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I was born Amy Lynn Pickwick just outside of Atlanta, Georgia on November 18, 1976, of
German and English descendant. My parents, from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, had moved to Georgia
upon graduation from York College. I lived in Snellville until I was 3, when we relocated
to Frederick, Maryland. My brother was born soon thereafter.
Growing Up
I lived in Frederick, Maryland for approximately 14 years, before heading off to
Salisbury University on the eastern
side of Maryland. There, I studied Business Administration with a Marketing concentration, and Studio
Art minor. At the end of my sophomore year, my parents and brother moved back to the Atlanta area
just before the 1996 Olympic Games began. I decided to stay behind in Maryland and finish out
my remaining years at SU.
While in college, I worked in various jobs on the campus; University Host, Freshman Orientation
Instructor, Alumni Association Fund Raiser, Conference Assistant, and Assistant Manager for the
Academic Computer Labs. I also was an active participant in the college outdoor club, held
officer positions with two residence halls and the college chapter of the American Marketing
Association, and had a weekly radio show on the campus radio station with a classmate.
Developing a Career
The day after graduation, I joined my family in Atlanta, where I immediately began searching
for a career opportunity in Marketing. As odd as it seemed to me at the time, I interviewed
and fell in love with a technical support position at HostAmerica, a company owned by Interliant,
Inc. I really, really liked the atmosphere there. A year into the technical support position,
I moved into the Marketing department as a corporate web site designer/developer, where I
stayed for two years. Over the course of my second year in this position, Interliant
trimmed its staff down to about half the original number (because of the economic down-turn
in the IT industry). My position unfortunately got hit with a pink slip. (In 2002, Interliant was
acquired by NaviSite, a competitor to the company I work for today).
Months before the layoff, I had founded an organization in Atlanta, called the
Atlanta Outdoor Club, and
had built a simple web site to get it off the ground. I had also just begun interning for the marketing
and promotions department at 99X, an
alternative rock radio station in Atlanta.
When I got laidoff, I decided to leave Georgia and move back to Maryland, where I felt more at
home. I co-founded and ran a hosting business, Tivilon,
Inc., from 2001 to 2003.
In 2002, I founded the Maryland Outdoor Club,
sister club to the one I had started in 2000 in Georgia. It quickly became popular.
In mid-August 2003, I was hired by Cygnus Business Media
as a web designer for two of their interactive magazine web sites:
firehouse.com and
officer.com. In early 2005, I was promoted to web
site manager, where I managed 10 publication, expo, and/or portions of the corporate web site. In early 2006,
I was promoted to marketing manager - seo, for the Interactive Division.
In late 2004, I launched a web site for my next venture,
Girls & the City, LLC, a professional
women's social organization in central Maryland and D.C.
On June 23, 2006, I got engaged
to my boyfriend, Stefan Kunkoski. We had re-met and started dating soon after our 10-year
high school reunion in 2004. I then stepped down from the presidency of the Maryland
Outdoor Club after 4 years to dedicate time to wedding planning.
2007 brought new changes... I moved on from my role at Cygnus Business Media to join
USinternetworking, Inc., (USi), an
AT&T company, in Annapolis, MD. I
serve as the marketing communications manager responsible for the corporate web site content, search engine
optimization, and strategic online marketing planning. USi is an enterprise application services
provider and IT professional services business.
The Next Chapter
On June 22, 2007, Stefan and I had a fairytale
wedding at The Cloisters castle
in Lutherville (Baltimore), Maryland. Two days later, we left on a 10-day trip to
Ireland and the Isle of Man. Both
countries were so beautiful and we had a great time.
My new last name is Kunkoski (pronounced cun-cuss-key) of Polish heritage. Stefan's also part Irish too. Along
with him, I gained a brother, two sisters, parents, grandmother, godfather, and many extended family
members, all in the Maryland area.
More updates to come over time...stay tuned!
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