Meet The Team
ForSaleByInventor.com team members know that just being good isn’t enough. Good isn’t our goal. We need to be the best.
After all, our best is what is required to take an idea and transform it into a finished product selling on the market.
Take a moment to meet our team at work and at play.
Robert E Montgomery
Co-Founder
What’s the #1 most played song on your iPod?
The most played song on my iPod is Mercy, Mercy, Mercy as performed by Buddy Rich and his Big Band. This is the same song that was made famous in the 1960s by The Buckinghams.
If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you meet?
If I could spend some time with anyone living or dead it would be former President Bill Clinton discussing politics over a beer.
Surprising fact that most people wouldn’t know about you?
The most surprising fact most clients don’t know about me is that I went to college on a music scholarship and performed professionally before life set up a detour.
Neil E Montgomery
Co-Founder
One goal… to get inventors’ products selling on the market
What is your favorite quote?
“To get what you never had, you must do what you’ve never done” –
Anonymous
If you could have the answer to any question, what would it be?
What is Google’s algorithm?
What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done?
Making and selling my inventions
Garvin Putt
Senior Product Manager
I love when I am able to help commercialize their product.
What’s your favorite activity/hobby?
Cooking
If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you meet?
Jesus
What’s the best meal you’ve ever cooked?
First Thanksgiving, 1981 for my new bride.
Bryan Smith
Multimedia Designer / Patent Draftsman
Computer graphics is a great outlet for creativity.
What’s your favorite memory growing up?
Summer vacations
If you were reincarnated as an animal/drink/ice cream flavor, what would it be?
My dog, of course!
Surprising fact that most people wouldn’t know about you?
I was signed to Maverick Records.
Carl Soderholm
3D Interactive Design Specialist
I chose this profession because: I have been interested in inventing since I was a child. At age 18 I sought out help from invention marketing firms for an idea I had for a neon lit oscillating fan.
What is your favorite quote?
“If you are depressed you live in the past, if you are anxious you live in the future, you are at peace if you live in the present” Lao Tzu
If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you meet?
Nikola Tesla
What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done?
Raise my son as a single father.
Charles Conard
Patent Draftsman
Why you chose this profession:
I went to school for game design but didn’t want to burn out in the crunch culture.
What’s your favorite activity/hobby?
I love collecting toys and games. Star Wars figures and Lego are a big part of the collection.
If you could have any super power, what would it be?
Flight, no question. No need to drive in traffic
Ian Minshull
Technical Illustrator
bringing their ideas to the finish line with them. Knowing that
that journey we’ve taken together is end for me, but the beginning for them. It really gives me a greater
sense of purpose in my career.
where they had very hot wings. We ordered the hottest ones they had. Looked each other in the eyes
and dove in. Both of us were pretty proud that the wings didn’t seem hot. We thought we were pretty
tough guys. Only to look over at the table next to us and there is a little kid with his dad and the kid is
crying and screaming about how hot his wings are. The restaurant screwed up the order and gave our
hot atomic wings to the little kid.
Wayne DeBee
Technical Director
Favorite Part about helping inventors:
Seeing all the really creative and innovative ideas that may be the next great product of the future.
What’s your favorite activity/hobby?
Racquetball
If you could have any super power, what would it be?
Teleportation
What was the last movie, TV show or book that made you cry or tear up?
Marley & Me
Kelsie Kirk
Marketing Communications / Client Services Associate
Why you chose this profession:
I chose this profession because writing has been a lifelong passion of mine.
Favorite Quote:
“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.” – L.M. Montgomery
If you were reincarnated as drink, what would it be?
Coffee
What’s the best meal you’ve ever cooked?
Enchiladas
Kristy Wilson
Office Manager
I enjoy helping an Inventor learn the patent process and get a better understanding of what is going on with their invention with the knowledge I have from working here.
What’s your favorite memory growing up?
Going to Disney World when I was 6 with my family.
If you could have any super power, what would it be?
To Fly
What was the last movie, TV show or book that made you cry or tear up?
The Pursuit of Happiness