Meet the Technology Support Specialists

Who is in your family? My wife and best friend Kelsey, my incredible daughters Madelyn & Hannah, my awesome son Chase, and my dachshund Blade (named after my college hockey team).

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve traveled? Cinque Terra. My wife and I traveled to Italy in 2015 and stayed in Vernazza, and it was incredible! Beautiful towns, amazing food and wine, and there’s no better way to sleep than with ocean waves crashing in the background. My runner-up is Scotland. I’m a passionate golfer, and I had a chance to take a bucket list golf vacation there in 2018. My friends and I played some amazing courses (Old Course at St Andrews, Royal Troon, Trump Turnberry, Kingsbarns) and attended Saturday/Sunday of the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie.

If you could meet any living person for dinner, who would you pick and why? Chip Gaines (Magnolia & Fixer Upper). I loved his book Capital Gaines and would love to talk about his mentality as an entrepreneur. His faith and optimism are inspiring to me.

What are your three favorite drinks? I’m a craft beer snob, and I’m happy drinking anything at my top 3 Colorado breweries: Dry Dock, Prost, & Burly.

What is your favorite sports team? Colorado Avalanche. Go Avs go!

Where were you born? Born and raised in Denver CO. Couldn’t think of a better place! Oh and GO BRONCOS!

What is your favorite food? Mexican…but it has to be good and with excellent green chili.

What is your favorite family tradition? Being an auntie is my favorite. I have 6 nieces and nephews that are my heart! I especially love Christmas time and everything that goes with it!! Cutting down Christmas trees, decorating, Christmas lights tours, baking/cooking and family time.

If you had to delete all but three apps from your smartphone, which ones would you keep? Instagram, Maps, Spotify – Have to keep up with friends and family, know where you are going and have great music at all times

What are your three favorite drinks? I’m mostly a water drinker, but I do love my morning coffee. I will have a Diet Coke or Coors Light every once in a while…I am a CO native after all, we have to have our Colorado Kool-Aid.

What is your favorite food? Tacos!

What’s your favorite family tradition? Decorating bedroom doors the night before family members birthday.

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve travelled? Placencia Belize

The zombie apocalypse is coming; who are three people you want on your team? Will Smith because he dominated the zombies in I Am Legend and seems pretty legit.

What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten? Chocolate covered crickets

Where were you born? Honolulu, Hawaii

What is your favorite food? Mexican Cuisine, Especially Pork Green Chili

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve traveled? Germany & Austria – Touring the Castles. Very impressive!

What is your favorite sports team? Die Hard Colorado Sports team fans! Especially the Broncos, Mammoth, Outlaws & Avalanche!

Where were you born? Denver, Colorado. Born and raised here!

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve travelled? The Dominican Republic. We were able to go to the Monkey Jungle to feed the Squirrel Monkeys and watch Capuchin monkeys. We offered them fruit and they climbed all over us, it was such a great experience!

You have to sing karaoke, what song do you pick? Easy, Dust in the Wind by Kansas

If you were a wrestler what would be your entrance theme song? Unconquered by Miss May I

If you could see one movie again for the first time, what would it be and why? The Last Starfighter. Not only is it my favorite movie, but it has a fun story and was one of the first movies to use CGI! I have seen this movie close to, if not 100 times and since I was young seeing it for the first time, I’d love to be able to experience it all again!

What is your favorite sports team?
CU Buffs Football

If you could hang out with any cartoon character, who would you choose and why?
Bugs Bunny, because he’s cooler than a polar bear’s toenails

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve traveled?
China

If you could meet any living person for dinner, who would you pick and why?
Warren Buffett for investing advice.

You have to sing karaoke, what song do you pick?
Runaround by Blues Traveler

Where were you born? Denver, Colorado

What is your favorite food? Mexican

What is one of your favorite hobbies? I like to write stories

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve traveled? Los Angeles and Las Vegas

What is your favorite sports team? Broncos

Where were you born? Florida

What is one of your favorite hobbies? Gaming

What are your three favorite drinks? Soda, Soda, Water

What is your favorite food? Fried Chicken

What is your hidden talent? I can play Guitar, Bass, Recorder, Kazoo, Washboard n Spoon, and Whistle.

Who is in your family? My wife Kathie, daughter Elisabeth (16), and son Nathan (18).

