The mind of Derrick Lee Bradshaw, Sr.

Here you will find items such as my resume, social network links and companies I am associated with or working for.  I’m founder  and CEO of Bradshaw Consulting, Inc. which is an IT management and consulting firm. Over the years this company has grown into not only a computer consulting firm but a business consultant in general. My direction with that company and personally has led me to work with other companies helping them grow and increase profitability. Over the years Bradshaw Consulting, Inc. and myself personally has started and partnered a wide variety of businesses. Feel free to visit the projects section to see more about these and other companies I’m associated with. I’m in the process of re-branding most of the websites I’m associated with and I will add them to this section as they are completed.

The photo album contains photos of my family and friends, feel free to browse them at your leisure

Please check back often for updated information, and if there is something you’d like to see that isn’t here, don’t hesitate to contact me!

This weekend Andrew Craig Brown, a current Yale student who once studied at Millikin University here in Decatur, IL, will be performing in “Cosi fan tutte”.  For more information on this production visit the link below.

Yale Opera Presents “Cosi fan tutte” by W.A. Mozart, Feb 10-12 @ The Shubert Theater from yalemusic on Vimeo.

Looking for something to do with the family?

This weekend Eversave.com is offering the following deal, $12 for a Seafari-Experience Adventure Tour at the World Aquarium — featuring the best parts of the larger Sea Camp.

Located within the City Museum in downtown St. Louis, the World Aquarium is not your average theme park aquarium. It’s a personable, hands-on oceanic oasis featuring aquatic eco-systems from throughout the world.

During the two- to three-hour guided Seafari-Experience Adventure Tour, your kids will feel like seasoned marine biologists as they touch, feed, and learn about stingrays, sharks, turtles and many more aquatic animals. They’ll further learn about the importance of conservation and the sustainability of our fresh-water ecosystems.

Grab multiple Saves for your family for an educational, underwater outing that makes fact as much fun as fiction.  Just visit eversave.com between the dates of January 19th and January 21st.

It has been almost a year since I ordered and planted my Asian Pear tree and two years since my first attempt at growing anything. I have to admit, it has been a great learning experience filled with many trials and tribulations! Last year in November I decide to purchase more plants online and one of those happened to be the Owari Satsuma Mandarin tree. My kids LOVE Mandarins so we decided to check and see if there was any way to get one here in Illinois. I called John at Clifton Nursery and told him my situation. After talking with him a bit, I learned that it is possible to keep such a tree here in zone 5 but you just need to bring it in during the winter. He highly recommended the Asian Pear tree so I immediately ordered one from his company. The beauty about this specific Mandarin tree is the Owari is a well-known Satsuma cultivar which ripens during the late fall season, requires little water, and is cold resistant. My tree has been inside since November when we had the tree shipped to us and as you can see by the picture it still looks very healthy, even with it being so cold outside. I have been giving her water about once every 4-7 days and misting the leaves every other to every day. I think overall about 3 or 4 leaves have turned color and fallen off the tree but I’m guessing that is a bit normal. I could be speaking to soon, but honestly it seems pretty easy to care for an indoor tree. I do have to say that the customer service at Clifton Nursery has been outstanding even after the sale. I frequently have questions and they always take the time to help me figure something out. I have even been able to send them a photo of my plant and they provide the best solutions or advice.

I have taken what I’ve learned from Clifton Nursery and applied it to my other plants.  Last year over the winter my rosemary plant died before it could make it back outside and, as you can tell by the picture, even after being inside for 3-4 months my rosemary is doing very well.  I brought a couple other plants in for the winter and I plan to do a full post right before spring with a report on everything’s health.

I’ve been hooked ever since I started growing things back in 2010.  The American Garage is a tv show based in Texas and the pilot episode 1 is the start of a restoration project to bring a Bradley tractor back to working order.  As you can imagine,  this project caught my attention and I was brought on last year.  I owe this connection to my newly found gardening hobby and a product I sell called Castaloy.

Andrew Craig Brown performing the Baritone solo in Beethoven’s 9th at Yale, what a performance!  A former Millikin University Student in Decatur, IL has continued his education at Yale University and is scheduled to graduate this year.

Website: http://www.grha.net/

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Rivers-Habitat-Alliance/141821725905865

Year Started: 2000

President: Don C. Musick, III.

Description: Great Rivers Habitat Alliance (GRHA) was founded in 2000 in order to directly combat the growing consumption of the 100-year Confluence Flood Plain through commercial development. Primarily comprised of St. Charles County flood plain land owners, GRHA tackles the policies permitting wholesale flood plain development and encourages thoughtful alternatives.

Wilhoit Accounting and Tax service announced in December the launch of its website.  Michael Wilhoit was added to my list of free stuff because he has offered to give away a few free yearly tax preparations.  For more information about this offer visit the enter to win a free tax preparation page.

Last month The American Garage released its pilot episode and over the last 30 days has released episode 2 and episode 3.  Visit the companies website for details and release dates for the rest of Season 1.