Me: I was born and raised in Central Ohio, and loved growing up in the eighties. I went to school in the Westfall school district through the eight grade. I moved to and graduated from Upper Arlington High School. Afterwards I went to Columbus State Community college to major in Computer Programming (poor decision). Soon thereafter I married my best friend…
My Marriage: My wife and I have been married for about 18 years. We met at a church camp at Buckeye Lake in Ohio as teenagers in the early 90s. We married just after she graduated from high school. We have grown up together, lived, loved, learned. Through thick and thin, she is who I depend upon most. We have two children…
My Family: My daughter, the oldest, played fast pitch softball, played trombone in the band, and loved science. However, things change, most recently she has taken to playing the piano and takes lessons every week. She is developing into quite the artist as well; with the pen, the eye, and duct tape. My son is an incredible reader, and loves beating me on just about every game we play on the XBox, PS3 and Wii. Additionally, during the summer, I enjoy riding my bicycle with my kids. We are active in church too…
My Church: We attend the Calvary Apostolic Church. I have been apart of this church family my entire life. It was founded by W T Witherspoon in 1917 as the Apostolic Gospel Church. In 1948, Pastor George C Chambers moved to Greenwood and the church was named Calvary Apostolic Church. In 2008, Pastor James Stark led us to the current location on Schrock Road in Westerville.
“The Calvary Apostolic Church Family is a group of New Testament, Spirit-filled believers. We are ethnically diverse, coming together from the entire Columbus metro area because we have found a community where we can worship, learn and grow together. Our ministry is Christ-centered, and our preaching is Bible-based, anointed, and relevant to everyday life. Our worship is vertical: our mission is horizontal. We invite you to experience the difference you can have when the hope of Christ is a part of your life!”
Between the youth activities, christian education, and church services I try to support the technology of the church. That’s because deep down, I’m just a techie nerd…
My Career: I have over eighteen years of process improvement and service management experience in industries such as banking, insurance, and consumer products. In these organizations, I have implemented and matured service management disciplines such as, change, incident, problem, release, configuration, service level, and capacity management. I have led multiple organizations to adopt integrated processes and led the implementation of enterprise wide enabling technologies. In 2007, I was a finalist for Pink Elephant’s ITIL Practitioner of the Year Award for my work in capacity management for a large regional bank. I have spoken at numerous conferences and user groups, including; Pink Elephant’s 12thInternational ITSM Conference, and local chapters of; IT Service Management Forum (itSMF), Computer Measurement Group (CMG), Help Desk Institute (HDI) and others. In late 2009 switched sides of the fence. I joined CA Technologies as a Principal Consultant in Ohio, focused on IT Service Management and ITIL best practices. In late 2011. I left CA to join Service-Now as a Senior Solution Consultant. You’d think I didn’t have any time left for anything else, well I don’t really…
My Favorite Sports: When it comes to watching sports, I follow the Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL), the New York Yankees (MLB), the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), the Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL), The Ohio State University, and Jeff Gordon (NASCAR). Additionally, I love to participate in or play some sports as well. I play slow pitch softball in the spring at Berliner park, golf in the summer with my Taylor made clubs, and officiate high school football in the autumn (OHSAA and COFOA). I was playing basketball in the winter but my ankle just can’t take it anymore. Want to know more…
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