Hmmm…my story is always evolving. I am a serial entrepreneur and of course
ideas flow constantly. Determining which
of those ideas can be profitable is the question I always have. But my entrepreneur story starts about ten
years ago in a building at Hill AFB, UT where I was writing database software
for the 84th
Radar Evaluation Squadron (RADES). I
got hired as an Oracle DBA but was also a talented.Net
programmer, so a few information systems
became born or enhanced during my time there.
I love writing software and data has always been my thing. I love getting information out of a
relational database and formatting to fit what the user wants. I was perfectly happy being a cube rat.
When I started at the RADES,
I was just going through a divorce. My
husband had moved out the weekend before I started. It was not expected although we had issues
for a while. So the first week I was in
shock but also relieved. So while my
personal life was in strife, I had to
turn my life around and take care of my three teenage kids so that their life
was somewhat normal. I poured myself
into my work and managed to run the kids around to all their activities.
I never thought about being an entrepreneur although as I look
back I can see I had tendencies. I sold
things door to door as a child. I had
ADHD so my mom was constantly shoving me out the door, so I didn’t drive her crazy.
I wasn’t good in school until I was a teenager,
and I always got good grades while being involved in FBLA, sports,
and band. I grew up in a penniless single mom household. From meager beginnings came the experience in
how to work hard to achieve results.
I was working in the RADES for about two years when I got
the call that would change my career forever.
The call that came was from Vincent Kinsey. He was working for IHS
and was trying to integrate an RFID
tag into a Hazardous Material system called HMMS at Edwards AFB in
California. As a single mom, I had to consider my family first. Then I thought, I have skills, what would be
the worst thing that would happen? My
kids might have to sleep on somebody’s couch for a month or two. It doesn’t hurt children to experience hard times.
I jumped in and became a sub to MECX, and
Sensory Technology Consultants became born.
That was in June of 2006. It is
so hard to believe that I have worked for myself all of that time. Sensory Technology Consultants has since
become Dynagrace Enterprises and is a
100 percent women-owned small business and we are 8(a) certified. My kids
never slept on anybody’s couch, and I
managed to give them an excellent
lifestyle.
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