I’m interested in a lot, and don’t have enough time for all of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like technology, especially building software. Software development has been the ultimate of creative outlets for me since I came across Q-Basic on our family’s Commodore-64 when I was 6. I remember hand-writing a program on a yellow legal pad for my mom for Valentine’s Day, using peeks and pokes to draw a heart on the screen. It didn’t work, but she appreciated the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like playing the piano, and learning new music, especially classical and musicals<\/a>. I almost took a very different career path leading towards Broadway, but swerved into tech and finance at the last moment. Eventually I did make it to the stage when my older daughter Riley got cast and performed in Waitress alongside Sara Bareilles! I pick up a guitar sometimes too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have an off-and-on relationship with writing (children’s poetry<\/a>, fiction, and non-fiction). Though I’m a pretty avid reader, every now and then I think that I too could write the next great novel. I have what I think are some fun ideas, but don’t yet have the muscle for hunkering down and actually writing a whole thing out. Maybe some day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I like learning new languages (not just the programming types), and A-B testing recipes (I’m working on my ice creams), and I’m a big fan of finding better and better ways of keeping myself organized. Lately, I love bouldering, and am working on my V5s and V6s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professionally, I spent a long while working as a technologist in financial services, with a specific focus on building and supporting trading systems<\/a>. After a stint as CTO at Scouted<\/a> (acquired), I moved on to Acuren<\/a>, where as CIO I now oversee technology for the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I live with my two daughters Riley and Reese, and dog Jones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m interested in a lot, and don’t have enough time for all of it. I like technology, especially building software. Software development has been the ultimate of creative outlets for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1SwZ6-d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigperler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigperler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigperler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigperler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigperler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigperler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1923,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigperler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/1923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigperler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}