Paul’s interest in architecture began with a high school architectural drafting and model making class. What’s unique to his experience, though, is that his high school program offered a landline connection to a mainframe computer at the University of Minnesota. As an eager teenager, he could use a punch card to upload his drawings to a university database. He went on to study Architectural Technology in college, just as CAD was becoming commercially available. Even in the early days, Paul understood technology when others didn’t.
Later in the workforce, his aptitude and leadership helped him quickly accelerate from drafting positions to technology management and from CAD implementation to network management and desktop support. With 30 years of experience and talent that is second to none, Paul is highly-regarded by team members, peers and our clients.
We recognized several years ago that Paul’s greatest value to us is his ranginess. We added “Operations” to his job title to always remind us that IT is too narrow a focus. Paul understands the tasks we routinely undertake every day. Many of them he could perform himself. Paul understands the business of architecture and technology‘s support of it. Every sensational wide eyed new offering in our fast paced world is met with his managed temperance.
Paul has always placed his two daughters in star status, and he proudly refers to them as independent, professional women, and most importantly as each other’s best friends. That top billing is now shared by his two grandchildren. Through them, he marvels at and soaks in the “the wide-eyed optimism of youth.”
