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    Park Bench Collection: A Collection of Prose, Poetry, and Art
    Park Bench Collection: A Collection of Prose, Poetry, and Art
    Park Bench Collection: A Collection of Prose, Poetry, and Art
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    Park Bench Collection: A Collection of Prose, Poetry, and Art

    By Roy Camblin

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    Roy has spent the past forty years traveling the earth in search of adventure as a circus performer, instructor pilot in advanced jets, bush pilot, helicopter pilot, search and rescue mission commander, war planner, stock broker, and senior business executive. He has lived and worked in Japan, Turkey, Philippines, Hawaii, Rotterdam, Dubai, Paris, London, and towns in the US southwest and Deep South. For the past two decades hes divided his time between homes in San Francisco and Paris and has been a senior executive in the stock brokerage, banking, and high tech industries with pacing organizations like Wells Fargo, Oracle, and Citibank. Roy has been immersed in many cultures, and has built a strong reputation as a visionary, change agent, and strong communicator. He now works as a full time artist and writer. When once asked what his secret to success was, Roy responded Life is fiction, we are each the author of our own destiny. Simply write your life forward to the outcome you desire. Roy has an MS in Systems Management from USC, and a BS in Marketing from Florida State University. Honors include being twice nominated by Pacific Air Forces for Ten Outstanding Young Men Of America and being named Visionary Of The Year by Sun Micro Systems in 1992.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJan 12, 2011
    ISBN9781450282741
    Park Bench Collection: A Collection of Prose, Poetry, and Art
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    Roy Camblin

    Roy has spent the past forty years traveling the earth in search of adventure as a circus performer, instructor pilot in advanced jets, bush pilot, helicopter pilot, search and rescue mission commander, war planner, stock broker, and senior business executive. He has lived and worked in Japan, Turkey, Philippines, Hawaii, Rotterdam, Dubai, Paris, London, and towns in the US southwest and Deep South. For the past two decades hes divided his time between homes in San Francisco and Paris and has been a senior executive in the stock brokerage, banking, and high tech industries with pacing organizations like Wells Fargo, Oracle, and Citibank. Roy has been immersed in many cultures, and has built a strong reputation as a visionary, change agent, and strong communicator. He now works as a full time artist and writer. When once asked what his secret to success was, Roy responded Life is fiction, we are each the author of our own destiny. Simply write your life forward to the outcome you desire. Roy has an MS in Systems Management from USC, and a BS in Marketing from Florida State University.

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