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A "Mob Of One" - Commonsensetarian And Citizen Of The Republic

Biography

T. J. Birkenmeier (Birk) began his career at Ralston Purina in 1967. In 1969, he joined Stolz Advertising as a copywriter and rose through the ranks to become a principal and Chief Creative Officer of Stolz Advertising Company. He left SAC to become a Founder and Principal of BFV&L and later Marketing Director of The St. Louis Sun, prior to founding The ORCA Partnership in 1993. ORCA is celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2008. Birk has created many new product concepts, including the original children's meal for McDonald's and during his career, he has developed integrated marketing and branding programs for leading local and nationalentrepreneurial companies including Enterprise-Rent-A-Car, Kraft Foods, GlaxoSmithKline, Schnuck Markets, 7UP, Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey, Korbel Champagne, BOLS Liqueurs, Enterprise Bank & Trust, Plaza Motors, Franghi Panghi Hosiery, Volpi Italian Meat Products, Trabue Industrial Systems, St. Louis Closet Company, Weiss Brentwood Volvo, StarTrac Fitness Equipment, Weiss Toyota of South County, Affton Trucking and Intermodal. His firm also developed Strategic Visioning and Brand Licensing programs for the LIVESTRONG brand owned by The Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Birk has served in many civic capacities with the VP Fair and as Vice General Chairman of the St. Louis County Fair and Air Show and as a member of the Development Board of St. Louis' Childrens Hospital.

Learn about the Capstone Consortium at www.capstonepyramid.com or www.orcastl.com
and see the Irish Crystal Capstone Pyramid at Tyrone Crystal.
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Interests

studying history, politics and current affairs, international and domestic travel, physics and metaphysics with a special interest in ancient civilizations of egypt, olmecs and aztecs., mesopotamia and mezo-america, a marketing professional and new product development strategist, who in his spare time enjoys writing, inca and mississipian and hopi. some say i "have a chip on my shoulder." This is not true, as any moron can clearly see, it is a chimp on my shoulder.