User:Mattwilkins
Matt Wilkins
[edit]Demographics
Real Name: Matthew Wilkins
Born: 1972
Marital: Married with 1 daughter and 1 son.
Biography
[edit]Matt was born in Owen Sound, ON, The oldest of 3 children, He has a brother and sister.
Matt is an alumnus of Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute.
In 1989 he joined The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, a Canadian Forces reserve infantry regiment. In the fall of 1990, he transferred to the regular force Navy and was assigned to CFB Esquimalt where he served in the ship's companies of HMCS Saskatchewan, HMCS Regina and HMCS Winnipeg. In addition to several operational cruises, a brief stint on the east coast and various specialty courses, Matt also served as an escort driver on the security detail for Prince Philip during a Royal visit to Victoria.
In 1994 he left the Navy after being offered a job by a friend at a local Victoria bar. He managed the bar until 1997, when he entered business school.
Upon completion of business school in 1999, Matt was recruited by a major Hotel company in Banff, AB where he worked until 2002. Matt then accepted a job at a technical college in Calgary as a manager of the Student Residence and Conference Center. In late 2003, he left the Innkeeping industry and returned to the nightlife in a local bar as a doorman and bartender. In the summer of 2006, a growing family dictated a change of career, and he currently works as management with a transport company.
Within the community, Matt can be found volunteering with the Calgary Board of Education.
Web Presence
[edit]Matt was a senior member of one of the oldest online PC Gaming teams in North America, Team [Judge], under the gaming handle of Bravo 1. Team Judge has had over a thousand active members since its inception, hosted several popular servers and was founded in 1998. Matt joined in 2002 as the team underwent an initial expansion into Soldier of Fortune II, and saw the team grow into an organization that is now represented in many of today's top online games, with members from 3 continents. It should be noted that Team [Judge] was primarily founded as an FPS (First Person Shooter) gaming team, and has since expanded inot role-playing games and other genres.
Matt has also acted as a consultant to the Calgary-based IT firm ConnectMobile, Inc., and other firms.