I am the owner/operator of EverLine Coatings - SLC. Over the course of the coming years I hope to build and grow a healthy small business in the Salt Lake region.
EverLine Coatings and Services provides parking lot and property maintenance services across Canada. We specialize in outdoor and indoor line painting and are committed to delivering high quality results.
Click on the videos to see us in action and check out our website to learn more!
When my cousin showed me a picture of the tiny house he had recently built, I was impressed. We spoke at length about his ambitions and skills building tiny spaces. I bought a van, gave him a budget and a timeline – I told him if he delivered an awesome van, I’d start a van conversion company with him. He did, so we did. Though we only recently launched, TheVansmith is now featured as the van builder of choice in Colorado by two of the most reputable van life groups in the US and Australia. We do high quality custom van conversions, turning any van into an adventure mobile.
My friend approached me with an exciting proposition to join forces and contribute to the revival of the Sheffield watch company. The story of Sheffield's resurgence is grounded in the legacy of the original Allsport Diver 1, and it remains as compelling as ever. Now, we are unveiling the Allsport Diver 1A, an extraordinary timepiece that pays homage to the past while embracing modern advancements. The "A" signifies its Automatic movement, a nod to the original hand-wound design. The Seiko NH35 23-jewel movement powers this watch, boasting a 40-hour reserve and -20 to +40 seconds accuracy per day.
Retaining the essence of Sheffield's commitment to quality, the 1A features a sapphire crystal, 316L steel case, aluminum bezel, and full Swiss lume for indices and numbers. With a robust 20 ATM water resistance and a heritage-inspired FKM rubber Tropic strap, the 1A fulfills the requirements of a true "Diving" watch. Visually, the update stays true to the original design, from the color of indices and numbers to custom tooled hands and the cyclops date window. A unique touch is the engraved diver on the case back, adding a special aesthetic element.
Emphasizing value and affordability, the pricing philosophy remains consistent. In the spirit of the original 1970s Sheffield watches, we've set the Allsport Diver 1A at $178.00, adjusting for inflation. Despite the modern enhancements, the 2023 Sheffield Allsport 1A exceeds its 70s predecessor in robustness while staying true to its heritage as a genuine "Diver" watch. The narrative of Sheffield continues, now with the exciting chapter of the Allsport Diver 1A, a timepiece that blends history, craftsmanship, and affordability for watch enthusiasts and newcomers alike.
When Laurel and I first started dating, I told her - “it will never be boring, but it may never be easy.” Staying true to my promise our girls came nearly 3 months early and spent 82 days in the NICU. At times the only place we had to express our thoughts were these pages.
There is nothing that can prepare you for a NICU experience, but we keep this up in hopes that it helps someone, some day.
Looking for a change of pace and for something to reignite a fire in me, I began searching for jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Starting and growing Oru Kayak has been an incredible adventure. We have seen unparalleled success in our industry; from Shark Tank to running two successful Kickstarter Campaigns (First Campaign & Second Campaign) or winning some of the most prestigious awards in the Outdoor Industry, we have had an incredible journey.
I have played an integral role in almost every phase of Oru Kayak's growth. While my partners were working tirelessly on the product and manufacturing, I was building our reach and on the fundraising hustle. I have assisted in every major strategic decision and take pride in being the heartbeat of the company.
Marketing:
I managed the brand and engaged the community and currently work closely with the Director of Marketing to expand our reach and drive direct sales at www.OruKayak.com.
Sales:
Year-over-year, I have designed and developed a delicate balance of direct to consumer and business to business sales channels to fit the restrictions of our manufacturing. The goal has been to hold OruKayak.com as a center for information and place to introduce new products and to support our retail and distribution partners to reach as many people as possible. It is not just about selling kayak, it is about selling the right kayaks to the right people.
