Name: Derek Fuller
Position: Director, Marketing Services
Years with Ivie: Almost 10
Hometown: Kansas City but have been living here in Dallas for 15-20 years


First job: either mowing lawns around the neighborhood OR in-store product demos (usually I was dressed up in some sort of character costume - i.e. “Wonderbread Man”, “Twinkie The Kid”, “Oreo Cookie”, “Kool Aid Man”, etc.)
Best childhood memory? Annual family reunion trips to Dead Lake, Minnesota every summer from birth until I was in college. My dad’s side of the family is large (7 brothers and sisters) so I have lots of cousins. About 40-50 of us all would go to a fishing cabin resort in Minnesota on Dead Lake and fish, play games, sit around the campfire, go to the local town turtle races, etc. They were amazing memories with all my family - Grandparents, Aunts/Uncles, cousins, etc.
Best Ivie memory? It was the successful development, production and installation of the 2002 Petsmart Holiday signage program. It was the largest signage program they had ever done. It was tough and had its share of challenges but we were able to pull it off and the client was very pleased even though the Creative Director threatened me with my life if it didn’t go well. I think he was kidding or speaking metaphorically?
If you were a character from a movie, which character would you be? If? What if I told you I actually WAS a character in a full-length movie? It’s true and I was. I was involved with and also a supporting role in an independent movie called Strangeheart. It is a Monty-Python meets Rocky Horror type spoof of Mel Gibson’s Braveheart. I was one of William Wallace’s (main character) crew and since I was about as tall as him, was often positioned close to him so all the others wouldn’t look so small. We premiered the movie in Dallas at the Angelika theater where it ran for 3 months. Then moved to the Magnolia for a couple months then has been shown all over the U.S. (about 70+ cities) and even internationally. Blockbuster.com sells the DVD (or at least they used to) and there was/is a website www.strangeheart.com It was a lot of fun and a crazy experience.
What is one thing you hope to accomplish/do before you die? Seeing my daughters grow up healthy, happy and successful in whatever they want to do.
Where were you born? A hospital - St. Lukes in Kansas City, Missouri.
Favorite album of all time? Tough one… probably The Samples, “The Samples” or whatever is in my CD player/iPod lately (currently Social Distortion, “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes”)
Favorite movie of all time? Caddyshack, Wall Street, Fight Club, Star Wars, etc.
Favorite book of all time? I’m not a big fan of reading. My ADD gets in the way.
Are you a MAC or PC? I’m a PC with MAC tendencies.
TV WEATHER ANCHOR name (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Strater Sacramento
Dream vacation location? Australia and Greece
Favorite candy? Kit Kat
Coffee, Tea or Soda? Diet Coke all the way although I need to cut back
Favorite sport? College baseball