![]() ![]() The exercise was Dickson’s way of testing the durability and power of the Total Blender, the retail entry line from Blendtec, Dickson’s food processing appliance company in Orem, Utah. The appliance typically won, and the boards were reduced to piles of dust. He wanted to see what he would destroy-the blender or the wood. “No,” he was told, “it’s just Tom doing his destructive testing.”įor years, inventor, engineer, and CEO Tom Dickson (BS ’71) regularly crammed 2×2 boards into blenders and ramped the machines up to full speed. Curious, he asked whether new construction was under way. Wright (BA ’93) took a walk through the manufacturing plant and noticed sawdust and wood shavings littering the floor. Soon after he was hired as marketing director for a blender company, George R. As he has proven for millions of online viewers, odds are great it will. Tom Dickson frequently wonders aloud whether his blender will triumph over cell phones, canned food (in the can), or video games. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |