAY me for it!!! HAAA!!!

 

[Staci Matheis]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

Mac, you are one TWISTED s.o.Gun!

My kinda people!

Like Trep said, YOU ROCK!!



me!

 

[Bill McElroy]

LOL...I remember when I was in High School working at the local Clark Gas station in town (back when they had FULL SERVICE!!)..ahaha...this real "Pimp" from Adrian use to come in there to have his caddy gassed up......this dude was the real life model for the pimp in "Magnum Force"!!

His car was a BIG Pink Caddy coup deville with simulated side pipes and plush white fake fur seats.....he had rings on every finger and he was always dressed like i described in that post to Trep.....man was he "out of place" in that rural middle class farming community I lived in!! LOL...

He was known all over as "that Pimp from Adrian"...he eventually got busted for dealing Heroin and now he's in prison for life....he should've spent more time fishin'!!

 

[Staci Matheis]

Mac, I've been driving around all day, grinnin' from ear to ear..... I've got this picture runnin' through my head.....



Trepper in his pink fedora / pink boa / pink liesure suit / white belt / white alligator boots with rhinestones / gold chains / rhinestone rings..... Driving around Atlanta trying to peddle his "princesses"..... Who are, of course, more interested in doing their nails than doing his cutomers..... Don't enjoy it when they do and don't even try to fake it..... No wonder he's relegated to a Taurus!



I'm sorry, Michael! I luv ya, man! You know how I get these visions - it's all that grass I did back in the 70's..... And Mac started it!

 

[Bill McElroy]

Glad I could help....LOL...I know what you mean though,..visualizing the Trepster as a pimp is just soooo opposite of what you see in person...guess that's why the visual is so dadgum funny!!! Trep,..If I was the producer of SNL,..YOU would be making 1 HUUUGE salary right now as

"Mista Treppa,..Lord of the Taurus".....haahhahha (Ya just gotta know Trep like we do to see the humor in that visual!)

Sure gonna miss doggin' yer skinny butt in GA. Trep...but I'll make sure Dan has a care pkg for ya!!

Mac

 

[Staci Matheis]

Or how about the day Michael goes to school.....



"Good morning, Class! This is Noah's daddy, Mista Treppa! Do you know what Mista Treppa does for a living? Does his clothing help you? A policeman, like Sally's father, wears a uniform and Mista Treppa is wearing a pink fedora! That's right, Oranjello! Mista Treppa is a Pimp! OK, Class, can the rest of you say "Pimp? No, Billy, we mustn't spray the P's in Pimp."

 

[TrepMan]

Mac and Scott - ROTFLMAO!!!!



If I can find the picture, one Halloween I did go as a Pimp and Beka was my "girl"!!!! What a HOOT!!!

 

[Staci Matheis]

"Girl"????????

That's NOT what they're called in St. Louis or Detroit.....

 

[Staci Matheis]

 

[Bill McElroy]

I'm 5'11" and 100% American...I just make jokes for the heck of it!! lol