Joining Slalom Consulting!

I’m excited to announce that I will be joining Slalom Consulting as a Consultant next month!

It is a bittersweet decision, as I’ll be leaving The SAVO Group, my first job out of school.  It’s been an amazing six years; I could not have kicked off my career in a better role.  I’m grateful for all the opportunities I’ve had through the years and the people I’ve met.

Here’s to the next step!

Moving to Seattle, Part 1: Bittersweet

I haven’t written much at all this year thus far, but with good reason: I seem to find new ways to overload myself. On top of my app business, SAVO, and my Pluralsight course, I’ve been planning a cross country move - to Seattle, Washington! 

My wife, an RN, has been pursuing her masters over the past 3 years to become a Nurse Practitioner.  She began shortly after we got married - never a dull moment with us, believe me.  Of course, she’s done with this program now, and do we settle in to  comfortable boring married life? Nope.  Admittedly, we had always talked about moving to a different city over the past few years, but it wasn’t until the beginning of this year that it turned more serious.  With her impending graduation, she’d need a new job tailored to her advanced degree, but where to go?  The USA is huge, with lots of amazing cities, so as you can imagine the thought was both exhilarating and terrifying. 

Q1 2015 Recap!

I’ve been quiet silent on here the past few months.  Winters in Chicago can be miserable, driving all of us indoors.  However, just because it’s cold out doesn’t mean we can’t be productive!  Over the years I’ve come to enjoy them, using the extra indoor time to my advantage to get a lot of projects done.

Passive Income

This was a major focus. Dave and I added two apps for Misfit and Withings to our activity tracker-focused Fitwatchr line, expanding us to 4 total apps. Reaching 10 apps or more is a major goal this year. Additionally, I developed, marketed, and launched a beta for BeerSwift, a new mobile app focused on better Untappd beer check-ins.  It’s a niche-within-a-niche concept, so it probably won’t be as popular as Fitwatchr, but that’s ok!  Testing it at a couple of beer festivals with friends was tons of fun and showed me that the idea is sound.