Career Milestone
How did you get into IT/Leadership?
How did you start in IT?
My favorite keyboard shortcut / quick trick.
What is [shortcut], and why?
In your opinion what do you think is the biggest ongoing/upcoming project and why is it transformative?
What is [project]?
Cats or dogs?
What is [cats/dogs]?
Tell us about a proud team moment.
What happened and why did it make you proud?
My job right before joining Heaven Hill was this
What was your previous role/company?
The one tool or app I rely on every day at work.
What is [tool]?
In the next 12-18 months where do you see my role (System Admin) evolving and what skills or areas of expertise would you like me or the team to develop?
What is System Admin future path with HH?
Morning person or night owl?
What is [morning/night]?
A mentor who shaped your path.
Who was the mentor and what did you learn?
The IT project resonated with you and why?
What is [project name] and why does it matter?
A gadget or piece of hardware I’d recommend to everyone.
What is [gadget] and why?
Our infrastructure plan for UCS, Nutanix, and Azure Cloud.
What is our UCS/Nutanix/virtualization strategy:
Favorite app you can’t delete.
What is [app], and why?
A hidden talent or surprising thing people wouldn’t guess about me.
What is the skill/talent?
One career lesson I wish I’d learned earlier.
What is “lesson”?
I once fixed a problem in an unconventional / clever way — describe it.
What was the hack/fix and how did it work?
Our AI strategy between an Azure landing zone for enterprise AI versus ChatGPT — whether we keep both and how they coexist securely and cost-effectively.
What is our AI approach?
Best single piece of advice you’ve ever gotten.
What is “[advice]” and who gave it?
A personal moment that influenced your work values.
Describe the moment and the lesson.
A decision I made that changed my career’s direction — tell the story (the stakes, the choice, and the outcome).
What is the turning point that led me to where I am?
The scariest outage or incident I handled and what I learned.
What happened during that outage and what changed afterwards?
Several distilleries have filed for bankruptcy's, any plan for new acquisition and how Heaven Hill is dealing with tough economy.
What is our acquisition posture?
If you had one superpower for work, what would it be?
What is [superpower], and how would you use it?
The single piece of advice you’d give your younger self (career or life).
What would you say and why?