Team

A Classy Bunch of Folks

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  • Kurt Theobald

    CEO/Chief Strategist

    • Things I Love:

      My family, my ranch, writing, reading, dreaming, simplicity, my work, challenging others, being challenged, winning, learning from failure, doing things better, יהוה.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Moving, American Chinese food, any fast food, running for exercise, losing, Fiat currency, government bailouts, MSG, pride, greed, movies with depressing conclusions.

    • Favorite Places:

      My ranch. The office. ... ... That about sums it up.

    • My Family:

      Beautiful, committed wife of eight years. Fearless 2-year-old son Benjamin. Precious newborn daughter, Eliana. Two brothers, two sisters. 44 aunts and uncles. 130+ first cousins. Countless 2nd cousins.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful." - C.S. Lewis

  • Gino Nanninga

    Account Director

    • Things I Love:

      My Lord, my family, reading, history, Christian rock, 70s rock, 80s pop, roller coasters, thunderstorms, huge floating snowflakes, and naps.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Injustice, abuse, oppression, arrogance, and rationalization. Oh, and whining.

    • Favorite Places:

      Hanging out at home with friends and family. Hiking in the quasi-wilderness. Sit down restaurants. In my man cave playing X-Box 360 on line.

    • My Family:

      My sweet wife Karen who has put up with me for 35 plus years. My son Christopher, his wife Katie, their two daughters Charlotte and Norah, and dog. My son Zachary, his wife Izzey, and their three dogs, cat, and horse. I am truly blessed.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "In Essentials, Unity; in Non-essentials, Liberty; in All Things, Charity." - Marco Antonio de Dominis

  • Carrie Weidenbach

    Director of Project Management

    • Things I Love:

      My husband Chris, my daughter Coral and my son Lincoln. I tell them everyday. They are core to who I am.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Mushrooms and the word hate.

    • Favorite Places:

      Countries outside the US. I try to visit a new one each year. I also love to hang out at Scott Lake, Wamplers Lake, Lake Michigan... (well, you get the picture).

    • My Family:

      My parents have a working farm in Kalamazoo, MI. I loved growing up there. There are currently 17 members of my immediate family on my side. I get this big family stuff.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "Everybody's got plans... until they get hit" - Mike Tyson

  • Brian Lange

    Project Manager

    • Things I Love:

      God, my wife and three boys, orchestral indie folk rock, classic literature, philosophy, yogurt, sports, wine.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Pride, injustice, unkindness, punk pop rock, poopy diapers.

    • Favorite Places:

      Home; with friends and family; the Classy Llama lawn.

    • My Family:

      I married my beautiful wife Elizabeth in 2008 and we have three of the best sons a father could ask for, William Peter, and Matthew.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "What once was hurt / What once was friction / What left a mark / No longer stings / Because Grace makes beauty / Out of ugly things" - U2

  • Amy Crocker

    Project Manager

    • Things I Love:

      My husband, my son, my family, sewing, baking, games, reading, and flea marketing.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Injustice, intolerance, snap decisions, prejudice, and snakes.

    • Favorite Places:

      My house, flea markets and antiques stores, Skinny Slim's, and anywhere I can spend time with my family!

    • My Family:

      I am married to the love of my life, Cullen! This June, we welcomed our first child, our son, Cannon Bailey. He amazes us every day. We had no idea we could love someone this much. I also have a very loving and very complex extended family.

    • Favorite Quote:

      “And I've had recurring nightmares, That I was loved for who I am, And missed the opportunity, To be a better [wo]man.” - Muse

  • Aaron Hardinger

    Project Manager

    • Things I Love:

      Spending time with good people, good food, and a good movie

    • Thing I Hate:

      The fact that the world is so full of hate

    • Favorite Places:

      With my close and extended family in Kansas, Hebrews Coffee, and a comfy couch

    • My Family:

      I've been blessed to have the support of a generous and loving family

    • Favorite Quote:

      "The true atheist is the one who denies God's image in 'the least of these.'" -Dorothy Day

  • Bill Cover

    Project Manager

    • Things I Love:

      God, family, epic Frisbee catches, creativity, adventures, disc golf, swimming, running, early mornings, farms, coffee, grilling, snow days.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Dirty dishes, boredom, people who think they are better, political agendas, feeling out of shape, staying up too late, terrible or slow service.

