Michael McKown - Professional Background

Co-founder & Business Manager
United Schutzhund Clubs of America (1976-1978)
    "USA" is now the largest working dog organization in North America. Also was creator and first editor of its bimonthly magazine, Schutzhund USA.

Founder, President & Publisher
DSM, Inc. (1979-1997)
    Dog Sports Magazine is the nation's leading monthly working dog periodical.

Founder & President
Jammers, Inc. (1994-1996)
    Quickly became the largest independent distributor of automotive radar jammers in the USA.

Vice-President / Marketing
Phantom Technology (1996-1997)
    Engineered a merger between Jammers and Phantom, took over as Phantom's marketing chief.

Co-founder, President & CEO
Ixat Corporation (1998-Present)
    I am also Editor-in-Chief of all our websites.

Ixat Corporation is privately held.

Co-founder & Partner
Ghostwriters Central (2003-Present)
    Provides professional writing and editing services for books, screenplays, business plans and articles.

A1 Los Angeles Home Appraisal (2005-Present)
    Southern California residential appraisal service.

California Mortgage Home Loan Brokers (2007-Present)
    Provides mortgage brokerage services statewide.

Simple Student Loan Consolidation (2007-Present)
    Provides student loan consolidation services nationwide.

USA Private Student Loans (2007-Present)
    Provides private funding for higher education.
   

The future
    We are always looking for new and exciting opportunities to expand our business.
 

Personal Background & Miscellany
 

• Born: 1946 in Glendale, raised in Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) and Tustin, California.
• Graduated: Tustin High School, 1964.
• Attended: Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, 1965.
• Other Education: Extensive advanced self-study.
• Military Service: U.S. Navy, April, 1966-December, 1969. Specialty: Journalist. Honorable discharge.
• Military Service: NAF, El Centro, California. Vietnam (three days). USS Bennington, CVS-20.
• Current Marital Status: Single forevermore.
• Married three times. I am not very good at marriage. Or maybe it's the ADHD (see below).
• Children: One son, Neil, in the U.S. Navy.
• Residence Locations: Los Angeles/Tustin, San Francisco Bay Area, and Douglas, Wyoming.
• Exercise: Prefer aerobics, some weights.
• For Fun: Movies, music, theater, reading, dessert at DuPars in Studio City, sex, the beach, and work.
• Diagnosed: With ADHD (attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity) in 2000, medication works wonders, and now I know why I never had the patience to finish college.
• License Plate: DOT CEO. Published LA Times, Steve Harvey column, May 5, 2001.
• CNN: Moneyline with Lou Dobbs, 1997, re: My attempt to become Apple Computer CEO.
• Current Residence: San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California.

Personal Quotes

• Give me the mission, give me the funding, and get the hell out of my way.
• Performance is everything.
   

Heroes & Mentors

• Ted Turner (America's Cup winner. Founded TBS, TNT, TCM, took over baseball and basketball teams to create content for his stations, then created CNN, which was a very gutsy move back in 1980.)
• Steve Case (Led AOL to success, merged it with Time Warner.)
• Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap (Turnaround expert who REALLY understands business.)
• Bob Guccione (Turned mediocre photography and GREAT letters about sexual adventures into a fortune.)
  

Important Lyrics

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things, he truly feels,
And not the words, of one who kneels.
The record shows, I took the blows ---
And did it my way!

("My Way," written by Paul Anka and Frank Sinatra,
performed with pure majesty by Francis Albert.)

Links to former interests
 

• Dog Sports Magazine
• United Schutzhund Clubs of America

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HAVE A GREAT DAY. DO SOMETHING TODAY TO CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE!
 

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