thebankshow

Hi, I’m Tim, and this is my site. I split my time between Manchester, CT and the small hamlet where I grew up: New Lebanon, NY.

I’m a proud small town native: graduating from New Lebanon Central School with 36 people, all of whom I knew pretty well. The school was small enough that I knew quite a bit of upper and lower classmen as well.

Fast forward. I took an apprenticeship as a dork. I attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute (RPI), where I graduated in May 2006 with a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology (concentration in Web Technologies) and Computer Science, with a minor in Economics.

Currently I work for a Fortune 500 insurance and financial services company as a Business Technology Analyst. The program I joined involves rotational assignments within the IT department. I’m a liason between technical people and business people. “I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can’t you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?” - Office Space In all seriousness, it’s a great job. I didn’t have a clear understanding of what I wanted to pursue out of school, so this really gives me the chance to experience every part of the IT segment of the company.

Despite my extensively technical background, I’m not big into programing all day. However, my technical skills do come in handy - typically when I want to get a computer to do something and headbutting the monitor like Zidane doesn’t work. I enjoy web design and problem solving - outside of work I’m an amateur web designer with a few projects that I do as a hobbies. I love figuring out how things work or how they are put together. So, while I’m pretty creative, I’d have to say my forte is making things better - a bit of a reverse engineer mixed with re-designer.

Besides that I try to stay fairly active. I enjoy playing soccer, basketball, tennis, biking (road and mountain) and heeling. I dabble a bit with relay triathlons and golf as well.

I also spend a lot of time listening to and playing music.

Most importantly I enjoy having a good time: whether that’s hanging out with friends, going out to the bar, traveling, listening to music, or just relaxing. Whatever the case, it usually includes a lot of laughter.