One Dingo's passion for his sport, coupled with caring for kids, is enhancing his community in Nevada.

You might know Dingo as a hard-working, innovative technology company, a leader in asset management, an expert in the field. What you may not know about Dingo is that caring is one of our core values. This month we highlight one of our own who embodies the spirit of the true Dingo - quick-witted, pragmatic, resourceful - and caring.



Taking risks is in Wayne Overson's blood. Watching his father ride bulls as a young boy, Wayne learned not to fear man or beast, even jumping on the backs of those bulls himself as soon as he was old enough to ride and competing in the Jr. Rodeo in Arizona by the age of eight. A few years later, he further proved that courage by joining the Marine Corps. While in the Marines, he rode with the MBR - the Marine Corps Rodeo team. In fact, he was ranked 5th in the world in the MBR in 2000.

From the Marine Corps, Wayne moved to Nevada and worked in the gold mines with Newmont. He also has experience working as a heavy equipment superintendent for Peterbilt. While at Newmont, as a Dingo CBAM customer, he appreciated the values that Dingo stood for. He joined the Dingo team in the role of Condition Intelligence Specialist in March of '09.

The evolution of rodeo dates back to the late 1800's, where it had its roots in competitions between neighboring ranches in the American Old West. Rodeo as a sport, however, really came into its own with the founding of the Rodeo Cowboy Association (RCA) which later became the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). The PRCA holds hundreds of rodeos a year. In 1994, bull riding separated itself from the pack with the creation of the incredibly competitive PBR (Professional Bull Riders, Inc.). Wayne is currently a member of both the PRCA and the PBR, along with a few other associations, which enables him to ride in many of the larger and more prestigious rodeos. This year alone, he has found time, between his commitments to his family, his community, and to Dingo, to compete with the PBR in St. George, UT and Elizabeth, CO. He has also competed with the ICA (Idaho Cowboys Association) in Eagle, ID.

Wayne's passion for rodeo, and especially bull riding, has earned him recognition and prizes (not to mention injuries and stitches!) along the way. However, the most valuable reward from his love of the sport is benefitting not himself, but others. It is Wayne's personal mission to instill in the next generation of rodeo athletes the talent and confidence it takes to be successful in this sport. He volunteers at the local high school, working with the school's rodeo team as a mentor, and even running a workout schedule on the side with several of the students that need extra time and practice to get in the shape they need to be. He also has students over to his house during the week to watch PBR events on TV, where he breaks down and explains the finer points that the professionals know that will help these young athletes ride even better.

Not only is Wayne someone these kids can look up to as an athlete, he is also a mentor to those who need a little extra help with their school work. Wayne says, "I try to bring the self-confidence to them and continuously work to make them a better person as a whole." His dedication to the success of these students has not gone unnoticed, and now parents of younger, elementary aged students want Wayne to work with their kids as well! On top of the time he spends with the high school rodeo team, he volunteers his time working on an event with the Jr. Rodeo and has set up a "Rodeo School" for the younger kids, getting them comfortable being around the animals and giving them an introduction to rodeo. He currently has students under his direction riding sheep (known in the rodeo world as "mutton-bustin'"), elementary students active in the Jr. Rodeo, and the older students competing at the Sr. Level.

Wayne brings this level of caring and integrity to everything he does, from the kids whose lives he touches, to his family, to his customers at Dingo. His personal motto is "Never quit!" and that is obvious from how he approaches the challenges both in the world of maintenance and the dangerous world of man vs. beast. What keeps him doing it? His love and respect for the sport, coupled with the support of his family. Wayne's 17-year-old son Casey rides bulls with him today, and his daughter Cheyenne wants to ride steers. Even his wife, seriously injured from a fall riding horses last year, showed up in the bucking shoots in her wheelchair to watch her husband ride just weeks after her injury. "She's very supportive," Wayne says.

Dingo is fortunate to have a guy like Wayne on the team. With his "never quit" attitude and positive approach to life, he embodies Dingo's core values of hard work, caring, and results, and certainly has learned how to "get it done, and then have some fun."

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