About Me
First off, who's asking?
Okay, so you're curious about this guy Dennis. So what do you want
to know?
Professionally: I' retired from the telecommunications industry
after more than forty-seven years. It's was a wild ride. Now it's
time for Life 2.0. Like most folks, I started out in an entry level
position and worked my way into management. When I was a young
whipper snapper of 20, I was working at K-mart. I was going places
(laugh!). Seriously. I was working in Sporting Goods, then sort of a
separately run division of K-mart. And they liked me. They liked me
a lot. During the slow times, I studied the products, and I could
answer the most daunting questions a customer could throw at me. And
I wasn't just your average clerk either. My boss soon learned that I
could create some mean looking displays, and sell just about
anything, even if it hadn't been selling earlier. Yeah, those guys
had me tagged. They were going to send me to their management
school, and ultimately assign me to take over in Barstow.
Fortunately, a friend of my dad's called me one day. He called me
right at K-mart while I was working. Told me they had a job
opening where he worked. It was what would become part of the big
telecom industry. He knew that all of my schooling and background
was electronics oriented, and they needed someone strong in that
area. The company he was with didn't have a particularly good
reputation around town back then. So I was a bit hesitant. He
convinced me though. He told me to come by the office for an
interview. They'd interview me and I'd interview them. If they
liked what they saw, and if I liked what I saw, we'd talk
business.
As they say, the rest is history. Here I am, now retired after
forty-seven years in the business....
Personally: formerly married and have kids and step-kids, grand
kids and great grand kids too. Aren't they great?
I'm seriously addicted to wakeboarding, and pretty pissed that the
sport came along ten or fifteen years later than it did. I'd be a
whole heckuva lot better at it if it had come along sooner!
Whatever. I'm going to be the Banana George of wakeboarding. Still
doing it in my 90's. You wait and see!
Also into technical stuff...always enjoy playing with new gadgets
and figuring out how they work.
And then there's cooking. I don't know that I'm great at it, but I
can hold my own. I got interested in cooking a few years ago after
remodeling my kitchen. I started watching shows on The Food
Network, and the next thing you know, I was trying what they were
doing. And it was easy! Now, there is no dish that scares me off.
No presentation that is too challenging. So step aside! I'm going
to take over your kitchen, and I won't let you in mine!
For more about me, holler.