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Who am I?

• Married (Jenni)
• Three girls (Innis, Conall, Maebh)
• Love live music (really any music)
• Fanatical about my Hokies and Dolphins
• Live in the country, where my closest neighbors are deers, foxes and bears

Where have I been?

• Experienced various company dynamics: Start-ups, Non-profit, Big Consulting, etc.
• Worked across various industries: Telecomm, Media, Advertising, HR Tech, Real Estate, EdTech
• Wore many hats: Developer, Founder, Executive, Advisor

What am I about?

• Transparent (I am an open book to you)
• Accountable (I live by my word)
• Measured (I always measure twice, cut once)
• Excitable (I lose myself in the build)

Availablity :

• Getting Started: 4:30 AM EST - 6:00 AM EST
  • Checking and responding to overnight Slack, Email, News, etc.
• Kid Responsiblities: 6:00 AM EST - 7:15 AM EST
  • Getting kids off to school
  • Available but distracted
• Focused Workday Prep: 7:10 AM EST - 9:00 AM EST
  • Producing work product
  • Completing assigned tasks
  • Generally heads down
• Team Availablity: 9:00 AM EST - 4:00 PM EST
  • Meetings
  • Ad hoc requests
  • Tasks
• Wrapping up day: 4:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST
  • Usually avoid meetings this late in the day
  • Attempt to set next day up for success

Communication methods

• Calendar - wide open
• Slack - async
• Email - thoughts less than 10 sentences
• Video - Free form and/or meaty topics

Favorite Technology

• Agnostic, best tool for the job

Athlete that mirrors me as an Engineer

• Jim "Crash" Jenson

What I value?

Honesty and effort

What is important to you in your professional relationships? What are the hallmarks of a successful working partnership with you?

Transparency and defining what success looks like for each partner

What I need to be successful?

Ideas, an open mind and a willingness to work

What helps you do your best work?

A passion for the cause

The best way to motivate me to do something?

Join me

What motivates you/excites you?

Progress

How do you make decisions?

By listening, researching and not being afraid to put an idea out in the world

What I don’t have patience for?

Hand sitting and sideline complaints, you have to get involved and make your opinion known

What will you not tolerate in others?

Behavior that only induces negativity, i.e. dishonesty, fear mongering, misinformation

What distracts (annoys) you in a work environment?

Uncommunicated requests

How to best communicate with me?

Straight-on and directly

How do you prefer to give and receive feedback?

Straight-on and directly

When do you like people to approach you and how?

People should feel free to approach me anytime, by any means they are comfortable. I prefer to be approached on your terms.

Which communication medium is best for what type of message(s); frequency and granularity?

• Calendar - wide open
• Slack - async
• Email - thoughts less than 10 sentences
• Video - Free form and/or meaty topics

Your “operating approach”?

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence - Vince Lombardi

How frequently do you like to meet and how should meetings be scheduled and organized?

The situation and topic should drive the frequency, a meeting's function should be to limit miscommunication and/or drive momentum

How do you stay organized?

I’m the most unorganized, organized person. Always looking for that next tool that will pull it all together

How to earn a “gold star” with me?

Being an idea generator, an execution stalwart and/or a hand raiser ✋

What endears people to you?

I think the candid manner in which I speak, but it has also been known to be the reason people fall off me.

What people misunderstand about me?

That I’m actually a positive person

What do people misunderstand about you, and why?

My facial expression typically don’t reflect my mood. I am usually pretty tight with my emotions and I use my facial expressions to hold those close to the vest. But I’m working on it.