Why Non-Traditional?

I was having trouble coming up with a blog name when I thought about a comment our company President, Jay Hoffman, made when he was here a couple of weeks ago presenting.  He joked that Trinity doesn't often hire people with gray in their hair.  It got me thinking that by the time I decided what I wanted to major in I was a non-traditional student & since the majority of Trinity new hires are directly out of engineering schools, I'm definitely a non-traditional 56 at age 40.  But with 17 years of work experience I think I'm well seasoned and hey, I consider the gray hair a mark of distinguishment (let's not talk about the gray in the beard OK! - I blame that on my 3 boys )

So how did I come to be here?  I was looking for a change & saw Trinity's posting on Career Builder.  When I read the job description I thought it was a perfect fit, but I was used to resumes submitted to Career Builder going into black holes, so I was very surprised when they called me 2 weeks later for an interview.  I was expecting a standard interview - it was anything but standard.  I interviewed with 4 people, starting with the Principal Consultant, 2 Senior Consultants, & the Managing Consultant I would work for.  The interview went great & I left in a state of disbelief that a job existed which perfectly fit my 2 degrees.  I guess they thought so too, as I had an offer 2 weeks later.  BTW - I work in the T3 division.

Having worked for companies as large as Sprint and as small as an 18 person video production company, I had a pretty good idea that the corporate culture here was going to be great.  I haven't been disappointed.  My last position was frustrating because although the company had a training budget they wouldn't invest in their people.  Trinity is all about training you to deliver the best service possible to our clients, from joining professional associations, to training classes, to on-the-job training - they want you to become in expert in as many areas as possible.

The personal stuff: The picture is from Legoland in San Diego last summer.  We went there to celebrate my wife's aunt's 50th Jubilee (she's been a nun that long!) & worked in a great vacation. Andrei is sitting next to me & just turned 9.  Although the picture is worth a million he loved the ride.  Ethan is next to my wife & is 12.  He's not much of a thrill seeker - I guess you can tell I am by the stupid grin.  Daniel is not pictured as he has a little fear of heights & chose not to ride - he's 10. My wife & I have been married for 15 awesome years.  When we're not running Ethan to Tae Kwon Do or soccer, Daniel to gymnastics, or Andrei to wrestling or soccer, we love to work out.  We've been training in Krav Maga for 5 years & are long distance runners from way back.

Well, that should be enough for a first post.  Be glad to answer any questions you have, so shoot them to me.  Check out my blog profile for more dirt .