Hello. My name is Erika and I’m a tech head.

For me it all started back in 1986 with my first desktop. It wasn’t much, and there wasn’t much of a public Internet – just us geeks finding out what we could do with this technology. The first time a Sysop chatted with me on a bulletin board, I kinda freaked out. Someone out in the world was taking over my machine to talk to me. It was magical! I was hooked.

Technology and software became my Rubics Cube. I became the one at work who wanted to find a better system – a faster way to get things done. I had setbacks. Turns out you have to include upper management before you decide to change the order entry process. They’re picky like that.

I was one of the three chosen to fly to Atlanta to learn the new software system, then come home and train the rest of the department. My boss knew I wasn’t scared of the technological advance. He knew I would embrace it. And he knew I could teach others what I had learned.

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