Kevin Walstrom
Senior Consultant II, Denver
I was born in a small town outside Chicago called Gurnee. Although I grew up outside Chicago, I never really identified with the city. My parents were from Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, so I’ve always considered myself more of a Wisconsinite than Chicagoan. I grew up fishing, hunting and playing in the outdoors. I went to Northern Illinois University to study Electrical Engineering. While there, I landed an internship with Motorola, in the cellular division. It was a dream internship, back when Motorola was at the top of the cellular industry. After college, I moved to Colorado, because I thought skiing every weekend sounded like a good way to live. When I Got to Colorado, I found there was a whole host of other things to do outdoors. Mountain biking, climbing, hiking and anything else I could find to give it a try. I found employment in the wireless industry, but all the jobs also involved some level of software development. Soon, I was working exclusively doing software development and my wireless engineering went by the wayside. I went to get my MBA from the university of Denver, after working for a failed startup. I thought I’d learn a little bit about business. After completing my MBA, I started my own company building software for small business. That lasted about ten year. After that I went to work for corporations, including TransUnion, Hewlet Packard and Healthgrades. I have a son named Lawson. I love to travel the world and see new places. Some of the places I’ve been include fishing in Alaska, skinning in France, and scuba diving in Belize.
If you had to describe yourself using four words, it would be…
- Intelligent
- Determined
- Loyal
- Goofbal
What is your favorite weekend trip?
It’s not the destination it’s the Journey. I don’t have a favorite vacation spot. I’ve travel many places and my favorite aspect in traveling is going someplace new, and the journey to get there
Sharing our core values is very important to us. What does Passion, Discipline, Innovation, Teaming and Integrity mean to you?
Passion: - Loving what you do in life Discipline: - never give up. Innovation: - the ability to dream Teaming: -depending on other people Integrity: -Bing proud of doing a job well.