Alumni Career Snapshots
Brian Mather
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Employer |
Paladin IT Services, Inc |
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Employer Website |
www.paladin-its.com |
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Job Title |
Owner |
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Class Year and Major |
BS Business Administration (Management) and Business Administration (Marketing)-2000 |
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Additional education |
n/a |
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Briefly describe what you do |
Manage the day to day operation of a local IT firm here in San Antonio. From accounting and legal, to sales & damage controll (ie, keeping all clients happy) |
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What other jobs have you had? |
Mostly just random jobs from here and there, but I did work at Floores Country Store (Helotes, TX) for almost 10 years as bartender |
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What are the key skills, abilities, and personal qualities necessary to succeed in this type of work? |
Patient, Customer Service, Accountability, Reliability, and Honesty. |
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What do you enjoy most about your current position? |
Freedom to make choices that affect the outcome of our business |
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Most important/valuable lesson or activity in college that impacted your career ? |
Meeting my business partners |
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What advice for someone entering this field? |
Talk to others that have entered the field prior to you to get set an expectation so you are not caught so off guard by anything that is thrown at you in the beginning. It a learning process. |
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Questions? |
Email
askalumni@trinity.edu Put the name of the alumni you wish to contact in the subject line, then type your question. |