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Why did you retire the business and Nisbet (Continued from Page 1) move to Nashville? Unite Productions projects ended up taking of my marketing and advertising classes at the place all over the country and I was spending a Annenberg School of Communication. It was ton of time on airplanes, especially on the east in my senior year in 1987 that I knew I wanted coast. Travel became grueling, so I was interested to start my career in the advertising agency in getting to a more central location. Fortunately, business in NYC. my wife’s parents lived in Nashville and Anita NYC is a big change from Los Angeles; and I concluded this would be an ideal place to how did you do it? continue to raise our kids and they can get to I knew I wanted to start my career in NYC know their grandparents. So, in 2008, we packed up our belongings and moved to Music City. but I didn’t have a job lined up so I worked out a deal with my parents to subsidize my Outside of work what do you for fun? living expenses for six months. I rented a one Aside from spending as much time as bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side I can with my immediate family, I enjoy and hit the pavement hard with interviews. meeting new and keeping up with old Phis Fortunately, I found a job with an advertising and my network. As for activities, I still enjoy agency in my fourth month and was able to snow skiing, golf, traveling and running. A stay in NYC. remarkable experience for me last year is when After living and working in NYC for about Todd enduring the Tough Mudder Challenge. I completed my frst Tough Mudder. It was a a year, one of my Phi Delt pledge brothers physical challenge but a ton of fun. I now plan from Los Angeles moved to NYC to join me to come out and run their online business for to participate in my second Tough Mudder in me. He ended up renting another apartment video games worldwide. Mickey can be very Colorado with my two siblings later this year. a few blocks away and we had a great time persuasive; so, we moved to California in early Also, since my kids are high school juniors, working and experiencing everything the city 2000 and I joined the Mouse House. we are spending a good deal of time visiting has to offer. Two young single guys from out colleges in preparation for the application of town running around the big city; it was an When did you decide to go into business process. The real adventure is about to begin incredible experience. for yourself? for my kids, and I look forward to watching Working at The Walt Disney Company was How did you meet your wife? truly an incredible experience. I traveled the them enjoy their experiences. I guess this is In 1989, I ended up hiring an Advertising world working with bright and talented people one of those circle-of-life things. Assistant. After about a year of mutual firting building and publishing online game experiences. Proud to be a Phi! with Anita, we eventually started dating. Yes, I made a lot of lifelong friends while I was there just like an episode of Mad Men. Well, Anita and I ended up going into business with a few and I ended up getting married, moved to the who left the company to start their own digital Save-the-Date! burbs of Jersey to be closer to my new job entertainment venture inside movie theaters. 2015 Blue Chip Dinner at AT&T (my former client), and we started While I was working with my former a family. We now have three kids: twin 17 Disney colleagues on this new venture, I also Friday - August 28 th year olds, Harry and Virginia, and a 13 year started getting calls from folks throughout my old girl, Emma. professional network who were looking for help with their companies. One of the nice things How did you make the transition from about being from places like AT&T, Prudential, AT&T to Prudential? Disney, etc. is that you get to meet a lot of Working for AT&T was amazing. The great people and build a strong network. So, I magnitude of what we were doing on the established a management consulting company, Details TBA Soon! residential communications front was Unite Productions, to enable their capabilities. mindboggling and it provided a ton of opportunity. One of those opportunities was USC House to launch AT&T’s Internet access business at alcohol, and three other houses were barred a time when there were only about 5 million (Continued from Page 1) from participating in fall rush after drinking- Internet users. Hard to believe but our team was fueled incidents. My dedicated skepticism pioneering a whole new digital world back in The chapter has done a consistently good of Phi Delta Theta’s alcohol-free chapter 1994. Well, after a few more years successfully job with rush. But since last summer, Phi Delta house policy when it was announced 15 years building out AT&T’s business, another local Theta’s General Headquarters in Oxford, ago has run up against the facts that show New Jersey company, Prudential, was looking Ohio has made available a recruitment the policy is helping our chapter to avoid to build an effective Internet strategy and I was expert, who has spent considerable time with sanctions and closure. Meanwhile the actives lured over to “The Rock.” Cal Delta’s rush chairmen to take recruitment are enjoying a full social calendar, including Why did you move back to CA for work? to the next level. Rather than focusing just terrifc events at venues other than the house. on the offcial one-week rush period at the Please contact me with any questions or I was happy in the New York Metro area start of each semester, effective recruitment comments at brucebuettell@yahoo.com or having a growing family and a great job at involves using the pledge class and actives to 714-686-7186. Prudential. I really wasn’t looking to make a cultivate prospects throughout the semester, change or move back to California. But, one day so the chapter goes into rush with a list of Bruce Buettell ’82 a headhunter called and informed me The Walt prospects ready to come on board. Disney Company was looking to build out their The missteps of other fraternities at USC online business of digital entertainment. Disney have also left the Phi Delt house recruiting was interested in my experience and track against less competition. The SAE house President record so I few out a few times to meet with recently closed after a disastrous accident USC Phi Delt House Corporation them. One thing led to another and they wanted during a party featuring huge amounts of Alumni communication services provided by Te Laurus Group | www.thelaurusgroup.net | 770-903-3987 | @thelaurusgroup