PivotLink

by Thomas Ortega II | Aug 5, 2013 | Client Work

Pivotlink was my return to the Pacific Northwest, 10 years after OnHealth. As fate would have it, my best friend from high school in Southern California had moved to Bellevue, WA. Conveniently enough, he lived a few miles away from Pivotlink, so that made taking the 6...

Workday

by Thomas Ortega II | Aug 5, 2013 | Client Work

Note: This was a full time gig, not a consulting gig. However, I took the job with future consulting in mind as you’ll see. When I interviewed at workday, I was actually planning to reboot my consulting career. I was planning to work with a consulting shop for a...

ebay

by Thomas Ortega II | Aug 5, 2013 | Client Work

Note: ebay was a full time position, not a consulting gig but has played a role in Omega Ortega regardless as you’ll see. As a computer nerd, I longed dreamed of heading to the mecca of Silicon Valley. I had lived and worked in Seattle, so I’d lived in a...

OnHealth.com

by Thomas Ortega II | Aug 3, 2013 | Client Work

Ah yes, OnHealth. This was my foray into the .com lifestyle. My primary role here was not in software development, but rather on the hardware side of the house. I remember being interviewed by the head tech manager, “So let me get this straight, you’ve...

Bank of America

by Thomas Ortega II | Aug 3, 2013 | Client Work

Bank of America will always hold a place in my heart because my work saved an entire division from being shut down. More on that in a bit, but I had to say that upfront because I know y’all are thinking, “A bank project…boring!” 🙂 Originally, I...

American Express

by Thomas Ortega II | Aug 2, 2013 | Client Work

Early in my consulting career, I worked on a project with American Express. The gist of the project was they went to The Walt Disney Company and said, “Look. We’ll pay your bills in a timely manner, and you just pay us.” Disney asked, “How do...