    • Favorite Places:

      Horseshoe Canyon, Table Rock Lake, Kings River, James River, Round Spring, Bahia Honda, Ski Santa Fe, Busch Stadium, Grant's Farm, The Coffee Ethic.

    • My Family:

      Brother Chad, Sisters Kelly and Katy, Mom and Dad.

    • Favorite Quote:

      “In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” -Theodore Roosevelt

  • Kristian Hansen

    Business Development Assistant

    • Things I Love:

      God, family, friends, sports, music, my car!

    • Thing I Hate:

      Bad grammar. When people drive slowly.

    • Favorite Places:

      Anywhere I can play sports. The gym. Theaters.

    • My Family:

      I have a very large family, that I love very much.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "Great people talk about ideas. Average people talk about things. Small people talk about other people." ~Unknown

  • Rob Tull

    Director of Solutions

    • Things I Love:

      God, my wife Kaeleigh, my Real Family, my In-Laws, all my "Adopted" Families, Cycling, Cooking, Rib Eye Steaks

    • Thing I Hate:

      Apathy, McDonalds, Politicians, the TSA, Mosquitoes & Ticks

    • Favorite Places:

      Home, Springdale, the Great Outdoors, in a Tree, on my Bicycle

    • My Family:

      I have 3 brothers and 4 sisters. We have a bunch of fun together, tend to be very loud, and love spirited discussion. My parents have put a lot of time and care into raising all of us, including homeschooling us all the way through high school, and I love them dearly.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy." - C.S. Lewis

  • Erik Hansen

    Solutions Architect

    • Things I Love:

      Jesus, my wife, truth, efficiency, a good night's sleep, proper grammar, drinking water, close relationships, photography, programming, surfing, listening to music loudly.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Inconsideration, laziness, verbosity, being unorganized.

    • Favorite Places:

      Home, family and friends' houses, the office, soccer field, anywhere where you can swim.

    • My Family:

      I am married to the love of my life, Amber. She's the most loving, creative, and compassionate person I know. I am blessed with a large family and loving parents whom I greatly enjoy. Most people have never heard of my father's native country, the Faroe Islands.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "There is nothing to fear, but fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • Matt Townsley

    Experience Architect

    • Things I Love:

      My two "adoptive" younger brothers, archery hunting, fishing, a certain Taylor Swift look-a-like, shooting stars on clear evenings, solid conversation, any outdoor activity.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Olives, celery, ignorance, laziness, and inflexibility — though I definitely hate olives the most.

    • Favorite Places:

      Up a tree (bow in hand) on a still fall evening, the turkey woods, our family farm, my hammock, Lake Taneycomo, Fellows lake, flying right-seat with my brother, Fayetteville, and Bruno's Restaurant.

    • My Family:

      I am incredibly blessed with a wonderful family. I'm the middle child of my parents' three children — one older brother (7.5 years), and a twin younger sister (19 minutes).

    • Favorite Quote:

      "Weniger, aber besser." [Less, but better.] -Dieter Rams

  • Jeremy Wells

    Senior Designer

    • Things I Love:

      I love spending time with my wonderful wife, Sarah, and our beautiful daughter Avery. I love road trips with my family, and exploring new places we've never been.

    • Thing I Hate:

      I hate traffic, buying gas, paying bills, and IHOP food.

    • Favorite Places:

      I love Historical Parks/Museums, Bed & Breakfasts, Campsites, and Country Roads.

    • My Family:

      My beautiful wife Sarah, and my daughter Avery are the biggest joy in my life. We are also so blessed with a wonderful, loving, and supportive family.

    • Favorite Quote:

      “Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” -Albert Einstein

  • David Alger

    CTO/Lead Engineer

    • Things I Love:

      Solving technical challenges, hanging out with friends, bike riding, worshiping the Lord at Church on Sundays, reaching out and helping others, espresso, chocolate, and coffee (big time!!)

    • Thing I Hate:

      Applications with a bad user interface, and assumptions since they are usually not very accurate.

    • Favorite Places:

      House of a close friend, Church, Home with my family, or a picnic with friends.

