Management & Staff
FEC Career began - 1988
Education/Expertise: BBA MIS Southern Methodist University, computer geek
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Dallas, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: 4 striped tail cats
How do you unplug? Run and travel
Favorite App: Evernote
Favorite Food: M&Ms
Favorite Movie: The Hunt for Red October
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I ride a unicycle
What’s the best thing about FEC? Wonderfully dedicated employees
FEC Career began - 1994
Education/Expertise: BFA, Southern Methodist University, MBA, LeTourneau University
Born/Grew up/Live Now: I spent a lot of my life moving around the world but I settled in Dallas
Dog/Cat/Other: Dog & Cat
How do you unplug? Reading books, books & more books
Favorite App: TripIt – because using it means I’m going on vacation
Favorite Food: So many – I grew up in a foodie family
Favorite Movie: The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1947) with Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I acted in a high school play
What’s the best thing about FEC? The people
FEC Career began - 2003
Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Accounting
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Iowa/El Paso, TX Anamosa, IA/Richardson, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: 3 Dogs, 3 Cats & 1 fish
How do you unplug? Read, listen to music
Favorite App: Candy Crush
Favorite Food: Chico’s Tacos
Favorite Movie: Scream
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I was on a television show
What’s the best thing about FEC? The people!
FEC Career began - 1989
Education/Expertise: BBA Marketing Texas Tech, Leading Teams, Client Satisfaction
Born/Grew up/Live Now: El Paso TX/Odesssa TX/Corinth TX
Dog/Cat/Other: Dog
How do you unplug? Spending time with family and friends
Favorite App: Google
Favorite Food: - Seafood
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I jumped out of a perfectly good airplane
What’s the best thing about FEC? Saying we take care of our clients and then back it up!! I’ve been with First Equipment Company over 27 years and we have always done it that way, DIRTFT!!
FEC Career began - 2000
Education/Expertise: Bachelor of Science – Advertising, Problem Solving, embody a sense of urgency to maintain our clients IT needs
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Fort Worth, TX/Arlington, TX/Southlake, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: Love rescuing Greyhounds
How do you unplug? Sit on patio and read
Favorite App: ESPN Fantasy
Favorite Food: Veal Saltimbocca
Favorite Movie: Caddy Shack
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? That I won the Junior American Award in Archery two years in a row while at Boy Scout summer camp
What’s the best thing about FEC? The growing trust our team is gaining as we move forward and our dedication and commitment to efficiently caring for our client needs.
FEC Career began - 1992
Education/Expertise: High School and self educated (saved a LOT of money on collegeJ) IBM Mainframe hardware consulting and sales for over 30 years
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Webster City, IA/Carrollton, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: Rottweiler, Cat and Parakeet
How do you unplug? Meditation
Favorite App: Weather
Favorite Food: Bacon
Favorite Movie: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?/The Bad Seed
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I am a student of the Culinary Arts (and still studying)
What’s the best thing about FEC? Integrity of the company and the people
FEC Career began - 1998
Education/Expertise: Justin F Kimball High School, Dallas, TX
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Dallas, TX/Too many to mention/Dallas, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: None
How do you unplug? Work word puzzles
Favorite App: Pinterest
Favorite Food: Seafood, Crawfish, Crab legs, etc
Favorite Movie: Cannery Row with Nick Nolte and Debra Winger
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I taught middle Eastern dancing for 10 years and went to Cairo with dance troupe in the 80’s
What’s the best thing about FEC? The people
FEC Career began - 1990
Education/Expertise: High School, Multi tasking
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Always a Texas girl
Dog/Cat/Other: No pets
How do you unplug? I unwind by going outside or watching TV
Favorite App: I love the Pinterest App
Favorite Food: Tacos
Favorite Movie: Urban Cowboy
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I love true crime stories
What’s the best thing about FEC? We’re like a family. Most of the people in this company have been here for quite some time so we have all grown to know each other pretty well. I like to think that as a whole group, we can accomplish anything we set our minds to.
