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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>

Since I started working with eGroup associates nearly five years ago, I've come to think of them as the elite of the tech industry in our area. No matter the requirement, they provide a clear path to the solution and have impacted my way of thinking for the better. The interesting nature of the work as well as the expertise in which that work is conducted fits my personal goal of wanting to create new and interesting things. I'm excited to improve upon tools and automate processes and welcome any chance to do so.

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

Adaptability, dependability - the challenge of the unknown and the pride of accomplishment, along with a desire to share knowledge and to cultivate techniques to perfection, to me, are most important traits.

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

Some sort of digital artist job - I have two degrees in that field and was tutoring multiple students in the necessary techniques and applications almost before taking the courses myself. From the wide range of 3D modeling and texturing to scripting to overall design methods, the level of technical knowledge required for digital art is no doubt what had me cross over to IT in the first place, but I still endeavor to grow in these areas for personal enjoyment when time allows. Incidentally, the margins of my notebooks are always filled with (usually illegible) scribbles.

Or maybe I'd be one of the people that design Lego sets. That sounds like fun too.

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

"If T.S. Eliot measured his life by coffee spoons, I bet I could use Monster cans..."