The Iconoclast
Who is this iconoclast out in the digital domain trying to mess with everything and change things?
I’m an Internet veteran.
- I was on LambdaMOO before the great crash of 92.
- I can still be found on LamdbaMOO. username White-Wolf
- I was creating web-pages back in 94.
- I am a member of the Dot.Com era who somehow lived through the crash of 2000, but my marriage didn’t.
- I’ve been online since 89.
- I’ve worked with the best and know what works and what doesn’t.
I know marketing:
- created web strategies to place companies at the top of their sector.
- understand traditional and online marketing.
- believe in doing things differently, but intelligently.
- have promoted everything from bands, to clothing lines, to software companies.
- worked with clients such as Coca-Cola, the FAA, IBM, Apple, Sun, and Canon to name but a few.
I’m a geek:
- I founded the first Linux User group in Western Canada. Helped to found 3 others.
- I’ve been a speaker on the topics of Open Source, Open Standards, Information Tech Security
- I have used UNIX since 88.
- I run Mac’s at home and have used Apple products since 83.
- I’m the one, a certain Wall Street newspaper interviewed about Windows 2000 the day it launched.
- I’ve worked with the likes of ESR, Tim Lee-Berner, and other great gods of the ‘net.
- I’ve developed standards. I have programmed for GNU/Linux, BeOS, Windows, and a ton of other UNIX projects.
- I’ve contributed to the Apache project.
- I’ve deployed solutions that are still viable today as they were ten years ago.
I’ve worked as:
- a Chief Information Officer
- a Chief Security Officer
- a director of marketing
- an IT & Marketing Manager
- team lead
- a producer
- a systems, network and security admin
- a machinist
- a mechanic (bicycles, motorcycles, and autos)
- a framer
- tech support geek
- a business analyst
- as an IT architect
- a promoter
I’m educated:
- I’ve studies social work at the undergrad and grad level.
- I’ve studied psychology at the grad and undergrad level.
- I’ve studied computer science at the grad and undergrad level.
- I’ve developed course content for NAIT, University of Alberta, University of Western Ontario, and UVic.
- I’ve studies First Nation’s topics from the undergrad to PHD level. Contributed papers, ideas and concepts on these topics.
- I’ve studied business communications, marketing, business, and business development.
- I’ve been mentored by some of the greatest minds alive today, and in turn have mentored others.
- I’m working towards a PHD in Behavioral Psychology.
I’m socially aware:
- I’ve worked with homeless since 1990.
- I’ve fought poverty since 1989. And I have a plan to wipe it out in Canada and the USA.
- I believe in Make Poverty History.
I’ve raced sports cars, mountain bikes (semi-pro), and toured on the “A” circuit as a lead singer.
I’m a father. I am not old. But I do have wisdom. I have a CV and a resume and know the difference between both.
If I said I didn’t want to change the world I’d be lying.
I’m a talented:
- dad
- cook
- photographer
- writer (APA, MLA, poetry, prose, operas, you name it)
I:
- think outside the box.
- am a single parent.
- don’t conform well.
- can play well with others.
- share well (there is a disclaimer on this one).
- am me. And I am happy being me.
- can be brutally honest.
- am NOT afraid of risk.
- a leader or revolutionary depending on who you talk to. Go figure, as I never set out to be.
- don’t follow trends.
- believe in making a difference and helping others.
- believe significance is more important then success.
- am an Aries.
- hopeless romantic.
- a human being.
I’m on Facebook (Scott Fraser), Twitter (Scott_Fraser) and other places.
I am not the man you meet everyday, and I am very comfortable with that.
I want:
- to wipe out homelessness in Canada
- to be the best dad I can be.
- to get married. ( I’m taking applications <grin> )
- continue to be the person, people trust and who know will be there for them.
- to help your business succeed.
