JOHN

Software Development Manager

What's the best part of working here?

Working with a highly talented group of people who are committed to delivery of high quality products.

What's the best piece of advice you've ever gotten?

Treat others as you would like to be treated.

Who's your favorite fictional nerd?

Spiderman.

What's the best thing about the people you work with?

Collaborating to help each other solve difficult problems.

What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally?

Helping others.

What's the longest you've gone sitting at a computer without getting up?

Four hours.

What is your earliest computing or internet memory?

Dial rotary phone and putting headset into 300 baud acoustic coupler to connect daisywheel printer to the computer at the U of M from our highschool.

Who were your childhood heroes?

My Mom and Dad raised a family of 10 kids and we were able to get though life's challenges.

How would you explain a database in three sentences to your eight-year-old nephew?

My eight year old has already used a DB, but, an organized bedroom might be a simple analogy to use to explain to a child. Everything in its place so it is easy to find later.

If you could be a superhero, what would your superpowers to be?

I would want to fly.

What song will they play at your funeral?

"The Dance" by Garth Brooks.