Gary is the Houston’s Information System Technician. To sum up what this entails, using Gary’s own words, “I
fix things.” Computers, network issues, phones, printers, etc… there is always something new to work on, trouble shoot, or upgrade and that is what Gary loves about his job, the ever changing needs of the company that keep his job from getting stale.

“Gary was chosen as the Employee of the Quarter because of his tireless dedication to the company both as a business and as people,” says Jordy Simpson, IT Manager, “He always does his best to please everyone and keep things up and running, going above and beyond when there is a need for it. I don’t know what we’d do without him!”

If you haven’t yet met Gary, you’re sure to have heard some of his random animal noises – he often imitates various birds – as he travels around the building. When not at work (which he does find himself working from home at times, too), he loves spending time with his wife, 3 grandkids, and 4 great grandkids. Gary’s youngest great grandson is really into Legos and Thomas the Train at the moment, and he and Gary spend plenty of time building things. Gary and his wife also have 3 fur babies- Buddy, Chion (Spanish for crybaby), and Kane who are a miniature Aussie, miniature Dachshund, and a Shih Tzu Chihuahua respectively. If Gary had a hobby it would be video games, as he is currently working on Fallout 4 but his all-time favorite game is Mario.

When asked to give one interesting bit of information that people may not know about him, he said that after 25+ years of smoking he will be smoke free for one year at the end of March and is very happy about this.

Thank you again for all you have done and continue to do, Gary! And congratulations on becoming Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2018.

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Gary’s job as an Information Systems Technician is seldom boring. A self-proclaimed “Mr. Fix-It,” we go to him with all our electronic fix-it needs: computer malfunctions, the network, the main system…anything electronics-related. He likes that he can work on a great variety of things—from downed computers to malfunctioning telephones to warehouse guns—over the course of a single day, and that his work keeps him roaming from place to place within the building and warehouse. There have even been times when he has been flown to Kansas City to remedy phone problems or other such glitches. Gary especially looks forward to Fridays, the IT “dip day”, when every third week he gets to be food-creative (but let’s face it, bacon is a common ingredient in his concoctions) and bring in yummy dip for the staff to enjoy.

Naturally inquisitive, Gary likes to figure things out, and this, in a nutshell, is the reason he is so good at his work: if he doesn’t know something, he will do whatever it takes to find it out. He is a Google master, often using the search engine as a resource for helping him to solve problems. In Gary’s words, there is “always someone smarter out there who has already fixed your problem.”

After work, Gary likes to visit his great-grandson, play some X-Box 360, watch TV, and sleep. Sounds like some much deserved down time after a hard day at the office! Congratulations Gary and thank you for all your hard work!

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