    • My Family:

      My family loves to eat healthy fresh produce grown from the home garden; we don't follow mainstream politicians, and we are close-knit in our everyday life.

    • Favorite Quote:

      “If I ever hesitate when you ask me a question, it's probably because I am flipping through the mental card catalog.” - R.c. Sproul Jr.

  • Jonathan Hodges

    Lead Engineer

    • Things I Love:

      God, my family, racquetball, programming, hiking, riding bike, swimming, ice cream, long walks, parks, audiobooks, flying my trick kite, hanging out with friends.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Laziness, Whininess, Complaining, Passiveness, IE

    • Favorite Places:

      Lake George, NY, the beach, home, family's house

    • My Family:

      My wife and I are newly married and are very much in love. We enjoy spending time with friends and throwing parties at our house. We love our video games and board games.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men." Proverbs 22:29 (NKJV)

  • Chris Nanninga

    Lead Engineer

    • Things I Love:

      My wife, my girls, reading, movies, Dungeons & Dragons, video games, web development

    • Thing I Hate:

      Celebrity worship, complaining, programming errors that make no sense

    • Favorite Places:

      With two young kids, I spend a heck of a lot of time at home. But also church, and anywhere my girls can have fun. And actually, work too!

    • My Family:

      My beautiful wife, Katie, who is an incredible mother to Charlotte and Norah, our sweet daughters. We are very close with, and spend most of our time with, my family: my parents, my brother, and my sister-in-law.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "'Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?'” - Till We Have Faces

  • Zach Nanninga

    Lead Engineer

    • Things I Love:

      Time with friends and family, playing music, food, routine, finding the perfect solution to a programming problem

    • Thing I Hate:

      Mowing my lawn, dealing with adult things like insurance and taxes, working with poorly written legacy code

    • Favorite Places:

      My house, my parents' house, and friends' houses. I'm too cheap to get out much, but it works because I think the company's way more important than the activity.

    • My Family:

      I'm married to my lovely wife Izzey and we have three dogs. She has a cat and a horse, so I guess they're sort of like step-pets. I have one older brother and wonderful parents along with extended family, and pretty much all of them live in the Springfield area.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

  • Jordan Philips

    Software Engineer

    • Things I Love:

      God, my family, coffee, playing and listening to all kinds of music, cooking, traveling.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Spiders, injustice, selfishness, cleaning up after cooking, bad coffee

    • Favorite Places:

      Home, Nicaragua, Kansas City, Memphis, coffee houses, hole-in-the-wall restaurants

    • My Family:

      I am married to my sweetheart, Laura. We have two daughters, Ella and Emerie. We enjoy watching movies together, hanging out with friends and family, and playing outside.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "Other than playing music, I'd have to say my favorite activity is flossing my teeth, because dental hygiene is very important." - "Weird Al" Yankovic

  • Jay Becker

    Software Engineer

    • Things I Love:

      Family & friends, computers, games, sports, competition, funny things

    • Thing I Hate:

      Red tape, being stuck, astroturfing

    • Favorite Places:

      Basements, gyms, fields

    • My Family:

      Wife sarah, chubby baby boy

    • Favorite Quote:

      "No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately." - Michel de Montaigne

  • Eric Wiese

    Software Engineer

    • Things I Love:

      Problem solving, better living through applied science, properly prepared coffee, the metric system, thunderstorms, and WebKit.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Lack of discipline and non-standard things, such as customary units of measurement and IE.

    • Favorite Places:

      My home and coffee shops. Also bookstores--especially ones with coffee!

    • My Family:

      I am newly married and my wife and I are enjoying our new home together with our two cats.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "The problems of the real world are primarily those you are left with when you refuse to apply their effective solutions." - Edsger Dijkstra

  • Daryn Warriner

    Software Engineer

    • Things I Love:

      God, my family, thinking, knowing, music, learning new things, programming, a good book on a rainy day, fresh air, the beauty of creation, good food and good friends, philosophical discussions

    • Thing I Hate:

      Surprises, ignorance, lying, self-righteousness, crowds, shopping

    • Favorite Places:

      Home, Lake Michigan(the Michigan side), PaPa's farm, anywhere my family is.

    • My Family:

      I have a beautiful wife of 16 years. She is my love, my sweetheart, my friend. Five incredible, talented children with amazingly diverse personalities. They are my joy.

