Our Team
A 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winner and one of the top collectors of Star Trek screen-used props and costumes (his Star Trek Prop & Costume Blog has over 7,500 unique visitors a month), Alec has been able to marry his passion with his work.
An attorney by training, Alec graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law, passed the bar, and promptly took a job coaching men’s volleyball at USC, where he was assistant coach on the 1990 NCAA Championship team. He also coached with the USA National Team until starting his first business, AMG, a sports management company. After that Alec started Auctionworks, which became eBay’s # 1 partner for sales automation, managing clients such as Disney, Home Depot, Dell and IBM.
Alec attended the 2006 Christie’s Star Trek auction and that sparked his interest in collecting screen used props & costumes. When Battlestar Galactica was coming to a close, he contacted his friend Richard Hatch, Tom Zarek on the show (and the original Apollo) and Richard put him in touch with the right people at NBC/Universal. The rest is Battlestar history. Propworx is now the # 1 source for studio prop & costume auctions and 2010 will be a huge year for the young company.
Alec collects Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica props & costumes, which are his main passions currently. Alec has been collecting comics on and off since he was six. He is a huge Captain America fan, watched Star Trek when it was first on TV, rules at Warhammer 40,000 and drives his dream car, a bright red 2001 Lotus Esprit. His favorite movies are Blade Runner, Lawrence of Arabia, The Wind and the Lion, The Magnificent Seven, Tombstone and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Alec isn’t quite sure what he wants to do when he grows up.
Curtis is a native of Seattle who moved to Southern California in 2008. Known to the Propworx crew as “The Shipmaster”, Curtis manages the day-to-day workings of Propworx as well as overseeing all the company’s live auction and eBay shipping. Prior to joining Propworx, he worked as an Operations Supervisor at UPS for 8 years, in addition to 3 years experience with Office Depot as a Supply Chain Manager. Curtis is an avid fan of In-n-Out, savvy new business ideas, and driving really fast. He recently purchased a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 and can be seen constantly breaking the sound barrier on any and all L.A. freeways. Curtis currently resides in La Habra with his beautiful wife Aulnay. He is also the proud father of two daughters, Sydny and Asia. In November, the family will welcome a new addition, baby boy Curtis Jr.—who will grow up to be the star quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks (C’mon, Junior Short?! That name’s got quarterback written all over it).
Kellie returned to Southern California 10 months ago, after seven years as an actor and playwright in New York. In New York, she appeared in numerous Off Broadway shows; some of which include Roadhouse, Corporate Rock and Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. As a playwright, she has had three plays produced in Manhattan in the past two years and is a recipient of the Gotham Writers’ Scholarship. Some Los Angeles credits include, Lunch Buddies (writer/director), TheHouse of Yes (directed by Tony Award nominee Kristin Hangii), and a member of People’s Republic of Improv at the Powerhouse Theater. She received her MFA from The Actors Studio in New York and her BA in Theater Arts from UCLA. Kellie is new to the Sci Fi and auction world, but is enjoying it immensely. She prides herself on having watched all four seasons of BSG in a month, and knows everything there is to know about Iron Man. Kellie is a huge fan of zombies, chicken pot pie, J.D. Salinger, the 1967 Cadillac Eldorado, secret rum in a movie theater cup, puppies and 7-11. She has a fear of people touching her face.
A native of Glastonbury, Connecticut, Damian has lived in Los Angeles for more than four years. Having worked in front of, behind, and above the camera, he has become a “Jack of All Trades” in the entertainment biz. Damian has collected comic books since he was five years old, dressed up as super-heroes since he was six, and occasionally gets paid by companies to portray them at conventions across the country. More important, he uses his awesome powers for good. Several times a year he collects donations from movie studios, toy companies, and comic book shops, so he can don the tights and cape of Superman for visits to children’s hospitals and the City of Hope’s annual cancer survivors picnic. Damian is currently working on several ongoing web series. In his spare time he enjoys slaying dragons and saving damsels in distress.
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David Read hails from Eastern St. Louis, where he became interested in science fiction at only three years old. Until the age of six Star Trek and Public Television were the only programming he was allowed to watch, solidifying his attraction to the sci-fi genre. He joined the Web site GateWorld.net in 2002 as an editor, and over the years has worked to become business partners with GateWorld owner Darren Sumner. As a furtherance of his love for Stargate, he has joined the Propworx team to make use of the vast lump of gate information in his brain and help make the 2010 auctions an unforgettable experience for both lurkers and participants.
Damaris Degen is a graduate of the University of Central Florida with a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design and is also a member of the UCF Golden Key Club National Honors Society. She has over ten years experience in both the graphic arts and multimedia industry and currently serves as an adjunct instructor at Valencia Community College East campus. She teaches digital illustrations and graphic design. Damaris is also a moderator at flashgoddess.com, an on-line community that specifically targets female Macromedia Flash Designers and artists. She is also a proud mother of twin boys, Ethan and Justin Degen, to whom occupies most of her time with hugs and laughter. Damaris’ hobbies and special interests includes traveling, painting, conventions, weight lifting, racquetball, Warhammer 40k, and Sci Fi TV shows and movies.
Joe Beaudoin Jr. is tasked with maintaining the various Propworx websites, in addition to having worked as Managing Editor and assistant to PropWorx during the Battlestar Galactica Auctions while briefly living out in Southern California. Joe is best known for having created the Battlestar Wiki, the largest and most trafficked fan-run website for both the classic and re-imagined Battlestar Galactica—a site that is visited by more than 250,000 people per month and has been featured on AOL, USA Today, Wired.com, UGO, IGN and other noteworthy places. Having relocated to Florida in mid-2009, he presently works for his father as his assistant and webmaster in real estate, in addition to starting up his Internet media company, FrakMedia! Productions, LLC. with his business partner, Shane Froebel.