I'm Kirez Anderson Reynolds, available at KirezR -at- gmail.com.
Lucky dude! My name's unique, so you'll find pictures of me through Google image search on my name.
I live in Glendale, Arizona with my wife, Natasha, and our German Rottweiler Mischka. I study monetary metals (Gold, Silver) and am preparing to take an exam as a Private Equity Primary Market Broker (Series 82 license through FINRA), which will enable me to help investors protect their wealth from bank default and market risk by buying gold that earns a return. This market is being created by the Economics work, and Gold Standard advocacy, of Dr. Keith Weiner.
In 1993, I met Jimmy Wales through an email list he managed, the Moderated Discussion of Objectivist Philosophy. I created a similar list, Objectivism-L@cornell.edu, and Jimmy and I became friends. This lightened Jimmy's workload and added some valuable diversity to the online Objectivist discussion forums, as he was a graduate student in Finance in Indiana at the time, before he moved to Chicago to become a commodities futures trader (We first met in Chicago).
When Jimmy left Chicago and moved to California to found Bomis.com (a search engine, using a human-edited model like Yahoo! did at the time), he included me in discussions of how to use Wiki software to create a general encyclopedia. He offered for me to spearhead entries on Philosophy and Economics (my passions)... but I was working for a private military contractor at the time, and I didn't help Jimmy.
That's why my Username, Kirez, is as old as it is... albeit this one I created many years later, in 2006. Jimmy and several mutual friends were all working on Bomis and the first version of Wikipedia back in 2000, 2001, 2002. We were all living in Pacific Beach, California! I went yachting with Jimmy a few times when he picked up that interest, in 2002-2004. I also got to drive his Ferrari Testarossa (promotional item for Bomis), which we naturally took through an In-N-Out Burger drive thru.
Professional work:
- Editor, copy editor (Philosophy, Political Science)
- CrossFit Trainer
- Owner, Hammer CrossFit in Peoria, Arizona, Arrowhead CrossFit, CrossFit Litchfield Park
- Nutritionist
- Certified coach in Kettlebells, Gymnastics for non-athlete adults, Power Lifting, Olympic Weightlifting, Rowing, CrossFit for Kids
Volunteer work:
- Campaign wrangler, John McAfee for President 2016, Libertarian National Convention
- Flying Over AZ, arranging gift flights for teens and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Assisting with the Landmark Forum, enrollment for Assisting
- Improv for safe social self-expression and fun for teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Maricopa County Libertarian Party
Historically:
- Organizer for BIL Conferences in LA
- Competitive Weightlifter, CrossFitter (CrossFit Games), Gymnast (Cornell University), recreational marathoner, ultramarathoner
- Recreational freediver, SCUBA diver (Master Diver certification, Scientific SCUBA diving certification), accelerated freefall skydiving certification
- Director of The Beast of The East Adventure Race through Odyssey Adventure Racing, Virginia Beach, VA
- Taught English at Tomsk State University in Tomsk, Siberia; at Nizwa Technical University in Nizwa, Oman; at Abu Dhabi University in Al Ain, UAE; at Moscow State University, Moscow
- Backpacked from Moscow to Beijing across 9 time zones... and back to Istanbul and western Europe
- Competitive polo player, Cornell University; diver, Williams College
- Correspondent for The Economist
- Editor, Writer for The Alliance Analyst, Anderson Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton, Bain & Co, McKinsey & Co, Price Waterhouse Coopers
- National Merit Scholar
- Charles Koch Fellow, 1995, Cornell University, Institute for Humane Studies, National Taxpayers Union
- Founder of Boston Objectivist Network, Philadelphia Objectivist Salon, San Diego Objectivist Salon
- Co-Founder of Hike The Geek, Los Angeles