Dave Evers

I am Dave Evers, a resident of Washington State and proud father of 3. I am a software engineer by trade, but I think of myself as more of a "technobutler". Much of my job relies on discretion, so I will say only that I am employed by Vulcan, Inc. and leave it at that.

I grew up in Fallon, Nevada on a small farm with my father, Louis Evers; my mother Rena Evers; and my sister, Belle Milton. I went to school at DeVry Institute of Technology in Phoenix, AZ from 1973 to 1976 and graduated with a degree in Electronics Engineering Technology; but I found that math made my brain hurt, and I had little desire to go work in the electronics trade. Instead, I went into broadcasting.

I found a job at my local radio station, KVLV, back in Fallon. Small town radio was fun, but I had bigger ambitions; so I found a job working for a manufacturer of broadcast equipment; and in 1979 I moved to Quincy, IL and began a career at Broadcast Electronics. My first role was as a field service engineer, so I travelled frequently. I specialized in radio automation, where radio stations could program the music and commercials into a computer system and have them run unattended 24 hours a day.

I moved into automation system sales and then into Product Management roles where I got to plan and develop new generations of systems such as the CORE 2000 Automation Controller, and the first generation of the AudioVAULT hard drive storage system.

While working for Broadcast Electronics, I continued a long-distance relationship with my girlfriend in Fallon, Kristi Kent. We were married in 1985 and lived in Quincy; where my daughters Mariel and Allyson, and son Andrew were born.

When management changed at Broadcast Electronics, I decided to leave for Auditronics in Memphis, TN. I started as Engineering Project Manager in 1992, and soon became VP of Engineering. One of my proudest achievements was the development of the Destiny 2000, a marriage of the standard on-air audio console with the automation technology I had specialized in. I discovered that I truly enjoyed writing software, and began a career change that continues to this day.

I began work for Vulcan in 1999, and moved to the Seattle area. My job consist primarily of developing media and A/V systems in C# and VB6. I love my job. It will take a hit man to get me out of this job; because if they just fire me, I will break in at night and work it for free.