Thanks to @ECNMagazine for including a blog from Susan O’Hanlan, our VP and co-founder, in ECN LateWire newsletter today. The blog tells the story of Sealevel’s early years and how far we’ve come in 25 years. Congratulations to Susan on her publication!
During our 25th anniversary celebration, our founder and CEO, Tom O’Hanlan, announced Ben O’Hanlan as the company’s new president. Ben has served as Chief Operating Officer for the company for five years. He currently serves as chair of the board of trustees at St. Matthew UMC, and he is also on the board of The Family Effect.
We all looked like 1986. The movie Top Gun inspired my Kelly McGillis haircut. The kids wandered around looking sometimes preppy, sometimes punk. Tom wore his shaded aviator glasses with his hair shorter than it had ever been. This was the year that we opened the doors to Sealevel.
Twenty five years ago, I was in the fourth grade at a school named Colegio De La Salle in Bogota, Colombia. I loved soccer, especially Michel Platini. My dad started a new business and we moved outside the city. The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. It was sad news even for a kid living in South America who had no idea eventually he would end up living, working and becoming a proud citizen of this great country, which is still as full of opportunity as it was back in 1986.
Looking back at 1986, there were things going on in my life that I had dismissed and have not thought about in some time until now. I was a year out of high school, living at home and taking general prerequisite courses at Anderson College. I found myself in a spot where I had absolutely no clue or direction with college and a career.
Twenty-five years ago doesn’t seem that long when you are 61. A lot has changed in that time. My family has grown to include two kids and two grandchildren. I left a textile monitoring company and eventually found my way to Sealevel. Since starting there, I have been responsible for just about every Windows device driver we provide with our cards. Sealevel has been a very interesting place to work.
In 1986 I was 10 years old and already working for Sealevel. My mom or dad would pick me up from school on Fridays and carry me over to our first office in Easley, SC. I did anything a 10-year-old could do to help the company, including making boxes and cleaning up. Usually they would take us to a go-kart park and video arcade after work on Friday nights, where I would spend all of my hard-earned money.
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