When I'm away from all the sketch pads & sticky notes, whiteboards & markers, or wireframing on my laptop, I value spending time with my family, giving back to the community, listening to music and playing the drums.
MY FAMILY
My wife and I have been married for 22 years and we have three kids: my oldest son is a sophomore in college at Pensacola, Florida, my daughter is a sophomore in high school, and my youngest son is in 5th grade. They keep us all busy!!
Here's a few shots of us on our trip to Disney a few years ago...
My wife and I have been married for 22 years and we have three kids: my oldest son is a sophomore in college at Pensacola, Florida, my daughter is a sophomore in high school, and my youngest son is in 5th grade. They keep us all busy!!
Here's a few shots of us on our trip to Disney a few years ago...
We're all roller coaster fans! The pic on the far left is right after riding Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in the rain. In the pic on the far right, you can tell who likes roller coasters the most - I'm trying to console my youngest son while my wife is screaming for joy in the back!
GIVING BACK
I'm passionate about giving back to the community and being involved in great causes. I enjoy volunteering my time at local charitable events or organizations serving others. Here are a few of the organizations where I've volunteered:
I'm passionate about giving back to the community and being involved in great causes. I enjoy volunteering my time at local charitable events or organizations serving others. Here are a few of the organizations where I've volunteered:
Far left: I'm all adorned with the great hairnets at Gleaners Food Bank, Middle: Automation Studio team volunteering event at Second Helpings, Right: All day landscaping event getting ready for the launch of The Oaks Academy's new charter school.
JUST FOR FUNfact
I've been playing the drums since I was about 5 or 6 years old. I've played professionally in several bands through the years but my biggest, closest claim to fame was with Krimson Dawn in the mid 90's. We opened for acts such as: Candlebox, Great White and Bonnie Raitt to name a few.
I've been playing the drums since I was about 5 or 6 years old. I've played professionally in several bands through the years but my biggest, closest claim to fame was with Krimson Dawn in the mid 90's. We opened for acts such as: Candlebox, Great White and Bonnie Raitt to name a few.
While at ExactTarget and then Saleforce, I heard about our company talent show and started to get the itch to put an act together. A few of us on the User Experience Design Studio team were musicians that had all played professionally in former lives. So, we decided to form the UXDS band specifically for the upcoming ExactTarget Talent Show just for fun. It was a total blast!
A poor quality montage of basement rehearsal pics.
Top left: Jonathon Newby, Top right: Steve Goforth, Bottom left: Aaron Hogan, Bottom right: Brian Tuttle
2014 ExactTarget Talent Show - The UXDS Band
We played at the White Rabbit as the closing act for the ExactTarget Talent Show.
We played at the White Rabbit as the closing act for the ExactTarget Talent Show.
2015 Salesforce Talent Show - Goforce
The following year we played a new venue at the Rathskeller as the first act of the Salesforce Talent Show. We lost one of the original UXDS band members but instead gained a new QA Automation Manager so we decided to change the name to Goforce.
The following year we played a new venue at the Rathskeller as the first act of the Salesforce Talent Show. We lost one of the original UXDS band members but instead gained a new QA Automation Manager so we decided to change the name to Goforce.
2017 Salesforce Talent Show - Click Bait
This was a completely new lineup with only myself as the remaining original UXDS Band member plus two of our Product Managers and a Software Engineer.
This was a completely new lineup with only myself as the remaining original UXDS Band member plus two of our Product Managers and a Software Engineer.