Biographical Brief

Linda Hardman

KKf Marketing LLC

Unfortunately, I did not become a great softball star or, for that matter, any kind of star. I haven't even won a lottery. Instead, I started out in 1969 as the sixteenth employee for a new computer peripherals company in Colorado —StorageTek. The next 15 years were split between engineering and marketing while the company grew to a cool billion in revenue and 10,000 employees. I then proceeded to do one-to-five at hard commuting in Southern California, risking earthquakes and fires, while providing public relations for Western Digital, another company heavily into personal computer components.

Returning to sunny Colorado , my professional time has been devoted to communicating both corporate and product stories to the outside world—again for computer companies—Exabyte, McDATA and Ecrix. And now I dabble in all kinds of media—the most recent being the web.

The KKf stands for Kastle Keep Farms where I live—in the sticks—just north of Denver. I had horses, but now my Westie, two Corgies and three indoor/outdoor barn cats are very accomplished at managing me. I have to thank Miss Naylor's English class in high school where I learned how to write—an ability that let me write reams of very successful copy throughout my professional career.

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