Meet the Team

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 we back it up!! I’ve been with First Equipment Company over 31 years and we have always done it that way.

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

Education/Expertise: BA Business/Management University of Texas / Biz-Development, Client Centric

Born/Grew up/Live Now: Monroe LA / Garland TX / Wylie TX

Dog/Cat/Other: No pets at the moment

How do you unplug? Family and friends and time on the beach

Favorite App: Life360 and Google

Favorite Food: Authentic Mexican and Chocolate

Favorite Movie: Cecil B. DeMille - The Ten Commandments

One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I’ve been part of two World Olympics’, Summer 1996 Atlanta, and Winter 2002 Salt Lake City

What’s the best thing about FEC? Great reputation, great services, great engagement team for more than 4-decades, with long-tenured employees. Immensely client focused with a complete satisfaction approach.

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

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 - 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 - 1989

Education/Expertise: LeTourneau University, MBA

Born/Grew up/Live Now: Fort Lee, VA/Arlington, VA/Cherry Hill, NJ

Dog/Cat/Other: Rocket dog

How do you unplug? Anywhere In Texas

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.

Career began - 2014

Education/Expertise: Graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a Computer Engineering BS

Born/Grew up/Live Now: Austin TX/Dallas TX

Dog/Cat/Other: 2 dogs: Amber – half-sized black Lab rescue and Oban – half-sized all black Dalmatian rescue

How do you unplug? Watching movies or TV, going to parks and hiking, playing video games, cooking

Favorite App: Spotify

Favorite Food: Tex-Mex

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!

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

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.

Born/Grew up/Live now: Houston/Dallas

Dog/Cat/Other: Dog

How do you unplug? By going to the movies

Favorite App: Twitter

Favorite Food: Pizza

Favorite Movie: Blade Runner

One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I’m a great cook.

What's the best thing about FEC? The People

Education/Expertise: Associate degree in Data Application Management from American Public University. I hold CompTIA A+ certification.

Born/Grew up/Live Now: Minneapolis, Minnesota/Crystal, Minnesota/Aubrey, Texas

Dog/Cat/Other: --

How do you unplug: I enjoy spending time with family, growing my pepper garden, and all things related to cooking.

Favorite App: Google Search

Favorite Food: All food, especially crazy spicy food.

Favorite Movie: Star Wars

One thing people would be surprised to know about you? I really dislike cilantro.

What’s the best thing about FEC? The most enjoyable thing working here is the positive working environment. Every day brings a new challenge, which allows me to continuously learn and grow professionally.

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

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