Hey Myles,
What do you do for a living
Seriously, so I'm reading this tab when i look down and see your avatar and Sig
are you a photographer or something or are just friends multiple immensely good looking Blondie women that let you take their pictures in there underwear?
then again you know sooooo much about amps that you would have to do some tech work or something right?
and if the way you get to meet these women is through performing music then you just made up my mind on what i want to do when i grow up
sorry for being completely off topic and hijacking your thread sonicgator but i was curious
Tyler
Tyler ....
I work for GT in the mornings, have my own amp business and a model agency.
Here is some of the background stuff though from my past:
May 2002 - Present
Groove Tubes LLC
1543 Truman Street
San Fernando CA. 91340
1-800-459-5687
www.groovetubes.comHead of SAG (Special Applications Group)
Head Tech Support
Website development for online sales
Head of online sales
Studio equipment design
Guitar amplifier design
Please look at GT website and Guitar Amplifier Blueprinting website for very detailed information.
October 2001 - Present full time. 1982-2001 part time
Guitar Amplifier Blueprinting - Owner
West Hills CA
Musical instrument amplifier design, service, construction, and modification.
Perform monthly guitar amplifier clinics at various music stores in the Southern California area.
Perform on location studio support for recording musicians.
Provide on location tour support for performing groups and musicians.
Consult to guitar amplifier manufacturers.
Provide on a consultant basis, expertise on vacuum tube technology.
My current website is at:
www.guitaramplifierblueprinting.com9/1991 - 10/2001 Infonet Services Corp
El Segundo CA.
Various positions
www.infonet.comNetworks Telephony Corporation, Calabasas CA (April 1997 to October 2001)
Fully owned subsidiary of Infonet Services Corporation formed in April 1997
Vice President of Operations and Engineering
Managed the global frame relay / ATM network for our global customer base
Created and implemented the Network Operations Center serving four international regions on a 24x7 basis.
Developed CBR (constant bit rate) applications and hardware for voice and video transmission over public and
secure private data networks. This was the initial effort and product in the voice over IP efforts emerging today.
Infonet Services Corp prior to NTC division
Manager; Advanced Technologies Group
Designed advanced frame, cell, ATM, and Broadband platforms.
Manager; Frame / Cell Engineering Group
Designed, maintained, supported and deployed the Nortel Magellan product line for Frame / Cell / ATM use.
Worked as part of Nortel’s development effort.
Chief design interface with Nortel and Northern Telecom in Canada and USA
Deployed Passport data/voice networks in 50+ countries.
Performed various presentations and seminars at the request of Nortel, after successful deployment of a then
new and untested technology.
Manager; X.25 Group
Designed, maintained, supported and deployed the Siemens EWSP platform. Over 100 nodes deployed in over
80 countries.
Worked very closely with Siemens in Boca Raton Florida and Munich Germany on all levels from engineering to
Siemens executive management.
This network generated over 85% of Infonet’s revenue
Manager; Infolan Group
Developed a global IP overlay network, which also won Data Products "Hot Product of the Year". Primary vendor
contact for Cisco.
Manager; Product Acceptance / Technical Support / Quality Assurance
Managed level II Tech support group
Managed product acceptance group which tested and certified vendor equipment
Received ISO 9002 certification
Maintained and operated engineering lab
Full P&L responsibility in all of the above positions at Infonet and NTC. $7,000,000 annual budget.
8/1991 - 7/1982 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES Lexar/Memorex/Telex/Telenova Camarillo CA
Manager of Software Quality Assurance
Developed test systems for the verification of software for the companies line of voice / data switches and PBX
systems which were distributed worldwide.
1/1981 - 7/1982 DELPHI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Inglewood CA
Manager of Diagnostic Development
Developed diagnostic software, for use in design and development of new hardware, in an advanced
communications engine. Development of synthesized speech system as a pioneer in this field.
Earlier Employment
· Apple Computer Corporation - Vivarium project – Music systems consultant for educational projects
· Consultant for U.S. Roland Corp. and Yamaha Corp.
· Malibu Sheriff Department 1984-1985
· Pilots license - Fixed wing, rotary wing, multi-engine, IFR
· PSSA - Pacific Single Handed Sailing Association (1979 - )
· Commercial diving certification to 200 meters on mixed gas
1/1980 - 1/1981 S & S MARINE SURVEYORS Marina Del Rey CA Co-owner and founder
Founding Partner and Commercial Diver
· Conducted underwater marine surveys on boats, yachts, ships, docks, drilling platforms, and other marine
structures on the USA West Coast.
· Performed salvage work, insurance and fraud investigation for Global Marine Insurance.
1/1974 - 1/1980 DATA GENERAL CORPORATION El Segundo CA
· Regional Logistics Manager for Western United States. 22.4% profit margin in my region. Company average
was 4.7%.
· Regional Depot Manager with a staff of 60+ engineers with a 0%, 18 month attrition rate in my staff.
· Regional Depot Lead Engineer
· Regional Tech Support Engineer - hardware, software, and operating systems
· Regional Depot Technician
· Hardware Instructor
1/1973 - 1/1974 CONTROL DATA CORPORATION, Large Systems Division Downey CA
Customer Engineer
Customer Engineer - Hardware, Operating Systems on large scale mainframe computer systems.
· Assigned to STC (Satellite Tracking Center) with U.S. Air Force in Sunnyvale CA.
· Assigned to SDC (Systems Development Corporation) maintaining satellite tracking software.
· Assigned to CDC Sunnyvale Operations as one of eight engineers picked for Seymour Cray STAR 1B project.
· Secret clearance held while at CDC as this was an Air Force contract.
EDUCATION: 6/1973 USC US-CA-Los Angeles
Bachelor's Degree
- Architectural Engineering
6/1976 Westlawn Naval Architecture Institute US-NT-New York
Master's Degree
- Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
1/1973 Control Data Institute US-CA-Los Angeles
Certification
- 1000 Hour hardware course.
12/1967 United States Navy US-TN-Memphis
Certification
- Air crew training, parachute training, small boat handling, AMS "A" school (aviation structural mechanic),
aviation "P" school.
1967-1969 US Navy.
1984-1985 Reserve Sheriff Malibu California
Certifications and licenses
- Numerous training and schools in areas of technical and personal development. Some of the companies
included Nortel, Cisco, Siemens, IBM, Dell, Lucent, Ascend, Dialogic, Sequent, DEC, DGC.
Some of the areas of focus were; Checkpoint firewall systems and applications, IDS and various forms of
intrusiond detection, harware installation, software installation and certification, ISO 900X, Network operations,
customer relations and marketing on a global basis.
USYRU #77674
Pilots License / Single Engine, Multi Engine, Rotary Wing, Turbo Prop, Jet (Citation I thru 10), Falcon 50,900 series, Challenger 600-604. IFR, CFI, ATP.
A/P license FAA #1303318
Pacific Singlehanded Sailing Association Member
U.S. Merchant Marine - Captains License Unlimited Tonage - Engineers License Diesel / Steam