Gregory Ardrey:  

I was born in Ohio, I attended Sheridan High School through the end of 10th Grade. In the summer of 1981, I moved to Mesa Arizona (a suburb of Phoenix) where I attended Dobson High School. I also attended the district's vocational school, Mesa Central, where I studied Radio & Television Production. I graduated from high school mid-term in January 1983 and attended Arizona Tech, where my father was an instructor, to study drafting and computer aided design. In 1984, I started classes at Mesa Community College as a part-time student in Electronics then switched majors to Broadcasting. In 1989, I transferred to Arizona State University, then in 1991 to Northern Arizona University where I graduated from with my BS in Broadcasting in 1992. My family moved back to Ohio the following year. During that time, I worked at like KTSP-TV the CBS affiliate in Phoenix, NBC 4 in Columbus, WCOL/WNCI, Sunny95, 97.1 The Fan, and The Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network doing production and engineering. I became involved in computers as a result of the increased use of automation systems and business networks in the broadcast industry. Consolidation in the broadcast industry had reduced the number of engineering jobs in the central Ohio market. When Clear Channel Communications bought Nationwide Communications Incorporated, my position was eliminated so I changed my career path to Information Technology. I worked at DeVry University for 6 years holding several IT positions. While there, I took advantage of my employee education benefit and ...Expand for more