Who is Lijit?
This is a guest post from one of the newest players to join our team, Perry Quinn. In addition to being our VP of Market Development, he’s also an avid skateboarder whose claim to fame is that he rode mountain bikes in Nepal with Dan Cortez on MTV Sports in the 90’s. Yep…he has the pictures to prove it.
I went through about a hundred thoughts (slight exaggeration) around what I wanted to write on the Lijit blog. I am not one of our stronger bloggers, but will definitely be kicking in hard in 2009.
I thought about “big to small company” stories…New Year’s resolutions…even began writing about “commitment to blogging.” All met with a not-swift-enough death.
Then I started thinking about what I truly liked about Lijit…and as cliche as it sounds, I realized it was the people. Straight up.
Keeping with this theme, I wanted to write a few words or a sentence about each person that works here. Not anything special or endearing, just the first thing that popped into my mind.
A list of Lijit folks and my random thoughts about them…
Todd Vernon–Rush, cars, being only children
Walter Knapp–I hope he does not get back in shape…will be too much pressure on me.
Micah Baldwin–Old soul. Indian food. “I did not say you are wrong…”
Dan Jones–I can’t have conversations with Dan…I have to use spell check just to get his title right…smartness beyond my grasp.
Leslie Osborne–She owns her own racing helmet (and shoes)!
Mike Meredith–Kicks serious tail on the bass.
Emmanuel Puentes–Daughters that thankfully look like their mother.
Dave Ferro–Has a rocking Bronco and ingests fair amounts of supplements.
Mark Chessler–Head of the OFG group.
Bill Marcum–My future cycling buddy…maybe running buddy too.
Derek Greentree–Became a Rock God on December 16th, 2008. The world, and Derek, are changed forever.
Ningsheng Liu–Is currently becoming a MySQL expert (whether he wants to or not)!
Mike Pritchard–Pip blushes when I use American words that have different meanings in the UK.
Charlie Wanek–I am scared to ride with Charlie…he breaks bike parts.
Doug Farmer–Lijit South–hope to get to know Doug better in 2009.
Jeff Kriese–Also Lijit South–also hope to get to know Jeff better in 2009.
Zach Conger–Quite possibly the most patient person at Lijit…at least with me.
Daniel Weiss–King of all things to be known (he is my answer man).
Ryan Peterson–I hope to learn every tea secret that Ryan knows.
Shawn Tanaka–Has a cool name…and works QA magic through even the toughest sicknesses.
Tara Anderson–Stand-up comedian, seventh grade teacher, evangelist, marketing queen…and she had to sit by me all day long!
Jacqueline Malan–Sockless J, the Tri-State Spelling Bee champion.
Grace Boyle–Fearless future life coach.
Colleen Clair–Knows about 4WD (and sports car) suspensions…more organized than anyone (yes, anyone) I have ever known.
Aditya Kaundinya–I vow to learn how to (properly) say Aditya’s name in 2009!
Julie Penner–Not last on the list on purpose…I am just jealous of her trip to Patagonia!
[Insert witty ending here.]
