Dean Harvey:  

Life I am Dean Harvey, I was pretty much an unknown geek,Ha! I married one of our classmates Traci Davidson who was our valedictorian. How did I manage that???? We have been married for 37years and have four beautiful grandchildren (Gracie, Lilly, Ivan, and Ben). My oldest daughter (Annie) has 3 kids and has a career in the oil and gas industry. Her husband (Casey) is a perfect match for her. My youngest daughter (Jackee) graduated from Texas A&M as a math and science teacher. She is not going to teach but works for our company writing operating manuals and operating procedures for the oil and gas industry. She recently married her life mate Jack and they just had their first kiddo (Ben). Traci and I have been best friends for a long time. She is my other half. She helped me out of my geekiness. I have been a lot of places since those days. I worked for Mobil Oil for 15 years before taking a severance package and starting my own training consulting company. We sold our business to Baker Energy in Houston, Texas 18 years ago and have been in Houston since then. We built a global training organization at Baker and have brought several of our old friends from Odessa to Houston to work for us. Ten years ago we left Baker and started another consulting business named AXIS, LLC. We have been very busy and have 20 people working for us. It has been fun. Can you believe that I make a living by speaking in public? I guess people change. I am a recovering workaholic and still work most of the time but I have begun to fulfill on of my dreams to drag race. I bought a Super Comp dragster to get some experience in but I am building a ProMod 1963 Corvette for a "Real" thrill. I ran a couple of races with the dragster last year and had a best ET of 7.80 seconds at 190 mph in the 1/4 mile. It was a lot of fun but I have a lot to learn. I also like to water ski, ride dirt bikes, and fly radio controlled helicopters/airplanes. Our whole family rides motorcycles and t...Expand for more