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["First Day...Four Questions" will be an ongoing blog series throughout 2013 as we on-board dozens of new team members. We want you to understand what makes our new colleagues tick. And what drives them to be "serious competitors. We hope you enjoy.]

<span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Why eGroup?</strong></span>

Over the last couple of years, I’ve attended events in the area sponsored or hosted by eGroup, and I knew from the very first encounter that this team was stellar. When I decided it was time to take my career to the next level, I reached out to eGroup first. It was an easy choice to make! I was looking for an opportunity to work with advanced and powerful technology solutions, and eGroup does exactly that on a daily basis. The growth potential here is very exciting and I feel empowered to succeed and achieve with the tools and framework they provide.

<span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>What makes you a serious competitor?</strong></span>

People have been using the word “competitive” to describe me since I was a little kid. I always had to finish first, no matter what the challenge. Years later, I’m still pushing myself to learn more, deliver faster, and have the right answer before anyone else. If there’s any degree of competition, I’m straining to be at the front of the pack. eGroup is definitely a pack leader, and I am all about making our customers as competitive as possible.

<span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>If you weren’t in Tech what would you be doing?</strong></span>

I studied biology in high school and college, and if I hadn’t decided to pursue a full-time career in IT, I would have loved to work in a branch of oceanography. I spent a lot of time around the ocean growing up and I don’t think I could ever stand to live more than an hour away from the coastline. I’ve also taught taekwondo on and off for the last ten years, but it’s a lot harder to make a full-time career teaching punches and kicks unless you’re a Hollywood stunt choreographer!

<span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>What’s your Headline?</strong></span>

“Local Developer Sprints Across Office in Carrot Costume, Disciplined for Running as Root”