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Posted in Welcome by Administrator on the April 2nd, 2006

NLE Media Productions

Johnny Glucose 6917 N. Atlantic

Portland, OR 97217

503-289-2846

Greg Gordon

If you’re like me, and I know I am, you’ve got to be wondering about this guy’s sanity. Well, rest assured this guy (moi) is crazy. A good crazy. The kind of crazy that it takes to walk away from the high paid corporate world and never look back. I spent 11 and a half years working as a “specials” engineer, programmer/analyst and senior engineer ( well senior something, anyhow). Nice pay and benefits package, but unappreciated and completely miserable. Fed up with cronyism, the Peter principal of advancement and all the politics of nepotism that you can conjure, I decided to take an early retirement.

Now credit must be given where it belongs. The company I left was founded by caring people that rewarded hard work and employee loyalty with generosity. It embodied the best traditions of a benevolent overseer. Unfortunately, as is so common when the founding generation gradually moves on (ah, yes, the process of aging), the new generation simply lacks the same character. They didn’t have to scrimp, save, do without, sweat, worry or bring the company forward from the ground up. To be frank, they were never entrepreneurs. And that’s why the bloodline thins so much when a business is handed over to the next generation. You can’t build character that way. Sadly. All the degrees and schooling in the world simply cannot substitute for the entrepreneurial spirit.

My children are grown up now, so the pressure to be the sole provider of the family is off my shoulders. My wife, Carol took on the most difficult job of all–nurturing our daughters. Now we can take some time for each other. I still want to work, but I have the luxury to do something I love, ”Create”. I wanted my next business to embody the beliefs I live by. This is it:

Objective

To create a place where the talents and treasures of a lifetime are encouraged, broadened and unhindered by expediency.

To keep this place from being encumbered by cynicism, jealousy, small mindedness, group think and all manner of corporate mythologies, oxymorons, and stagnation.

To cause an atmosphere where creativity is fostered, hard work is rewarded, and all share in the profits this generates.

To recognize that a job worth doing is one you look forward to every day.

To ensure that enthusiasm is contagious, people are precious, and life is worth living.

To engage the community and promote the value of every life.

To provide a workplace free of toxins.

Business Statement ”Bottom Line” in this company is defined as the sum of each contributor’s self worth, God-given talents, contentment, well being, and spiritual growth. This company asserts that overtime is always the result of poor planning and a disregard for the needs of employees and their families. In this company we adhere to the following principle of the Christian Business Ethic:

God is first, Family is second,

Business is third…

This company provides service to any organization or person/s whose business philosophy or message does not conflict with the moral and ethical foundations we hold to be inviolate. Although all clients are regarded with respect and dignity, we hold that not all potential jobs have equal value nor do all potential clients by virtue of financial influence meet our goals and aspirations.

This company does not subscribe to the business mantra, “the customer is always right“. Instead, we subscribe to the tenet that for a company to be successful it must have the “right” customer.

Mission Statement To provide professional, moral & ethical media projects utilizing state of the art technologies at a price point competitive with market demand, focusing on SB (Small Business) enterprises.

Experience:

Over 30 years as a designer both in graphics and design for manufacture.
Independent videographer since 1996.
Over 6 years experience in theater production including scripting, choreography, set design and directing. Part ownership in Unit Theater Co. 1970 – 1972.
Over 14 years of computer aided design with certificates in multiple software solutions (2D & 3D) including: AutoCad; Inventor; Catia V5; SolidWorks and other leading manufacturing packages.
Experienced in multiple programming conventions and languages including Fortran, Fortran 4, Cobol, Visual Basic, Lingo, and machine language programming.
Over 14 years experience in graphic design including such software as Corel, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Xtivity, and many others.
Animation background in multiple disciplines and software.
Experienced non-linear editor in such software as Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Sony Vegas, Media Studio Pro, Animation Master and others.
Certificates in: A-dec World Class Manufacturing; APICS’ “Material & Capacity Requirements Planning”; American Society of Professional Education’s “Developing & Confirming Effective Business Requirements”; Portland Organizing Projects’ “Leadership Development Institute”.
A former member of the National Press Association - #10959160
Current member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
Current member of the Oregon Media Production Association.
It is rumored that at one time I was able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This claim is somewhat misleading in that it now takes me several bounds to leap really tall buildings – and I can only leap single story houses in a single bound. (Advancing years, arthritis and such.)

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