Scotty King

Experience

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  American Hawaii Cruises

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1983

  Dining Room Waiter

  Lived and worked on this beautiful cruise ship, made great friends, and explored the Hawaiian Islands.http://www.ssmaritime.com/ss-independence-constitution.htm

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  The Wyatt Company (Merged with Towers Perrin in 2010)

  Sept 1988 - Apr 1990

  Actuary, Pension Consulting

  ActuaryI was hired right out of college and passed my first actuarial exam with a high score. My job was to calculate retirement benefits for those companies we consulted. This included working with large databases, spreadsheets and consulting actuarial tables to determine benefit amounts. I also worked procuring data from the in-house databases we maintained. Then I worked with spreadsheets to determine the client's benefits. Often I was assigned to check company spreadsheets confirming these numbers for accuracy. Show less

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  Sugar Happy Diabetes Supplies

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1996

  Owner Operator

  Medical Supply Store in San Francisco-Launched a successful store selling insulin pumps, blood glucose meters. diabetes supplies and sugar free-foods. Created and distributed marketing material to medical offices, driving business to my store.-Called on doctors, diabetes nurse educators, and hospital staffs to demonstrate and sell the insulin pump-Fully versed in launching and running a medical supply store, including:-Vendor relationships-Licensing and taxes-Payroll (we did our own then hired ADP)-Hiring, training and motivating staff-Innovative Gorilla marketingOur customer base grew to several thousand and we launched an insurance billing program. Our goal was always to help people get the supplies they needed to be healthy. In addition to supplies, we soon realized that people needed up-to-date information to manage their disease best. We sold this business so we could focus on helping more people by growing our magazine's readership. Show less

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  "Diabetes on the Dial," a live Radio talk show

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1994

  Host

  I founded and hosted a live call-in show and feathered. Guests included endocrinologists and other luminaries in the diabetes community. Guests included: Nancy Bohannon MD, Keith Campbell Rph, Scott Robert King, Peter Forsham MD, Clinton Young MD , Richard Bernstein MD, Ted Wright and others.

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  Diabetes Health Magazine

  Jan 1990 - Aug 2013

  Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Publisher

  We were called the "Rolling Stone" magazine for diabetes. Launched a successful print magazine, radio show and website with over 5,000 articles and videos about diabetes and its treatment. We maintained a growing list of subscribers and healthcare professionals who received the magazine. As there was no 'off the shelf' product to handle our list, I bought Filemaker Pro and built it myself. This database tracked our 90,000 subscribers and even printed out the sequenced billing letters. Each month I had to manipulate the data using Boolean logic (using and, or, and not) to print the mailing labels. We tracked all kinds of data points with our custom Filemaker database — renewals, free offers, paid/not paid, and demographic information. We also tracked our advertisers, sales, number of calls, advertisements placed, future insertions, mailings and their billing cycles. One of the many innovative programs I started was to ship boxes of our magazines to healthcare professionals who would distribute them in their health education classes, increasing readership for our advertisers. I was also in charge of hiring, training and organizing a staff of 12 people. Through good communication skills, handling multiple tasks, and running it efficiently, we kept the magazine on schedule, and on budget! My team produced an 80-page magazine each month, and everything had to be on time. I also was in-charge of accounting, the profit and loss statements, cost control, and budgeting. Through regular meetings identifying staff priorities, we were able to produce the magazine in 20 days instead of 30. This allowed the staff time for extra projects like producing marketing materials. I handled multiple tasks well — besides running six departments, I wrote a regular column and spoke publicly for Kaiser Permanente and other groups. I was hired to speak at many health fairs and conferences locally and internationally, including Guam, Italy and England. Show less

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  Disetronic Insulin Pump Medical Systems

  Jan 1990 - Jul 1996

  Insulin Pump Sales Representative

  I was a representative for the Disetronic insulin pump in the San Francisco Bay Area. I called on a network of endocrinologists and diabetes nurse educators from Santa Rosa to San Jose, including John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.

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  Bjornstad Cellars

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  Wine Sales Representative

  Selling delicious wine. I enjoyed attended the shows, describing the flavors and textures and pouring wine for customers in the wine room. It was very rewarding to hear "Yes" when selling multiple cases of wine.

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  Scotty King's Life Coaching

  Sept 2011 - Nov 2014

  Transformation Life Coach

  Scotty King's Coaching Service, Transformation Life Coaching via phone.

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  Graton Resort and Casino, 630 Park Steakhouse

  Oct 2013 - Jun 2016

  Server

  Accountable for all Front of House, servicing responsibilities for a steakhouse that caters to international guests, also locals, gamblers, well-healed and tourist clientele.

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  Dancing Fire Pottery

  Apr 2016 - now

  Head Potter / Owner

  You might know me as Scotty King, but I’m actually a descendent from a long line of potters. My grandmother started my ceramic training at 9 years old getting me on her potters wheel in her large kitchen. I kept throwing pots right into college and studied under master potter and Sacramento icon Ruth Rippon. Then I switched to mathematics and later diabetes. Now, 50 years later, I’m back at the wheel and loving it. And I have some very good news. My business handcrafts one-of-a-kind pieces for clients wanting to honor their beloved. Most of my current customers are horse owners. They mail me hair from their beloved horse which gets fired and the vessel walls are then seeded with the horse’s DNA (see photos below).We take some essence of something quite temporary (hair from your beloved), and handcraft a work of art that can last forever. You can take delivery of a timeless treasure that is seeded with DNA from your beloved. The bonus is that it creates a beautiful and random artistic design. Clients sometimes report ‘seeing’ images they recognize in the vessels they receive from me. They also report being profoundly affected and pleased by holding and feeling the clay vessel adorned with the name of their beloved carved underneath. Many have written me to share how they were moved to tears.“My daughter absolutely LOVED her vessel and jewelry! She actually cried and said best gift ever! 🙂 — J. Cullen“Jeff loved it! He keeps both on his nightstand. Your package was a huge part in helping him cope during this tough time for him. “—Mike (Jeff’s dad)Each hand-thrown clay vessel is lovingly adorned using this unique firing process with hair from your beloved (horse, dog, cat, pet or partner/parent/child). The name you wish to honor is carved underneath.My dream is to create 1000’s of “Touchstones of Love,” handcrafted clay creations creating a heart-space where my clients can deeply feel the depth of their love remembering their beloved. —Scotty King Show less

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  Sebastopol Area Senior Center

  Sept 2018 - now

  • Manager of Special Services Volunteer Driver Program ∙ LGTBQI ∙ Meal Delivery ∙ Phone Buddy

    Sept 2018 - now

  • Manager of Special Services Volunteer Driver Program ∙ LGTBQI ∙ Meal Delivery ∙ Phone Buddy

    Sept 2018 - Sept 2018