    • Favorite Quote:

      “It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless. ” ― Donald Miller

  • David Nichols

    Software Engineer

    • Things I Love:

      The Bible, traveling, hiking, rock climbing, open source, electronics, helping/teaching others, wool, Python, Japan, standards, truth, simplicity, vinyl records, 80's music, eating tacos in Mexico.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Dishonesty, cold, bullies, gossip, selfishness, unnecessary complexity, big corporations, politics, inefficency, Microsoft, IE, squash.

    • Favorite Places:

      Church services, Mountains, forests, rivers, beachs, underground spaces, California, my hammock.

    • My Family:

      Endlessly patient Mother and Father. A younger brother and sister that take care of/test the patience of my parents for me back home. Plus, an enormous extended family.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding." - Proverbs 23:23

  • Kevin Kirchner

    Frontend Developer

    • Things I Love:

      Freedom; Open air; Hope; Reconciliation; Trust; Well-deserved sweat; Helping others believe in themselves and their ideas; Finishing completely; Hugs; Bikes; Soccer; Laughing; Not being judged by others

    • Thing I Hate:

      My Selfishness; Not being able to help every single person that needs it; Media that dilutes Truth; Arguing to be right; A non-proactive attitude; Rules that inhibit freedom

    • Favorite Places:

      In my wife's arms; Jackson Hole, WY; Being exactly where God wants me; Kitchen floor with friends (that's where the best conversations happen)

    • My Family:

      Married to my lovely wife, Kate; One son, Ezekiel (Zeke or Ezi for short); One of four boys; Generous parents and in-laws; Loving Grandparents.

    • Favorite Quote:

      “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than the ones you did do.” ~Mark Twain

  • Joseph Wilson

    Frontend Developer

    • Things I Love:

      Animation, Movies in general and the way they're made, Concept Art (the visual building blocks behind movies, video games, and stuff like that), Reading, Writing, CCM/Praise and Worship music, Cooking, Volleyball, Ultimate, and Tea!

    • Thing I Hate:

      Tomatoes, Laziness, Complacency, Apathy (character flaws that I see in me...except for tomatoes, of course)

    • Favorite Places:

      The movies, Starbucks, Bookstores, Fields/Parks/Volleyball sand pits

    • My Family:

      I'm the oldest of six children. My dad was in the Air Force, so...I'm from a lot of places. I was born in Germany and raised all across the US!

    • Favorite Quote:

      "He that teacheth himself hath a fool for his master." - Benjamin Franklin

  • Josh Courville

    Director of Finance

    • Things I Love:

      God’s marvelous creation; the Word of God; God’s mercy and forgiveness in Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world; my family; accounting; accuracy; history; runzas and gumbo.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Historical revisionism; excessive government; evil.

    • Favorite Places:

      My home; my grandpa’s fishing lake in western Nebraska; Glacier Park.

    • My Family:

      My lovely wife, Jemima, and our precious daughter, Cherish. We have 15 siblings between us and are blessed with wonderful parents.

    • Favorite Quote:

      “The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.” – Chief Justice John Jay

  • Shawn Palmer

    Finance Assistant

    • Things I Love:

      God, my family, sports, computers, gaming, creativity, and traveling the world.

    • Thing I Hate:

      Eating unhealthy a lot, runny noses, overly crowded places.

    • Favorite Places:

      Visiting the park occasionally, being with family at home.

    • My Family:

      I am the youngest of 4. I was born and raised in the jungles of Indonesia by my parents who are missionaries.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" -Philippians 4:13

  • Nathan Theobald

    Office Assistant

    • Things I Love:

      Family & friends, history, music, spring, summer, freedom

    • Thing I Hate:

      Indecision, nonsense rules, Microsoft Windows, my own imperfection, grocery shopping, Chihuahuas.

    • Favorite Places:

      My brothers' houses, parks, my balcony

    • My Family:

      I love my family. We're all pretty different, but also have a lot of similarities. It is wonderful to know I always have people I can rely on around me. Wouldn't trade that for anything.

    • Favorite Quote:

      "Fear is not your master, laugh in his face and he will run away." -Mr. Vane, Lilith by George MacDonald

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