The business to business sales pipeline I have created is an impressive and sophisticated network of retailers and distributors all over the world. In Asia and the Southern Hemisphere, I rely on the connections and reach of key distributors. In Europe, I employ a distribution center in Rotterdam to deliver products to retailers throughout Europe and defer VAT. In the USA and Canada, I have identified the key accounts in our space and have pursued and closed all but one of them.
As the only professional paddler on the team, I take great pride in sharing my passion with my teammates to make the water more accessible.
At Eventus Outdoors we connect people, brands and unforgettable experiences. It takes an uncommon skill set and an even less common team, but week after week and month after month, we take brand experience to another level.
Established in 1981, the Jack Wolfskin brand was born from a camping trip in the Canadian Rockies. A German group found the sounds of the wolves eerie and inspiring, they would return home and begin yo build a company centered around sustainability and uncompromising quality. The result is central Europe’s largest outdoor brand.
I am leading the efforts to gain awareness in the US and North America at large and working closely with the global team as we find a global brand story and voice.
Nathan Sports was founded in 1978 as a storage pouch for keys while running. Today Nathan is an ever evolving brand providing running essentials to elite and recreational runners alike.
My newest pursuit in on the Equity Crowdfunding and ICO team at Indiegogo. We are a new and scrappy team trying to bring to life the original vision of Indiegogo.
Kira is an amazing stylist based in San Diego. I built this simple landing page for her to showcase her skills and as a way to generate new leads. I helped her to rebrand, designed her logo and helped to redefine the aesthetic of her landing page. You can see her page here at kirahiggins.com.
I was looking for a transitional Job to take me from academia to Industry and found the Insight Data Science program. Insight is a fellowship (boot camp) that provides PhD students and graduates, with the skills needed to transition from academia to the high paced world of tech. At the time, there had only been one session. I was not a perfect fit for the data science program, I didn't have the CS skills at the time, but I was a fit. I worked closely with founder, Jake Klamka, to reach out to new companies and act as the liaison between Insight Data Science and the tech companies recruiting new data scientists.
Video describing Pupillometry-Roberto Gutierrez
Summary:
Many people are using eyetrackers to monitor language processing in real-time, by observing where the participant is looking on a screen, what I did was slightly different. I monitored the diameter of the pupil while people were listening to sentences. Put simply, pupil diameter changes real-time with changes in processing demands, the more processing, the larger the pupil diameter. I was able to gain insights into complex cognitive processes by measuring and time locking pupil diameter with sentences. The beauty of this, it that anyone, at any age can participate by looking att eh screen and listening to sentences.
Descrpition:
We conduct pupillometry studies, which means we monitor pupil diameter during the presentation of stimuli. Pupil diameter is known to be associated with mental effort; as cognitive load increases, pupil diameter increases. Psychophysiological research has shown pupillary size increases in response to pictures with emotional content and increases in working memory load, and even sentences with greater structural complexity were shown to elicit larger pupil diameters. Most of the studies that use pupillometry as an index of processing loads do so by presenting stimuli and monitoring pupil diameters for the 2-5 seconds following the stimuli. This gives a gross measure of mental effort. These studies provide very interesting data, but they do not provide any time course information. In our lab, we have designed multiple studies that use the continuous pupil diameter measures from the Tobii T-60. By time locking the stimulus presentation to pupil diameter we are able to gather a real-time measure of sentence processing loads. The idea here is that by measuring processing load across the full range of a sentence, we can tease apart accounts of sentence processing by examining how different types of information are processed in real time.
We record sentences using Adobe Audition 3.0. Then we use Windows Movie Maker to synchronize the sound file with a picture of a fixation cross. Tobii Studio does not allow us to present a picture and a sound file simultaneously, so we are forced to use other software programs to create movies that accomplish this feat. We present the videos in a Tobii Studio Project and then use the export function in Tobii Studio (Replay). This exports the raw data and stimulus presentation information from Tobii Studio. The following is an example of pupil diameter measurements from one sentence.
