DO YOU KNOW: Heath Timmerman

Heath Timmerman

Heath Timmerman

BIRTH DATE AND PLACE: November 1968, Augusta.

RESIDENCE: Mount Pleasant.

OCCUPATION: Founder, Clear Creek Information Technology, San Francisco. Technology and sales recruiting.

FAMILY: Parents, Pat and Sandy; sister, Paige; brother-in-law, Brian; nephews, Brooks and Hutch.

EDUCATION: The University of Georgia-Athens, history.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Corporate headhunter for technology and sales professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area and Charleston.

MOST FULFILLING ASPECT OF MY JOB: Helping people with one of the most important aspects of their daily lives.

MOST CHALLENGING ASPECT OF MY JOB: Telling people they did not get the job.

WORDS THAT BEST DESCRIBE ME: Laid-back, creative, athletic, unpretentious, adventurous.

TALENTS/HOBBIES: Photography, playing guitar, traveling, reading.

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHARLESTON COUNTY ISSUE?: Too many people from Ohio!

NICKNAME: Shotgun.

WHAT I DO IN MY SPARE TIME: Walk in the flats for redfish.

FAVORITE BOOK: "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.

FAVORITE LOCAL PLACE TO EAT: Off the Hook.

SOMETHING IMPORTANT LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME: Keep only honest people as your friends.

ACCOMPLISHMENT OF WHICH I AM MOST PROUD: Building the Paris of the South Web site, parisofthesouth.com. It's all about Augusta.

DREAM VACATION: Beach hopping on the Italian coast.

PET PEEVE: People who define themselves by money, especially those whose parents gave it to them. You know who you are.

FANTASY DINNER GUESTS: Herschel Walker, Vladimir Putin and John Wayne.

FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Swimming in clear lakes in Vermont.

ONE THING I MUST HAVE IN MY FRIDGE AT ALL TIMES: Bacon.

PERSON I ADMIRE THE MOST: My father and mother for having to deal with me.

HISTORICAL EVENT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WITNESSED: Lewis and Clark's journey.

IF I COULD TRADE PLACES WITH ANYONE FOR A DAY, WHO AND WHY?: George W. Bush, toughest job in the world.

PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE: Keep on livin'.

I BRAKE FOR: Rope swings.

FIRST JOB: Construction. I was in charge of sweeping.

SOMETHING EAST COOPER NEEDS: Vision.