{"id":10134,"date":"2014-08-01T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T04:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=10134"},"modified":"2019-06-18T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:57:59","slug":"ucf-political-science-alumnus-created-successful-multi-media-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-political-science-alumnus-created-successful-multi-media-company\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Political Science Alumnus Created Successful Multi-Media Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10136 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/06\/BradGans-e1406918265928.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Gans\" width=\"350\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/06\/BradGans-e1406918265928.jpg 350w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/06\/BradGans-e1406918265928-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/06\/BradGans-e1406918265928-299x356.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>As a college freshman, UCF alumnus Brad Gans, \u201901, envisioned studying in the UCF film program. But after taking a political science class, his eyes were opened to different ideas and he eagerly switched his major to political science. His double major in political science and criminal science has taken Gans from working for England\u2019s National Health Service to starting his own multi-media technology company.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from UCF, Gans traveled overseas to the University of Manchester to earn his master\u2019s degree in social policy and welfare. Gans worked hands-on as a foster father in a group home in Florida, a substance abuse researcher for the United Kingdom\u2019s National Health Service and then as a compliance and legal representative in New York. But throughout all his experience working on the front-line, Gans knew that he had a passion for spreading worthwhile ideas and shaping issues. His desire to spread awareness and educate led Gans to create \u2018Three Knights Media.\u2019 With its name stemming from Gans\u2019 alma mater, 3Knightsmedia is a multi-media technology company that produces many types of technology and marketing applications connecting the physical and digital world. The company\u2019s diverse accomplishments range from working with large brands such as LVMH and Brown Forman, to networking with powerful politicians through a video aggregation platform called ACT T.V.<\/p>\n<p>Gans continues to grow Three Knights Media in New York. He shared his expectations for the future:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping as I go forward that I\u2019m able to take what I\u2019ve learned about research and about the world and mix it with the media and the arts in order to change paradigms and break through certain frameworks that we have in our world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few \u201cget to know you\u201d questions we asked Brad.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Were you involved in any extracurricular activities at UCF?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>I was in the model United Nations club and I also played as much intramural sports as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is your best UCF memory?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>My most fun memory at UCF was when my intramural sports team played seven games in about a ten day period. Every other night was a softball game, a hockey game, a soccer game. The memories I have playing intramural are some of my best at UCF.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> What piece of advice would you give to current students as well as UCF alumni?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Life is a marathon, not a sprint. If you don\u2019t run your race at your pace you\u2019re not going to finish. Just because you\u2019re not the right fit at age 18 doesn\u2019t mean you won\u2019t be the right fit at age 21 or 26.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is your most memorable experience on the job?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Back when we first started our company we created a website and an initiative called \u2018I support the public option.\u2019 It was a video petition platform aimed to promote the idea of a single payer health care option (like Medicare) back in 2010. The platform allowed people to upload their video petition about the public option. John Congress Jr. was the Michigan State representative, his office found the website and called us up and thanked us. They said it was one of the coolest things they\u2019ve seen in a long time that was aimed at a change to public policy and supposedly it was talked about to a lot of politicians in a meeting during the health care reform meetings. We also worked with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, inventing a \u201ctwitter-buster\u201d that was featured in the investigative magazine, Mother Jones.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> What is the happiest or proudest moment of your life?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The happiest moment of my life was the moment I knew I was going to get married to my wife. And the proudest moment was when I worked at the foster home and after many months of working with these kids, I was able to have a magnificent day with them. These kids had some severe behavioral issues. For many months I worked with them trying to help them overcome those issues. One of the last days I was able to hang out with the them, I took them out to a movie and then to a really fancy dinner. It was a perfect day.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Where is the farthest you have ever traveled?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>I have been to Eastern Turkey. I took a bus ride from Venice Italy to Ankara and other parts of Eastern Turkey.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>If you could learn to do anything, what would you learn to do?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Right now I\u2019m learning to play the piano and I\u2019m hoping to I will be able to play a song or two.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a college freshman, UCF alumnus Brad Gans, \u201901, envisioned studying in the UCF film program. But after taking a political science class, his eyes were opened to different ideas and he eagerly switched his major to political science. 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