Each video begins by presenting the fixation cross followed by 750ms of silence to let the pupils accommodate to the current condition. To reduce noise in the data set, we average across conditions, but each sentence is a different length so we focus on one region of interest. In this case, it is the 500ms prior to the tense maker (i.e. /-ed/ in the word needed). To do this, we transform the pupil dilations into ‘percent change from baseline’ measures and the average across sentence types. We average the 500ms prior to the tense marker to create a local pupillary baseline, then subtract the baseline from the diameter and divide by the baseline.
Normalized data =
(Pupil Diameter – Baseline)/Baseline
We then average across subjects within each condition and thus, are able to look at the pupillary change from baseline in different sentence processing contexts.
For example, we can compare the effect a simple, but obvious, ungrammaticality has on sentence processing with a real-time continuous measure of mental effort by examining the ‘waveforms’ that result from processing these sentences.
1a. Tom told jenny that the sneaky man needed a tool from his messy tool box in the garage.
1b. *Tom told jenny that the sneaky man need a tool from his messy tool box in the garage.
Sentence 1a is grammatical and sentence 1b is ungrammatical (a violation of tense at the verb “need”).
I have only given one example above, but this graph represents the average of 20 different sentence pairs similar to the one above, from 13 different participants.
After visual inspection, we compare regions that appear to be different by running a simple T-test.
T-test for ranges
p-value
-500 t0 zero = 1.000
zero to 483 = 0.216
483 to 716 = 0.424
716 to1000 = *0.006
This indicates that pupil dilations become significantly larger while listening to sentences with a violation to subject-verb agreement approximately 716ms after the ungrammaticality. This type of information should prove very important in the field of psycholinguistics. Here is a copy of a poster I presented at a recent conference.
Here are the slide from the video Pupillometry-Roberto Gutierrez
From tip to toe, there is nothing I love more than being exposed and surrounded by rock.
Here are some of my favorite trip reports.
http://pullharder.org/2010/06/30/half-dome-in-a-day/
http://pullharder.org/2011/12/10/galactic-hitchhiker-2/
http://pullharder.org/2010/05/31/the-original-route-my-first-attempt-at-leading-a-big-wall/
http://pullharder.org/2010/05/14/moonlight-buttress-the-other-end-of-the-rope/
http://pullharder.org/2010/09/11/anything-but-ordinary-full-moon-ascent-of-the-vampire/
http://pullharder.org/2012/03/02/southwest-road-trip-christmas-2011-josh-berto/
In 2012 I biked from Britsh Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico here is a link to the blog and some highlights from the ride.
In 2010 I decided I wanted to start a marathon, so I sat down with some friends over a glass of wine (or 3) and we rounded up our climbing friends and people in the fitness community of San Diego to create The First Annual PullHarder Marathon. The race would run for 5 consecutive years and then be closed when we had all moved away from San Diego.
*PullHarder is an alpine club in San Diego and Boulder, CO.
I am no photographer, but I really enjoy escaping into the lens and finding glimpses of beauty.
I graduated in 2003 from the University of Washington and am a huge fan of my alma mater's sports. In particular, I follow the football team very closely. This year, we are in the CFB for the first time ever and will be faced #1 ranked Alabama. It was a tough game to watch, but a great year to be a Dawg!
My father is one of twelve brothers and sisters, as a unit they own and run a 13,000 acre ranch in central New Mexico. I have been going here since I was a child and no matter what is going on in the World The Ranch always feels right. I have added a couple pictures here, they do not do justice to the beauty of this property, but I learned as much in the dirt of The Ranch as I have in all of my studies. It may not have a place on my resume, but it has helped shape me into the person I am today.
I have always been a passionate person and though I may not take the typical path to my final destinations, I find a way to thrive in the roles I take.
Ryeli is my dog. She is my sidekick and running partner. Her name is silly, but here is the etymology.
Rye - Her dad died shortly after she was born and his name was whiskey, so she is Rye as an homage.
Li - She is a miniature Australian shepherd, and really small at that, so she is a Lilliputian.
Here is a link to Ryeli's Instagram Account