If you could hang out with any cartoon character, who would you choose and why? Yogi Bear – He’s a cool bear and likes picnics.

If you could meet any living person for dinner, who would you pick and why?  Paulo Coelho, he’s a brilliant writer. I’d want to go to a Brazilian restaurant as well.

You have to sing karaoke; what song do you pick? Lean On Me by Bill Withers

What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten? Fried Grub worms at an Asian restaurant, oddly -they taste like bacon

Where were you born? El Paso, TX

What is your favorite food? Pizza

You have to sing karaoke, what song do you pick? “Albuquerque” by Weird Al

What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten? Tripe

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve travelled? Scotland

Where were you born? Heidelberg, GDR

What is your favorite food? Gai Tai Nam ไก่ใต้นำ้ (Underwater Chicken)

What is your hidden talent? Librarian

What is one of your favorite hobbies? Photography

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve travelled? Thailand

If you could meet any living person for dinner, who would you pick and why? Stephan Fry. My favorite polyglot

What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten? Kai Mot Daeng ไข่มดเเดง (Ants and ant eggs)

If you were a wrestler what would be your entrance theme song? Slayer, Relentless

Where were you born? Phoenix, Arizona

What is your favorite food? Chicken Fried Steak with Mashed Potatoes

What is your favorite sports team? Denver Broncos

Who is in your family? Jordan, Brandan, Kierstan, Kaitlan, Heavan, Cameran, Devan, Christian, Benjaman, Jillian, + 11 Grandchildren

What are your three favorite drinks? Monster, Monster, more Monster

 

Where were you born? Brooklyn, NY near Coney Island

What is your hidden talent? I am a musician and songwriter. I have a recording studio in my basement.

What is your favorite sports team? New York Giants

What is your favorite food? I really enjoy a good Brazilian churrascarian steakhouse.

What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten? The best “chicken” I’ve ever had was actually fried frog legs. If you can get past the green hue they are really good!

Where were you born? Tomball Texas.

What is one of your favorite hobbies? I love to fish and kayak in the local rivers near my home.

What is your hidden talent? I play the guitar!

What is your favorite food? I love a good wood grilled steak.

Favorite place you have traveled? Guyana, South America

What is your favorite food? I won’t turn down some good takoyaki

What is one of your favorite hobbies? Probably gaming, but I have so many that it’s hard to choose

You have to sing karaoke, what song do you pick? Tribute by Tenacious D

What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten? Balut

If you were a wrestler what would be your entrance theme song? Road to Burn by 1000mods

If you could see one movie again for the first time, what would it be and why? Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil.” It’s a personal favorite and visually fantastic on every viewing, but the twisting, third-act headtrip only really gets under your skin the first time.

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve travelled? Savannah, Georgia.

If you could meet any living person for dinner, who would you pick and why? Bill Gates. His insight into the tech world as it was developing around the early 1990s would be fascinating.

You have to sing karaoke, what song do you pick? Folsom Prison Blues

The zombie apocalypse is coming; who are three people you want on your team? A rabbi, a priest, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. I’ll need the laugh.

What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten? Probably rocky mountain oysters, though pickled gizzards look more unsettling. Sea urchin tastes very strong, and alligator is delicious.

Where were you born? I was born and raised on the beautiful island of Oahu and moved to Colorado in 2021.

Who is in your family? My husband Leki and our 5 children, 2 boys aged 9 & 18 and 3 girls aged 4, 3 & 1.

What’s your favorite place you’ve traveled? I haven’t traveled much living on an expensive island for so long but my absolute favorite place would have to be Disneyland and I hope to take all my kids there soon one day.

What is your favorite food? My absolute favorite food is Korean BBQ.

You have to sing Karaoke what song would you sing? It would have to be How Do I Live by LeAnn Rimes, just love that song.

Where were you born? Nogales, Sonora. Mexico

What is your favorite food? American Food (Pizza, Hot dogs, Burgers, etc.)

What is one of your favorite hobbies? Flying my drone. I am a FAA Certified Drone Pilot.

Who is in your family? Me and my wife.

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve travelled? Colorado, The Mountains.

What are your three favorite drinks? Milk, Chocolate Milk, Chocolate Shake.

You have to sing karaoke, what song do you pick? Go West “King of Wishful Thinking”

The zombie apocalypse is coming; who are three people you want on your team? A cook, a lock picker and a survivalist.