Nate Smith
Delivery Coordinator, Desert
I’m Nate Smith, the new Delivery Coordinator. I graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2017 with a degree in mathematics. There, I marched trumpet in the college band for three years and interned in an ecology lab for two years. My hobbies include hiking, gardening, and running Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. When I find time to relax, I often retreat to my desk and play videos games like The Witcher, Oblivion, and other RPGs.
If you had to describe yourself using four words, it would be…
- Determined
- Creative
- Adventurous
- Knowledgeable
What is your favorite weekend trip?
Favorite spot to go is Oak Creek Canyon, just North of Sedona. Been there several times since moving out to Arizona. It’s a great place to hike with the cool shade of the canyon, and the abundance of wildlife along the creek. The best time to go is mid April, where the apple trees at the mouth of the canyon are covered in white blossoms, and the temperature is in the mid 60’s.
Sharing our core values is very important to us. What does Passion, Discipline, Innovation, Teaming and Integrity mean to you?
Passion: Passion is a love for something that acts as a driving force for someone. Working on something that you are passionate about often results in the work feeling less strenuous and less stressful. Discipline: Discipline is the active practice of dedication and restraint. Discipline is not solely for the individual, but rather is applied at the individual level to better the group. If one person is not practicing discipline while the others in the group are, the group can be dragged down. Innovation: Innovation is looking at a known problem or thing, in a new way. Innovation itself isn't hard to practice, but rather it is hard to act upon. It requires the person to have passion, and discipline to make the innovation something the world views as innovative. Teaming: Teaming is working together as a singular unit, communicating, and going through the life cycle of a team. A team usually goes through four stages (forming, storming, norming, and performing), and at each stage, the group grows together to be greater than the sum of their parts. Integrity: Integrity is not just knowing right from wrong, but also acting upon it. Often one of the harder attributes of PDITI to practice due to the circumstances it is found in, and there not existing a systematic approach to practicing it. The situations that integrity should be practices that involve going against the grain, and as humans, we are groomed throughout life to go with that the group/society agrees upon.