FEC Career began - 2017
Education/Expertise: B.A. in Communication Studies from Florida Atlantic University
Born/Grew up/Live now: Born and raised in Dallas
Dog/Cat/Other: I have a cat named Ellie and a hedgehog named Russell
How do you unplug: Going out with friends, reading, playing the ukulele, a glass of cabernet and netflix
Favorite App: Snapchat
Favorite Food: Chicken Tikki Masala from this place in Austin called G'raj Mahal
Favorite Movie: I can only pick one?!
What is on your bucket list? Travel to Australia to swim with the great whites
What's the best thing about FEC? The people!
FEC Career began - 1989
Education/Expertise: LeTourneau University, MBA
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Fort Lee, VA/Arlington, VA/Carrollton, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: Gabby dog
How do you unplug? On the boat at the lake
Favorite App: Google Maps
Favorite Food: Seafood
Favorite Movie: Just one???
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I was involved in the filming of the movie, “The Bear”, the life story of Alabama Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant.
What’s the best thing about FEC? We are a talented group of people who have reinvented themselves more than once in their careers here at First Equipment Company. Working in this “can do” environment, allows us to deliver exceptional customer service to “customers” inside and outside the company.
Solutions Desk
Career began - 2015
Education/Expertise: BBS Electronics Engineering - partial, MCP Cert, Cisco CCNA Cert, Windows System Administration Desktop/Server, Automotive knowledge
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Garland TX/Texas & Arkansas/Ennis TX
Dog/Cat/Other: 5 dogs, 4 cats, 11 horses, 2 donkeys
How do you unplug? Organizing and listening to my 140,000+ music collection and playing with my four children.
Favorite App: iTunes
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Movie: Pulp Fiction
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? My great, great grandfather was a soldier in the Battle of San Jacinto
What’s the best thing about FEC? The people are great to work with
Career began - 2014
Education/Expertise: Graduated from the Liberal Arts & Science Academy w/ magnet endorsement. Currently attending the University of Texas at Dallas in pursuit of a Computer Engineering BS
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Austin TX/Richardson TX
Dog/Cat/Other: 1 dog (Amber) - half-sized black lab rescue
How do you unplug? Watching movies or TV, going to parks and hiking, playing video games, cooking
Favorite App: 2048
Favorite Food: Alambre (Mexican dish of grilled beef w/chopped bacon, peppers, onions, cheese salsa and avocado)
Favorite Movie: Princess Mononoke
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I am an Eagle Scout
What’s the best thing about FEC? The friendly work culture. The same way the company is always on the lookout for ways to help our clients; the employees are all very kind and helpful and make it a very enjoyable place to work!
FEC Career began - 2017
Education/Expertise: A.A.S Tyler Junior College in Network Administration, 8 year's experience in Network Administration, Engineering, and Development
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Tyler, TX/Tyler, TX/Mesquite, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: 1 Yorkie named Zsa-Zsa
How do you unplug? Playing and Coaching Basketball
Favorite App: Ebay App
Favorite Food: Taco Bake
Favorite Movie: Don't have one. Anything with a great story and a lot of action
What is on your bucket list? Skydiving
What’s the best thing about FEC? The friendly, family/team office environment.
FEC Career began - 2018
Education/Expertise: Some college. A+, CMNA, and HIPAA.
Born/Grew up/Live now: Born, raised, and gonna die in Texas.
Dog/Cat/Other: nope.
How do you unplug? Video games, Netflix, playing with my son.
Favorite App: Reddit
Favorite Food: A medium-rare steak with mashed potatoes and fried okra followed by peach cobbler.
Favorite Movie: Deadpool or The Notebook.
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I was Time Magazine's person of the year 2006
What's the best thing about FEC? Everyone here is fun and easy to work with. I never wake up fretting that I have to go to work that day.
FEC Career began - 2019
Education/Expertise: San Jose State University, Bachelors Math/Computer Science.
Born/Grew up/Live now: Born in California and grew up in San Jose. Now a Texan, residing in McKinney.
Dog/Cat/Other: Snowshoe cat - Leticia.
How do you unplug? Family/Friends, Game Night and Movies.
