>> What I did was, I was at here at Penn State
as a marketing major and I've always been
which actually if I am working in my major,
it's because I am very much interested in
and intrigued by the brand concept.
So, as a marketing major at school,
of course, I wanted to work for one
of the big consumer products
companies and I ended up in retail
which served its purpose
at that particular time.
And from there, I went back to
graduate school and I got my MBA
at Lehigh University right down the road.
And I was a small business
consultant while I was there.
Very much enjoyed problem solving and
assisting someone else make a strategic decision
particularly for business.
So, my dream then was to become a
consultant and my next job out of there was
at Deloy [inaudible], and that was funny because
I had hoped to be in the consultant group
and I ended up in the audit group
and the next thing you know,
I'm studying for this thing called the CPA Exam,
and I'm going this is ridiculous I'm
never going to pass this, and I did.
And it was a credential that I
never thought I would ever have.
And so, what that did was it opened up some
significant advancement for me, quickly.
From there, I started to explore the
entertainment business and after a few years
in Corporate Audit at Sony, I moved to
California and ended up working at Four Studios
and a consultant firm finally, where I was for
5 years doing financial and project consulting
at Direct TV who eventually said, we'd like
to pay you full time to do this for us.
And I mean the transition from a consultant
to a full time employee at Direct TV.