Who Is AndyClyde?
Clyde"AndyClyde"Anderson
I would like to say Hello and Greetings to all the people that I have come in contact with while traveling down my road. We have shared conversation, worked together, learned from one another, had good times and maybe even hard times. What ever our connection may be you have impressed me and I would like to say thank you one and all because of you I have learned the true meaning of enjoying life.
To those that don't remember me I would like to bring you down my road.
I am from Knoxville, Tennessee a little town in the foothills of the Smoky Mtns. I attended Austin-East High and Maryville College. At both schools I was allowed to play football and play in the concert band. You can imagine my letter jacket.
I joined the United States Marine Corps and did my tour in Vietnam with the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit. This was a special unit traveled all through Aisa. We are talking Seoul, Tokyo, Okinawa, Hong Kong, Tai Pai, Bangkok, and Manilla. Upon leaving the military I attended Morris Brown College in Atlanta and had the honor of being tutored by Gladys Knight's voice coach. Once again my government pulled me away and allowed me to visit London, Paris, Frankfort and Berlin. This is where I started coming together as an Event Planner.
I was honored to work in Berlin with Mr. Kenny Wright of PPI, then I went to Arizona and worked with K-Disco a DJ out of Brooklyn NY. Because these DJ's were a R&B venture, and outside of their element we had to create our own events. From there I joined a couple Fortune 500 Companies that were communications and tourism based. Now I have decided to make my home in Jacksonville, a fast growing city in North Florida, with the talent and resources that it has to offer, it was only natural that AndyClyde's would come to be.
Margo Kennedy
Every motor has to have a spark plug, no matter how good that motor is. Every great leader has to have a number 1. When you get down and you feel you are at the end you need someone that will kick your motor into gear. This is my sister Margo Kennedy.
Margo is from Mt Vernon, NY, before moving to Jacksonville Ms Kennedy was one of the first women to work on Wall Street. She also did work for AT&T as a Implementations Manager for Custom Systems (World Wide Network Systems)
Responsible to manage 186 team members, $35M in projects using advanced MS Project features.
Margo also has an educational background to go with all the engery.
University of Toledo: Associate Degree in Computer Science
University of Phoenix: Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management
Jacksonville University: Masters in Business Administration – In Progress.
Margo Kennedy has been with AndyClyde's Inc since the insertion of the Custom Event Planner. There is no event that she doesn't have knowledge of and she serves well as the quailty control for the organization.
Margo a mother of two moved to Jacksonville with her husband and his two sons (we have a brady bunch here) and has become a positive role model and mother.
Keith Kennedy
Keith Kennedy has over 11 years of music industry experience rising from the position of intern to vice-president of TJ’s DJ’s, Inc. In that span, Keith has grown from providing music to Lil Jon, DJ Smurf (Mr. Collipark), DJ Magic Mike and others to becoming the general manager of two Soundscan retail music stores and a lifestyle clothing store. In addition, Keith Kennedy has served as the promotions director for an independent record label, Wildstyle Entertainment. Plus, Keith Kennedy has been responsible for helping orchestrate the TJ’s DJ’s Tastemakers Only DJ/Music Conference drawing over 1,000 DJs, media outlets, retailers, artists, models, and other Tastemakers to Tallahassee 3 times per year. In fact, this has led to his involvement as the marketing director for the Annual TJ’s DJ’s/OZONE Awards Weekend which has drawn over 5,000 Tastemakers yearly including Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Birdman, Lil Boosie, Webbie, and others. Plus the OZONE Awards have been broadcast through the MTV Networks, BET, and allhiphop.com to name a few.
And through his involvement with TJ’s DJ’s, Keith has helped build its homepage of TJsDJs.com to 20 million hits per month while helping to break artists such as T-Pain, B.o.B, Rick Ross, David Banner, Yung Joc, and so many others. Plus, through his writing he has been able to craft stories about Tupac, Mike Jones, BloodRaw, and many others to OZONE, The Source, and Vibe magazines for starters.
Additionally, he is the first graduate of the law, business, and finance programs from his alma mater of Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, FL. Plus, he is also the recipient of a BS degree from Florida State University with an emphasis in communication, psychology, and business.
Currently, Keith Kennedy is the host and producer of the weekly sports/entertainment talk show, “The 2 Minute Warning” while traversing the world for great talent, experiences, speaking engagements, and placing great stories into book and movie form.
Otis Williams
There is no way you can claim to have a good event without having a good strike team. That's why AndyClyde went and got the best in the area. People say "What, you have your own strike team?" I tell them "No!
I have a Strike Commander.'
The AndyClyde's Inc. Strike Commander is Mr Otis Williams from Yonkers, NY via the Navy to Jacksonville, Fl. A graduate of The New York School of Visual Arts and is an accomplish artist. Mr Williams has been the driving force behind keeping the beach and surronding areas looking beautiful for a number of years. I see Otis' speacial talent is how much we get done with so few people
Mr Williams likes to tell the story about how he started in Jacksonville walking down the beach picking up butts. From there he went to the City of Jacksonsonville Beach.
Otis has a son serving in the Navy
Helen "Candy" Nixon
Helen"Candy"Nixon has been in Travel since High School. It was her 1st job and has been her passion ever since. Ms Nixon has been in other occupations but none as rewarding as her experiences working in the travel industry. Candy grew up in London ,Jamaica and NYC and now resides in sunny Florida. She has traveled throughout Europe,Canada and many Caribbean Island . That making it easier for her to give her opinions on alot of subjects you might want to know about places you will be traveling to.
"Candy" as she is affectionly called has done a stint as a model and now owns her own hair business