Full Bio...
Aaron
Kershaw was born and raised in Westchester County. Graduating
from New Rochelle High School in 1988, with a concentration
on Communications and Video Production. He entered the United
States Marines a year after graduation, serving almost 3
years.
As a
US Marine, Aaron served in Northern Iraq during the Gulf
War in 1991 with the 24th MEU. During his second
European tour he was injured and subsequently honorably
discharged with honors from the United States Marine Corps.
After
returning to Westchester, Aaron began his entrepreneurial
quest. After a short time using the skills learning in the
Marines, in 1994 he acquired Eagle Towing and Haulage in
New Rochelle. Managing a staff and company, computers became
a necessity, thus began the new focus. After selling the
Towing Company, Aaron set about learning about PC's and
in 1995 acquired a young programming company, Livewire Programming.
After moving into the Internet designing Internet Sites
for clients around the region, 2 years later Aaron set himself apart from
LPI. Creating Downtown Associates of Westchester with a Real Estate Lawyer, they moved deeper into the Internet
with a local guide, NYDowntown.com.
After
establishing Westchester1 Internet Media Services in 1997, he began to build and shape Westchester1.com.
Corporate America came knocking, a small site, called Miningco.com.
Westchester1.com became a hobby site for Aaron.
In 1998 Aaron
joined The Mining Company as an HTML Producer, moving up
in the company over his 2.5 years with them to Technical
Director, Core Services. Learning from the best in the
industry, the site and company later became About.com,
which grew to be the 5th most visited property on the Internet.
At About.com Aaron trained personnel and built technologies
to manage and create users pages, also tasked with project
management and research and development for new products.
During
2002, Aaron acquired an interest in The Autoguide
of Westchester, as a partner was responsible for production
of the bi-weekly auto sales publication, including photography, design
and layout. Focusing more on westchester1.com Aaron's main
corporation diminished his roles within Autoguide.
In 2002
Aaron started hosting a Westchester1.com sponsored Radio
Talk Show on WVOX 1460am. After numerous guest appearances
on other shows, Aaron was afforded the opportunity to showcase
and highlight living in Westchester, covering entertainment,
politics, businesses, lifestyles and more. Radio Show Samples
In
2004 the launch of On The Inside brings
Aaron back to print and taking his website ideals to
the
original mass media...
Launched OTI Radio to match the Newspaper Entertainment Insert.
2005
starting off just right, West1Media expands fulltime into DV Production.
Establishing a new Media Studio and offices in New Rochelle. Video Samples
June, 2005 Aaron becomes a recipient of the Westchester Business Council's
"Rising Stars, 40 under 40".
In 2006
Aaron joined the Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle, to
work part time as a Technical Director, and in March was
voted in as Asst. Adjutant at American Legion Post 8 in
New Rochelle, where he has been serving as Publicity Officer.
In 2007
Aaron continued to excel in local business and online, spending
the year focused on Re-building Westchester-1.com for its
10 year anniversary. Habitat for Humanity has long been
a client of Aaron's, creating Video and Multimedia for their
great cause.
2008-2009 Taking my passion for Jeeps to a new level rebuilding my 1991 YJ from the ground up. Effects of working from home, too much time on my hands.... Version 1.0 - Version 2.0
2010 - August, Aaron ended his 8 year run on WVOX, On The Inside Radio is on Hiatus until further notice.
Deciding to follow a passion and look into photography...
2011 - A Photographer is reborn - The foodie I am, food was the perfect subject. Portraits, Commercial and Real Estate Photography here I come... Oh Yea I also unleashed the Media Guy within, NYMediaguy.com your Marketing BFF.
2012 - I can see a studio reopening... The world is finally ready for who I am, let my creativity and technical expertise guide you through your Marketing needs to bring you the clients you want.
"It
Only Gets Better... Just You Wait and See..." Aaron K
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Who Is Aaron Kershaw... I took my first photo at age 12, I remember my Jr. HS used an
old bathroom as our Darkroom.
In HS - Media Center and Broadcast Production was my new obsession, the moving image, ENG production. I was fortunate enough to develop the skills for, and love of, The Perfectly Framed Subject. DOF - Lighting; ah that moment!