Category: The Energy News

It’s official, I am the first employee of TheEnergyNews.com.  The feeling is a mixture of excitement and terror, but hey, what could go wrong?  It’s a great idea.  All we have to do is… create a new network.  No problem!

The project is a concept right now from the minds of a leading Canadian television producer, Scott Moore and Statusfirm Inc. President and Vice President, Chris Sealy and David Nedohin, who, as it turns out, is much more than just a world champion poster boy for curling.  Scott has helped develop household brands such as TSN and Sportsnet and has produced coverage of major international events including the Olympics, Champ Car and the Asia Pacific Games, so I’m willing to sign on with such capable hands.  Scott offered the opportunity to anchor TheEnergyNews to me after I served as one of his hosts for the Alberta Centennial special he produced.  Scott is big league, so it’s flattering to join his roster.  My first take on Chris is that he is an imaginative entrepreneur for whom failure is not an option.  He has some oil patch experience but most importantly he’s a big picture guy willing to turn a mammoth idea into a broadband network property.  David is actually an engineer by trade and just as ambitious as his partners. 

The first days involve creating a brand, finding staff to fuel this thing and asking, “the geeks”, as the software programmers call themselves, if they can turn our ideas for a broadband energy news network into a functioning web specialty service.  So, how many geeks does it take to create TheEnergyNews.com?  We’ll find out in the days and months ahead.