Coming from the private sector, learning the government lingo was tough in the beginning. Once I got that down, it made it easy to do the job, and from there things just took off. We've received nothing less than excellent scores on our Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) since I've been in leadership here. We've also received all perfect scores on our Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). Our team also participates in internal hackathons within the government, and the last two years Tria has been on the winning team.

I like the support. I've been told no very few times when I'm trying to do something for my team to increase morale or keep people happy. I appreciate that Tria leadership allows me to do things with the team to keep them engaged. Our team gets monthly kudos from the customer for the work we're doing because our team is happy with the company they work for.

We try to do a team happy hour once a month in Austin. We have about 100 developers who work on our contract, and we invite anyone in a 50-mile radius. A couple of our teammates play cricket competitively in Austin. Tria has sponsored the uniforms.

Some of my brothers, my father-in-law, and my stepfather are all military veterans. Servicemembers sacrifice their lives to give us an opportunity to do this job. This is our opportunity to give back to those individuals. I get up every day knowing I'm going to serve somebody, and that really motivates me.

I like to play golf and poker, and I like to travel. I also enjoy working out; maintaining a healthy lifestyle is very important to me.