It dawned on me today that I've been a part of several ownerships:
1. Active Voice Corporation (5 yrs)
2. Bought by Cisco Corporation, known as Active Voice, Inc. (1 yr)
3. Bought by NEC Unified, known as Active Voice, LLC. (7 yrs)
4. Bought be NEC Infrontia, known asa NEC Infrontia-Active Voice Division
That's almost 14 years working for the various Active Voice organizations. I began as a temp in November 1995. It's scary to think about how long ago that was:
- A college student entering his sophomore year in 2009 would have been entering kindergarten when I started.
- Bill Clinton was finishing his third year of his first term as president.
- A company called Pixar released "Toy Story" as its first feature film.
- Coolio's "Gangsta Paradise" entered the music charts
- The Mariners had just completed their "Refuse to Lose" season, having made the playoffs for the first time.
- The Supersonics lineup included Gary Patyon, Shawn Kemp, Hersey Hawkins, Detlef Schrempf, Sam Perkins, and Nate McMillan.
The person I was fourteen years ago was completely different. I was a college dropout with no direction. I was in a horrible relationship with someone who was controlling and emotionally & verbally abusive. I had no idea what the hell was going on with my life. I was very depressed but tried not to show anyone that side of me. Everyone saw me as happy-go-lucky Rodney. But, in the inside, I felt like my life was going nowhere.
Thankfully, life's journey took me to Active Voice. Lessons in life and love. That's what I'll always remember about this era.
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