Episode 98 - Calum Clark
Episode description
Calum Clark, Chief Operating Officer, Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation and former Salt Lake 2002 Event Services Manager, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers working Snowbasin under Adam Gray, DEPAT and the one question you should never ask (recorded 22 March 2021).
If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com.
Show Notes:
WARM UP
00:26 - Welcome Calum!
03:53 - UOLF venues open
PRELIMS
05:54 - Marooned on an island
09:48 - A Qwest story
QUARTERFINALS
11:20 - From Sydney to Salt Lake
16:05 - Settling in with first class professionals
SEMIFINALS
19:54 - The Snowbasin assignment
23:27 - Doing things differently
FINALS
27:06 - 9/11 changed the game
30:50 - Working with the Secret Service
MIXED ZONE
35:38 - The Event Services workforce
38:00 - "It was a pleasure"
PODIUM
41:02 - "A washing machine of activity"
45:56 - The Olympic Trials
COOL DOWN
49:15 - Advice and wrap-up