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Scheetz, and their two sons. While living in Colorado Springs she worked as the brand manager for Focus on the Family. She homeschooled her two children, which developed into a teaching career. She taught at the Vision Charter Academy in Delta, Colorado, and is currently a RTI specialist at Sunrise Elementary in the Deer Valley School District. Orson (O.A.) Kinney, ‘95 Orson began his career in health and fitness at Ballys Total Fitness in Denver, Colorado. He then worked for the manufacturer of the BOD POD, a non-invasive body composition assessment device. He traveled worldwide setting up and training operators on the use of the BOD POD. In 2007, he moved home to the Phoenix area to open his own gym. He owns and operates Body Technologies in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition to personal training and technology-based health assessment, his company offers a hitting institute that provides simulated batting and player development for baseball players (from youth to the professional level). He also coaches youth club baseball teams. 2000S Charles Bollenbaugh, ‘01 After spending most of his career running the western sales division for CareerBuilder and a short stint working for Oracle, Charlie is now in sales leadership development for a company called Apttus, an end-toend enterprise software company. He also owns and operates a small firearm business. He and his family reside in the Phoenix area, but travel to the mountains as much as possible (continues) LIFE’S SOUNDTRACK DUSTIN WISE, ‘11 BY DEBORAH DAWES Dustin Wise’s achievements in the music business can be chalked up to several factors — talent, persistence, being open to diverse opportunities and, oh yes, his mother’s encouragement to practice the piano when he was a child. “Everyone in my family is musical, but I’m the only professional,” Wise said. The 2011 CMU alumnus works full time from his home studio in Nashville composing tracks and writing songs for placement in television shows, films and advertising spots. Born in Montrose, Colorado, Wise moved to Grand Junction with his family and graduated from Grand Junction High School in 2006. High school and college saw him in orchestra, jazz band and jazz combo. At one point, he set aside the trombone to concentrate on the piano, graduating from CMU with a bachelor’s degree in piano performance with a minor in music business. “I was one of the first [CMU] students in music business,” Wise said. “One of my last requirements was an internship.” His two-month internship at Dark Horse Recording near Nashville convinced him that was where he wanted and needed to be. He returned to Grand Junction to work and save the money that would allow him and his wife, Kate, to make the move back to Music City, U.S.A. Returning to Nashville in September 2011, Wise did camera work on a documentary and directed music videos. “I was a touring musician for several different bands for about three years, but I wanted to spend more time at home when our first daughter was born,” said Wise, who is now dad to two girls. Wise’s solo instrumental material, which he releases under the stage name Roary, boasts more than two million online streams. His work has been featured in spots for Samsung, Apple, National Geographic, Lincoln Motor Company and ABC’s new prime time drama “The Fix.” Wise said he likes to keep his “eggs in a few baskets,” and is always looking for new outlets. He’s scoring his first full-length documentary and with another Nashville producer is negotiating with Paramount Pictures on his first music placement in a movie trailer. •