It's about the Man:
Red Wheeler is a veteran engineer with 50 years experience in radio, television, recording, remote access, live stage presentations, large concert sound & lighting systems, satellite systems, computers, and the internet. Red passed the test for a ham radio license in late 1955, at the age of 14, and got on the air with home built equipment in 1956 while still in high school. Red became a licensed broadcast engineer in 1959. While in college, he worked in broadcast radio and made extra money fixing tv sets that local tv shops couldn't fix. Red is a also licensed pilot. Starting in radio in the late 1950's, and continuing throughout the 1960's, Red worked in every facet of broadcasting, from sweeping the floor to writing commercials, to on the air announcing, to performing the duties of a staff engineer. Red since has worked in virtually every facet of commercial ad production and recording, including management. Red soon became a remote broadcast specialist, while working on many many tv specials.
In the 1970's Red branched out into live stage presentations, arena shows, set design, along with sound and lighting system design. while managing a recording studio in Atlanta, GA. Red worked with the largest live rock shows of the day, both in the studio and with live tours including most of the the major arenas in the country. By the late 1980's or early 1990's, Red had participated in over 3000 live events. There are hundreds of music groups that have used Red's services, including Marvin Gaye, The Jazz Festivals, Natalie Cole, along with many Pop festivals and stadium events. At one time anyone of note in the music business knew Red Wheeler.
In the 1980's, while still in the music business, Red became interested in satellite communications and designed and built video conference equipment for large corporate video conferences. This included designing one of the first interactive audio systems for video conferencing found anywhere. Video conference work in the 1980's included some of the biggest names in corporate America. Some of the companies Red provided satellite serves for include ESPN, CBS Sports, Turner Sports, CNN, WTBS, The Weather Channel, ABC Sports, PBS, Travel Channel, Carter Library, Priceline.com, UpSouth, ProStar, TV Azteca, 1996 Olympics, Telemundo, Strategic Television, and the PGA Radio Network among others. After 20 years of working with corporate America, Red had participated in over 2500 meetings and corporate events.
With the advent of the personal computer in the late 1970's, Red became interested in computers and started studying several different computer languages. Soon he was writing simple programs and building personal computers for use in his office. By the mid 1990's with the advent of the internet, Red became interested in this new medium. Today, Red is very familiar with Unix, freeBSD, Linux, and of course Windows. His computer languages include PHP, MySQL, Perl, Basic, Assembler, VRML, XML, HTML, and their relationships to web site usage, including ecommerce and realtime credit card processing. He is very fluent with the operation of Illustrator, and Photo Shop. Red is a photo restoration expert.
For many years, Red Wheeler has owned and operated several different companies. Red currently is an Internet Service Provider, with high speed Unix / freeBSD web servers on 0C48 lines to the internet. Red designs, writes, and hosts web sites of all types. When you sit down for a meeting with Red, he brings more than just a few thoughts to the table. He brings a wealth of information, only gained by his many years of experience in every area of running businesses of all types, including on-line businesses. By contacting Red and using his services, you gain an incite to information, background knowledge, and experiences that can be found nowhere else. Talk with anyone that has used Red on a project in the past. They will back up the information presented on this page, and will probably add to this narrative for you. You can contact Red at the address and phone numbers below, for a free consultation, or have him supply business references. He would love to hear from you about your project. As a side note, Red is also a search engine placement Guru, which is a must if you are to succeed on-line. As a test, use the search words "Red Wheeler" in your favorite search engine and see what happens.
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