Profile: 
I’ve always been interested in the outdoors since I was a little kid. I distinctly remember my first “night out” in a sleeping bag in my parent’s backyard. Starring up at the stars in a pitch black sky gave me the feeling that the universe is a very big place. As I grew older, a couple of friends of mine and I used to venture out into the woods behind our place and set up camp for the weekend. Then came Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. After a short stint in the Navy, I came back to Utah. Shortly thereafter, while working as a 4-H Club volunteer, I spent a very exciting week camped out near beautiful Bear Lake on the Utah/Idaho border.
After a few years, I moved to my father’s birthplace into Minnesota. I joined up with the Wilderness Inquiry for a couple of three day stays along the North Shore and along the St. Croix River. Man, those were great trips!
After creating Your World Outdoors.Com, a general purpose outdoor website and running it for three years, I decided that I needed to specialize in something. So, I naturally choose camping, survival products, and accessories, and surviving in the wilderness as the main theme.
Being brought up in a military family, I cherish the values of freedom, democracy, America and have a strong belief in God.
My goal with this new website is to give you the products and information that you'll need in your hunting-camping trips and prepare you for the unknown where ever it is.
Related Education:
- Associates of Applied Science Degree in International Trade, with concentrations in Transportation Logistics and Business Administration. Saint Paul College, St.Paul, MN.
- Small Business Entrepreneur Training, REDA, sponsored by the NDC, SBA, and the SBDC. West St. Paul, MN.
- MBA Certificate in Non-Profit Management. University of St Thomas, St. Paul, MN,
- Desktop Publishing & Web-Site Design, Science Museum of Minnesota, St Paul, MN.
- Accounting & Finance Courses at St. Paul Area Colleges.
Related Business Experience:
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Owner, BH Properties. The company was chiefly involved in the marketing of board games.
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Owner, Agency Creations. The company was involved in assisting non-profits in their marketing & fund raising.
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Interviewer, A & I of Minnesota. The company was involved in doing market research surveys of new products for Fortune 500 companies.
Related Professional Organizations (Past & Present)
- National Sporting Goods Association
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association
- Minnesota Press Photographers Association
- Toastmasters International
- American Independence Party
Related Hobbies-
In addition to camping and hiking, I enjoy fishing and swimming, taking nature photographs, lifting weights, and working out.
