Categories: Personal

A long time ago (ok, 1998), I wanted a name for when I did consulting. Mainly it consisted of simple networking and computer repair, and was almost all cash (hope the IRS doesn’t read this), and was rarely invoiced. So to be interesting I decided that the name of my one-man company would be ECP5 Networks.

The name I bill on actual invoices these days for my networking/web development/database work is still ECP5 Networks, but that is about the only place you see it. When I launched my first personal web site in 2000 it was name edpearson.net, but had the ECP5 on it and a logo (a logo I designed, so not much to look at). However, when I launched this current personal site, I opted for a different domain as I now have a family and thought that each member would use it, currently, that is only Stacy. In face, the ECP5 doesn’t even appear on the site currently, except under my Curriculum Vitae.

Anyhow, as I am doing more consulting, I wanted to come up with a new look to the site and therefore a new logo and branding. So I am back to thinking about how to use the ECP5 name and it got me to thinking that I use the name as my Twitter id and on many forums around the Net, but only in my head did it mean anything, so thought I would explain…for all of you dying to know. LOL

Growing up, my family heritage was a pretty important thing to me, as I had important lineage, at least if you asked my two grandmothers. Anyways, I was named in honor of my grandfather on my dad’s side (the Edward) and for my mom’s maiden name, Clay. My dad’s name had taken after his granfather, but wasn’t just alike, so it wasn’t like we were ever Jr.’s or Sr.’s etc. However, we shared the initials of our progenitors. For my dad LDP followed from Lorenzo Pearson, who started our family funeral home (the history is here) and for me the ECP came from my grandfather, Edward Clarence. My cousin, Edward Courtney had been similarly named, but he always went by Courtney.

So anyway, being the history person and thinking my heritage was cool, I counted and realized I was the fifth member of my family to be named something with the initials ECP. So decided my “corporate” identity would be ECP5 Networks.

I am hoping I have a new logo soon and can re-design my site and actual use this as the beginning of a real brand, even if just for web, database and network consulting. But at least now if someone were curious, they would know, maybe this will even be a blog Stacy will read.