Jon Reddick

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Jon Reddick

Jonathon "Jon" Wayne Reddick born June 23, 1969 in Boynton Beach, Florida to Sharon and Kenneth Reddick, Sr. as their only son. He has four half siblings from his father's previous marriage: Tony Reddick, Sandy Reddick, Debbie Reddick and Kenneth Reddick, Jr..

Jon is regularly well-known (and slightly less regularly well-liked) for his acerbic wit, and an often caustic sense of sarcasm.

All through his life he regularly was labeled with the moniker of "nerd" or "geek" long before the technology and internet boom of the 1990's rendered those names, and their associated personality traits, enviable. In short, Jon was a nerd long before being a nerd was cool.

Childhood

Although both of his parents and their extended families were born, raised & lived in Missouri, Jon's parents moved south just in time for him to be born at exactly 3:33am on June 23, 1969 in a hospital on the east coast of Florida. He was the first and only child of 18-year-old Sharon Reddick, and the fifth child (and third son) of Ken Reddick, Sr.

Education

• Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

1990-1993, BS in General Communication

• Polk Community College, Winter Haven, FL

1987-1990, AA in Mass Communication

• Haines City Middle School, Haines City, FL
• Davenport Elementary School, Davenport, FL

Occupations

• April 2007 - Present : Thomson Grass Valley, Jacksonville, FL (Contracted via ATS Tech, Inc.)

Quality Assurance Engineer at Thomson Integrated Production Solutions (IPS)

• November 1991 - April 2007 : WCTV Television, Tallahassee, FL

Production Manager/Senior Newscast Director

Marriage/Children

In the fall of 1990, Jon met his future wife, Laurie "Ro" Reddick nee Normand, when both attended an early meeting of the USS Khai Tam (then Shuttle Heritage).

After a long courtship, they were married in a quiet, legal ceremony in the Leon County Courthouse (Tallahassee) on September 26, 1997, and then had a second ceremony with all friends in attendance on November 1, 1997. They have one child, daughter Dana Kathyrn Reddick, born January 17, 1998.

Achievements

• Commanding Officer of the USS Khai Tam, 1992-1995 & 1997-2005

Affiliations

• Killearn Poker Tour (member, coordinator)
• Mandarin Poker Tour (member, coordinator)
• Reddick Poker & Gaming (founder)

Trivia

• Is a huge fan of the music of Alan Parsons

In 1996 followed Alan Parsons around six cities through the midwest on the United States tour for the new album, "On Air"

A Sample of Alan Parsons Music

• Collects, listens to and enjoys Old Time Radio (OTR) programs from the 40's, 50's & early 60's
• Has a 1/4" scar on the palm of his left hand under his ring finger from a hematite wedding band breaking while performing a magic trick
• His XBox Live gamertag is REDdimension
• Jon can sleep through almost anything, including three separate alarm clocks going off siumultaneously.
• He also snores loudly enough to wake fellow Khai Tam crew members at Trek conventions. Though they might try nudging him gently, or even smacking him with pillows, his Klingon Opera usually continues unabated. See above.

Related Links

• REDdimension, Jon's primary domain
• C.O.N.T.R.A.D.I.C.T.I.O.N., Jon's Weblog
• Jon's Alan Parsons Scrapbook at Alistair Young's Encylopaedia Projectologia