Dan Kalmick is a small business owner and volunteer firefighter who is currently running for the seat in the California's 46th congressional district

Biography and Summary

Daniel (Dan) Fredrick Kalmick is a managing director and senior consultant for Flashlight Technologies, a Strategic and Information Technology Consulting company for small and medium businesses in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, which he started in 2004. He has been a resident of Orange County for over 25 years.

Flashlight Technologies allows Dan to be out in the field and on the ground to see how small businesses in the district are performing. He consults with manufacturers, doctors, non-profits and other service-based small businesses. In the field, Dan has a firsthand ability to talk with business owners and help them deal with all of their business needs from computers to payroll, to security and real estate issues his clients may have.

Dan is also a member of the Program Advisory Committee at Westwood College in Torrance; he regularly meets with them to advice on their curriculum to make sure that the students are going to emerge from their programs ready to meet the requirements of an ever changing information technology industry

Early Life and Family

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Dan Kalmick was born in Long Beach on July 19, 1982. Dan Kalmick’s tradition of community service began with his becoming a charter member of the Leo Club in 1996, while he was growing up in the sunny, conservative city of Seal Beach. Additionally with the help of faculty and administrators, Dan worked diligently to help craft Los Alamitos Unified School District’s emerging technology policy on the district technology steering committee. Dan Kalmick continued on to academic success by graduating from Los Alamitos High School in the top .5% and went on to obtain his degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of California, Berkeley in a mere three years. After graduation Dan Kalmick continued down the path of information technology consulting that he had begun at age 11. In 2004, he started Flashlight Technologies, a Strategic and Information Technology Consulting company for small and medium businesses in Orange and Los Angeles Counties. At roughly the same time, Dan began training to join his father and uncle as a volunteer firefighter in Seal Beach as a way to give something back to a community that had given him so much. In September of 2004 with his EMT completed, Dan finished his training and joined the ranks of the Orange County Fire Authority.

Serving the community is a Kalmick family value. His father, Joe grew up in Brentwood and attended University of California, Los Angeles before heading on to NASA to work with the monkeys before the Mercury Program and then opened his custom picture framing store on Main St. in Seal Beach. He has worked a volunteer firefighter there for 30 years. His mother was born in Alta Dena, CA. Her father worked for Lockheed during WWII as a tool builder for prototypes and airplanes. She attended Cal State Los Angeles, where she received her undergraduate degree in Art and a Masters Degree in child development. She owned her own commercial photo studio in the city of Commerce working with such local companies as May Co., See’s Candy, and Thirty. Dan’s parents met on the beach in Seal Beach which is where they have spent their lives together ever since. Dan’s brother, Chris, joined the army in 1987 and fought in the first gulf war before being honorably discharged and joining the LA County Fire Dept. Chris’s wife, Jody, works for the Torrance Fire Department. Dan’s uncle, Fred, works with his father at the frame shop in Seal Beach. Along with being a volunteer firefighter, in his off time Fred runs a successful apparel printing business and at age 60 still rides motorcycles competitively in the California desert.

Professional Experience

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Dan Kalmick began his professional technology career at the age of 11 working as a free-lance consultant for local residents and businesses in Seal Beach. At the age of 14, Dan was recognized for his technological expertise by Channel 4 News, Hard Copy, US News and World Report <ref> Mini Computer Moguls</ref>, and the Orange County Register (AP)<ref> AND Kalmick&s_dispstring=Danny Kalmick AND date(all)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no Business Booms for Boy of 14</ref>.

At age 15, Dan started his career at America Online in the internal computing division under the director of West Coast Technical Operations.

Upon graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dan took a position as Information Technology Director for HCG North America, which is the American operations for Hocheng Corporation, the largest manufacturer of bathroom equipment in Taiwan.

After leaving HCG, Dan formed Flashlight Technologies, a Strategic and Information Technology Consulting agency for small and medium businesses in the Los Angeles and Orange County area.

Congressional Campaign 2008

On January 17, 2008 Dan Kalmick declared his candidacy for congress in order to challenge nie term incumbent Dana Rohrabacher for his congressional seat. Running as a Democrat, Dan Kalmick will mobilize the youth vote and inspire Independents and moderate Republicans for change. <ref> Dan Kalmick for Congress</ref>

References

External Links

Wardenclyffe and Tunguska [2030]

Joe Kalmick, long time Seal Beach Resident [2031]

Los Angeles County Fire Department [2032]

Orange County Registrar [2033]