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The Best & the Brightest - Tamara Pritchard

We couldn't keep this place running without them, so we thought we should share them with you. This bi-monthly feature is about the people behind the scenes that keep this ship afloat.

Name:	Tamara Pritchard
Title:	Senior Project Manager
Age:	405 full moons
Height:	37200 pixels, in high resolution
Nickname as a child:	TJ
Likes:	Ice cream, Mountain biking, and the colour orange
Dislikes:	Poor grammar, doing laundry, and eggplant

How long have you been at Vision Critical?
I was here when they opened the doors, and they still can't get rid of me. This is the fourth move I've survived, and hopefully we'll stay here long enough for me to unpack my pen collection.

What role do you play at VC?
Every time we've printed new business cards my title has changed. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad, but at least it's always evolving. I think my first card read "everything girl"; we've actually gotten real titles since then, but I do still do a little bit of everything. Currently I'm positioned as a project manager, but my day could consist of everything from writing code, to training clients on our software. I get to mix it up, which keeps me from any possibility of getting bored.

What is your educational background and how does it benefit VC clients?
I have a degree in Environmental Design/Architecture, a certificate in New Media, and several programming courses under my belt. I have such a diverse background, and I've worn so many different hats since the company started that I know at least something about almost every aspect of the company. This benefits clients by allowing me to quickly turn around solutions that fit their needs.

What major improvements in products or service delivery have you seen in your lengthy tenure at Vision Critical?
Ha! The improvements are enormous; we now HAVE products! The amount of growth and increase in focus over just the past year is amazing. We started off doing just about anything, for pretty much anybody, just to pay the bills. Learning new technologies every other week is educational, but not a good way to grow a company. We ARE still here, however, so we must have done something right. Refocusing our energies into the market research/software development fields has really given VC some centre, and helped us prove that we really do know what we're talking about.

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Posted on September 23, 2004
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