Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I grew up around Dallas, TX until I graduated and moved to Orlando, FL for a year and a half to attend a technical school, while working full time, to become a professionally trained and certified technician for Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. After graduating, I returned to Dallas to work for a local dealer and hone my skills as a tech. Fast forward two years and you will find me as a talented technician still earning an average income and wondering if my efforts were ever going to pay off. I eventually decided that I had to find something else or I would end up spending the rest of my life fighting to simply make ends meet.

My solution was to wash the grease off my elbows, wrap a tie around my neck, and join what is known as the “white collar” work force. Initially, part of me felt like I sold out, while another part of me loves the respect that being part of the business world commands. Now I earn a living by forging relationships with other people and solving problems in a business sense instead of a mechanical one. I currently work as an Internet Marketing Consultant for ReachLocal, Inc. where I help our clients reach their goals on a much grander scale than I could ever accomplish by fixing a motorcycle. This requires developing new skills and experience in order to better serve my clients, but I have always enjoyed a challenge and I am a strong believer that a day shouldn’t go by without learning something new.

As sad as it is to say, I do not currently own a bike because I sold mine to pay for tuition. Oh yes, did I mention – I am once again working full time and going to college at night to earn a bachelors degree, which my technical education did not provide. Nobody ever said it would be easy!

I have always considered myself to be a well rounded individual and there many things that I find enjoyable in life. This ranges of course from bikes to business, as the title of my blog implies, but also other things like art, cooking, and anything else that I might stumble across that I find interesting.

Work History

• Ellipse Communications, Inc.
• Business Development Manager
• November 2008 to Present

• I search for and follow up on sales opportunities by presenting new services, providing development and service proposals, and negotiating service agreements in new and existing accounts in order to implement successful strategies for my clients.

• Dallas Harley Davidson
• Certified Motorcycle Technician
• September 2006 to November 2008

• Responsible for maintenance, diagnosis, and repair of all mechanical and electrical systems on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. I provided excellent customer service and reliable results in a timely manner.

• ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling
• Website Administrator (Part-Time Contract)
• November 2006 to September 2007

• In charge of creating forms and graphics for online magazine and maintaining online technical library catalog.

• Orlando Harley Davidson
• Sales Associate
• January 2005 to July 2006

• Acquired extensive product knowledge as well as sales and closing skills in order to provide the most informed and effective service to customers. Studied and mastered all aspects of point of sale systems and inventory control procedures, including merchandising and product ordering.