>> So I am a Penn State grad, 2009.
I graduated with a major in business economics.
And I actually started out down the MIS path, believe it or not.
I wanted to get into the tech world.
And then encountered an econ professor that just made the subject fun.
It made sense to me.
I know it doesn't make sense to a lot of people, but it just peaked my curiosity
and took another class, and another class.
And then before you knew it, I switched my major.
So it was just something I found that I liked.
It's kind of a mix between, you know, finance and statistics
and all sorts of things all jumbled up.
And it was definitely very intriguing to me.
I was the type of person I want to know why something happens.
And econ was a good spot for that.
I got out of school in 2009.
The economy wasn't the best, so you know,
the types of positions I was targeting were pretty tough to get.
So I extended my search out to Phoenix, Arizona where I had some family.
And I -- actually my future boss, his name was Eric, he was at Robert Half,
basically told me hey, if you can be down here on Friday, you have a job.
So I packed my car.
Drove to Phoenix, and that's how I got into the business.
Obviously knowing the whole time that my goal was to get back to Pittsburgh.