Kelly Lockhart
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One of the more recognizable faces in Southern Fandom, you may also have been hearing Kelly Lockhart's voice for the past twenty years and never even realized it. He has lent his voice talents to over 150 infomercials and corporate training films as well as over 2,000 radio and television commercials in the past two decades. Along the way, he's been nominated for several "Addy" awards for advertising copywriting and was honored by the Florida Association of Broadcasters in 1989 for his spot reporting from within the eye of a hurricane.
In 1991, Kelly joined the Denver Mad Scientists Society and started staging robotic competitions across the country. Since then, Robot Battles has grown to encompass events in seven different states and currently hosts four events a year at Chattacon, Stellarcon, OpusFest and Dragon*Con. It is now the second oldest robotic combat event in the world, with only the original Critter Crunch at MileHiCon in Denver being older.
Professionally, he is the Director of Internet Development for a nationwide web streaming company, oversees one of the oldest community websites in his hometown of Chattanooga and still maintains the popular Southern Fandom Resource Guide convention calendar website. He is also an accomplished musician, an award-winning costumer, and is an administrator for the extremely popular Fark.Com website.