I was raised in Tennessee and southeast Texas.

In my younger school years, I was in the band, choir, orchestra, drama, and handbell choir. I was even producing my first short films directing, filming, and editing stories from the Bible at church (using a Bell & Howell Super 8 mm camera - with SOUND!!!). I even created an animated short of two plaster-of-Paris guys attacking each other to the death. I would stay up until the wee hours of the morning manually splicing and taping film together using my trusty manual film splicer.

However, I also made straight A's in all of my advanced math and science classes, and I graduated at the top of my high school class. So what else does one do except go to college and get a degree in ... waaaaait for it ... waaaaait for it ...

... Electrical and Computer Engineering, from The University of Texas in Austin. And yep, I even graduated with Honors.
 

Accepting scholarship to attend UT!	Accepting graduation diploma from UT!

And then I spent ... well, let's just say "lots of years" in technical Product Marketing and Sales in the telecommunications and data communications industry.

My corporate employment allowed me to live and work in many places around the U.S., including: Charlotte, NC, San Jose, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Honolulu, HI, Stamford, CT, Washington, DC, Fairfax, VA, and Dallas, TX. I was also able to travel and work short trips around the globe to places like Japan, South Korea, and Canada.
 

In Kyoto, Japan, performing product software verification testing	Partying on the streets of Nara, Japan, where beer is sold from vending machines!	6-month "work assignment" in Hawaii

I actually began my voiceover career years (and years) ago while I was working as a Sales Engineer and Systems Programmer for an Interactive Voice Response company (you know these things, when you call a company and the voice guides you to enter information over the phone). I would design and program the entire system for a customer, and then I would also be the voice for their system!

My corporate life also gave me the opportunity to do zillions of product and training presentations, both live and on-camera, for customers and at tradeshows, along with being a print model for numerous product brochures and print ads.
 

Print model for telecom equipment brochure	Live product demonstration at a tradeshow	Product demonstration video

As I became more and more known as "The Presentation Guy", I eventually left the corporate world to do acting (which I had done when I was just a young'un), and now I am an Actor, Spokesperson/Emcee, Voiceover Talent, and Live Tradeshow Presenter.
 

I am also a bit of a singer (Bass), but mostly for choral stuff. I could always sing lower than anyone else in my high school or church choir. Here's a short video clip of me singing an a cappella solo as "STEWPOT", from the South Pacific song "Nothin' Like A Dame", at a church fundraiser, Feb 2008. It is written in a very odd minor key, and I progress all the way down to a B1 (the B BELOW a low C BELOW the Bass clef) ---  pretty dang low.

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While working in the corporate world, I also received "on the job training" (i.e., learn everything as fast as you can, or get laid off) doing computer graphics, web site design and development (and yep, I created my entire web site that you are now hopefully enjoying), tradeshow management, event planning, and so much more.

I am also a Reiki Master (energy healing), which I have been doing since 1996. I know, I know, very "New Age". But actually it is very old age. About 2000 years ago, that guy Jesus Christ said "He who believes in me [believes in what I tell you] will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do" - John 14:12. I can dig it.

I am also certified as a Personal Trainer through the world-famous Cooper Institute in Dallas, TX.

I am also a video demo reel editor for actors. You can check that out at www.jayprichard.com/demoreels

With a varied background and skill set, I am also open to additional types of employment opportunities to do between acting gigs.

ENJOY!