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Chris Perry
Chris has always been a tinkerer. You wouldn’t think that a teenage job in a pet store would lead to a career as a tech guru, but you would be wrong. His boss handed him an old copy of Adobe CS2, and Chris took it like a modern-day version of Jumanji—into the jungle he went. Unlike Alan Parrish, though, he still hasn’t made it back out. He was also deep into music at that time, but this was another channel for his art—one that provided better odds at being able to afford functional indoor plumbing that didn’t rely on that one duct tape episode of Mythbusters.
Every challenge is fuel for his creative fire. Born out of roguish confidence, earned expertise, and a dash of madness, when he sees something he hasn’t done, it’s go time. From there, his creative process is equal parts frustration, epiphany, and victory dance (my money is on a lively robot). As such, he’s become quite the tech wizard who wears all the IT hats.
Outside of work, you can find Chris in the garden with his family, wrenching on an old car in the garage, or hitting the 4x4 trails and camping in the Sierras. When the tools are down and the campfire is out, he’s embracing his inner planeswalker with Magic: The Gathering— because whether it's the work world, the downtime domain, or the gaming realm, he’s always looking for the next mountain to climb.
Favorite movie set in a school: I have to go with A Goofy Movie. While kind of a weird offshoot with a school backdrop when I think “school movie,” all that comes to mind is Pauly Shore’s character spraying cheddar whizzy into his hand and yelling “leaning tower of cheese-a!"
Fictional teacher I wish I had: I would pick Mr. Ray from Finding Nemo. There was a time when I wanted to be a marine biologist. In an alternate universe, getting an up-close tour and lessons about the reef in-person as a marine animal of my choosing from a giant ray - gotta be a core memory.
Favorite class of all time: It would have to be shop. When I was not accidentally catching wads of paper towels on fire with the gas welder, I spent time learning CAD software for the plasma cutter table (arguably my first experience with vector graphics).
Every challenge is fuel for his creative fire. Born out of roguish confidence, earned expertise, and a dash of madness, when he sees something he hasn’t done, it’s go time. From there, his creative process is equal parts frustration, epiphany, and victory dance (my money is on a lively robot). As such, he’s become quite the tech wizard who wears all the IT hats.
Outside of work, you can find Chris in the garden with his family, wrenching on an old car in the garage, or hitting the 4x4 trails and camping in the Sierras. When the tools are down and the campfire is out, he’s embracing his inner planeswalker with Magic: The Gathering— because whether it's the work world, the downtime domain, or the gaming realm, he’s always looking for the next mountain to climb.
Favorite movie set in a school: I have to go with A Goofy Movie. While kind of a weird offshoot with a school backdrop when I think “school movie,” all that comes to mind is Pauly Shore’s character spraying cheddar whizzy into his hand and yelling “leaning tower of cheese-a!"
Fictional teacher I wish I had: I would pick Mr. Ray from Finding Nemo. There was a time when I wanted to be a marine biologist. In an alternate universe, getting an up-close tour and lessons about the reef in-person as a marine animal of my choosing from a giant ray - gotta be a core memory.
Favorite class of all time: It would have to be shop. When I was not accidentally catching wads of paper towels on fire with the gas welder, I spent time learning CAD software for the plasma cutter table (arguably my first experience with vector graphics).