Favorite App: anything collaborative
Favorite Food: Peanut Butter Cookies.
Favorite Movie: Groundhog Day.
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I took a work experience class at NASA my senior year of high school.
What's the best thing about FEC? Helping People.
Career began - 2014
Education/Expertise: - Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, AA Computer Networking, MCP, Windows Systems, VMWare, Storage, Networking, Backup Solutions
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Iowa/Wisconsin/McKinney, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: Cat
How do you unplug? Watching Netflix for 12 hours straight
Favorite App: Drudge Report
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Movie: Alien (1979)
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I taught my cat how to fetch like a dog
What’s the best thing about FEC? It is challenging and fun at the same time
FEC Career began – 1991
Education: AA Degree Electronics, MS Certified, HP Certified, A+ Certified, Mainframe, PC, Network repair, problem solving
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Irving TX /Kaufman TX/Little Elm, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: Cats
How do you unplug? MMO’s
Favorite App: None
Favorite Food: Chicken Spaghetti
Favorite Movie: Too many to list – at the top Star Wars & Lord of the Rings
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I own 3 mustangs
What’s the best thing about FEC? The people
Tech Services
Career began - 1992
EducationExpertise: Associate of Applied Science in Electronic Engineering, A+ Certified, VoIP Phone Technology, Networking, Hardware/Software Configuration, Printer Repair, Customer Service
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Dallas TX/Mesquite TX
Dog/Cat/Other: No animals currently but LOVE dogs
How do you unplug? Listen to and sing country music & go dancing
Favorite App: Google Voice
Favorite Food: Chicken Fried Steak
Favorite Movie: Training Day
One thing people would be surprised to know about you?
I don’t like video games
What’s the best thing about FEC? Being able to work with many great people who are also in it for the long haul
Career began - 1996
Education/Expertise: Associate of Applied Science, Electronic Technician, CompTIA, Certified Professional HP Warranty Tech
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Seoul, Korea/Hawaii, Texas, New Jersey, Germany, California, Korea, Washington/Garland
Dog/Cat/Other: 10 year old miniature dachshund named Sam
How do you unplug? Listening to music or go for a drive
Favorite App: Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat
Favorite Food: Korean
Favorite Movie: If I have to pick one, Star Wars episode 4-6, ok that’s not really one but whatever
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? That I ride a skateboard
What’s the best thing about FEC? The work environment here is awesome. You can tell that by how long people have worked here
Career began - 1996
Education/Expertise: GED
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Richardson, TX/Carrollton, TX/
Dog/Cat/Other: 2 dogs, Lexi and Oreo
How do you unplug? Music
Favorite App: YouTube
Favorite Food: Korean
Favorite Movie: Tombstone
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I took a class to get certified as an unarmed security guard and received my certification
What’s the best thing about FEC? Having the boss that I have
Career began - 2012
Education/Expertise: High School
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Marlin, TX/Dallas, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: None
How do you unplug? Listen to church worship videos. Watch a good drama movie.
Favorite App: I Heart for AIR1
Favorite Food: Tex-Mex – Sour cream chicken enchiladas
Favorite Movie: Braveheart, Tombstone
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? Operate a TV camera at church (6+ years)
What’s the best thing about FEC? Used to keep me physically active a lot, has slowed down. Small company and friendly people. Doing a good service for community.
Career began - 1996
Education/Expertise: Some college
Born/Grew up/Live Now: Plano, TX/Plano, TX/Plano, TX
Dog/Cat/Other: (3) Mastiffs - Beast, Salem and Hades (4) cats - Tigga, Scar, Gabriel, and Mau-Mau
How do you unplug? Beer
Favorite App: Cookie Jam
Favorite Food: Steak (rare)
Favorite Movie: Star Wars but I watch Goodfellas every time it’s on
One thing people would be surprised to know about you? My wife and I collect haunted things, like dolls and Ouija boards, and like to stay at haunted hotels. Also, I have to turn the channel when an ASPCA commercial comes on.
What’s the best thing about FEC? Family Atmosphere
