Boise, ID — Despite warnings to the contrary, today I am quitting my day job! I have been working at ProClarity as a Human Factors Engineer for the last 3½ years and worked in the same capacity at other companies for over 13 years. After this long in the high-tech world, I was getting burned out. Heather and I have been toying with this idea for a while and now that she’s doing so well with her new job at New York Life, it’s time to make it a reality. Heather understands my passion for cycling and after having supported her for 10 years as she traveled the world as a professional cyclist, she lovingly agreed to give me a chance.

For the next twelve months I’ll be focusing my energy on bike racing. ProClarity has been supportive of my racing during my employment and now they are letting me take a 1-year leave of absence with good intentions to hire me back after a year. Even though this is most likely temporary, it was hard not to have sad feelings on my last day. I will miss working with a bunch of great people with as much enthusiasm for what they do as I had. This photo shows the R&D group holding signs of encouragement to keep me motivated during my training. They framed this photo and gave it me so I have a reminder to not forget them and implied that if I don’t return, they will find me!