This week marks one year ‘in the Wild,’ at YETI. Like any ‘dream job,’ it had a lot to live up to, but it did that and so much more.
I’ve been challenged in new ways to think big, learn fast and prioritize the things that matter most. I’ve been lucky to work with great humans doing exciting work that matters, and drives real change. Huge credit to Allison Underwood and Brad Brewer for giving me a shot and teaching me so much in such a short amount of time.
Excited for year 2, and everything it will have in store!
Or to put it another way, its a year since you left me David! Without any doubt you had THE best head of hair i have ever seen on an IT Professional. 😃😃 Hope you're keeping well Mister!
Brett Fene is the best of the best. He understands business needs and the technology required to make it happen along with an entrepreneurial mindset to problem solving.
Please reach out, any team would be lucky to have him.
Joining an early seed-stage startup is always a risky bet, even with the best of economic backdrops.
Unfortunately, earlier this week, I, along with many other talented engineers, designers, sales/CS, and product folks, was impacted by a company layoff as the team decided to shift operations away from remote and instead localize to Cleveland.
While my time with Felux was shorter than I had hoped, it was a thrill working tirelessly to disrupt the immensely neglected steel industry – a staid business at the heart of global industry. A huge thank you to Tom Slade, my boss and mentor, for believing in the vision of product analytics and providing the latitude to build, test, and learn. I want to also thank 🚀 Dallas Hogensen and Chris Day for quickly bringing me into the fold on day one and placing full confidence in me to own company analytics for both the business and the customer.
As far as support, I would be tremendously grateful to those willing to make introductions, sharing/liking this for further reach, sending over any opportunities that may be a good fit, and providing advice.
The roles I plan to narrow my search on include product/business analytics, chief of staff, data science, and data engineering.
Firsthand, I have observed that executing on creative endeavors is 10X as difficult when a team is geographically dispersed. For this reason, I’m also restricting my search to teams based here in Austin, TX or a hybrid option that budgets for occasional travel.
I’m excited to see what the remaining team makes of the opportunity ahead, and best of luck to my former colleagues that find themselves in a similar situation.
Thank you again to those that reach out and support. Onwards and upwards!
#OpenToWork#data#layoffs#startup
Today marks my first week embarking into the wild at YETI . Working for this company has been a dream of mine since 2016, and I couldn’t be more excited to join such a talented team doing really exciting work.
🌞 💡 Advocate of the 3xH Principle: Helpful, Humble, Humorous..... 🌞 💡 "Never Forget where you've come from"- G.Barlow (Take That)
Working from home with your dog? 🐶🐶🐶
Well this poem is for you (and your dog of course)!
It's a moving 3-Part poem (called #ZoomDog) in which I and my dog Milo bravely describe the challenges we face working together from home, and how we collaborate to find mutually acceptable solutions.
Milo doesn't hold back with some of his views, but that's what I like about him as a co-worker dog, he doesn't shirk the tough conversations! He's not really a dog actually, he's more of a "hybrid dog person" 🐕🐩
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(re-posting Zoomdog one year on from its original debut, as we find ourselves working from home for an extended period)
#dogs#Doglovers#dogoftheday#Leadership#personalgrowthanddevelopment
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🌞 💡 Advocate of the 3xH Principle: Helpful, Humble, Humorous..... 🌞 💡 "Never Forget where you've come from"- G.Barlow (Take That)
1yOr to put it another way, its a year since you left me David! Without any doubt you had THE best head of hair i have ever seen on an IT Professional. 😃😃 Hope you're keeping well Mister!