As we celebrate Veteran’s Day, Edafio wants to take a pause and recognize a few of our own associates who have worn the uniform in our country’s armed services for their service and sacrifice to our country. You embody our core values: commitment to client success, unquestionable integrity, and one team with humility and respect. These qualities never go out of style. You all have our utmost respect and deepest gratitude.
To our staff, whose spouses, partners, and children are veterans or serving our country: thank you for supporting them in their decision to serve. And to our Board of Directors, our clients, and our partners who’ve served: we appreciate you for your service and thank you for bestowing your wisdom and guidance with the Edafio team.
Please join me in congratulating and thanking our veterans for their service:
Jim Vick, Kenny Spencer, Paul Peterson, Will Smothers, Chuck Sanford, Jacob Harrison and Landon Mercer
Jim Vick, Systems Engineer, served four years in the Air Force, where he worked on phone systems as a telecommunication control specialist.
Kenny Spencer, Systems Engineer, served four years in the Navy as an interior communications technician
Paul Peterson, Systems Team Lead, served seven years in the Army. Paul spent three years at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and one year in Desert Storm as a Signal Intelligence Operator with the Joint Special Operations Command “JSOC”. He spent three years at Ft. Richardson, Alaska, where he worked with a team that implemented the first classified email system in the Army.
Will Smothers, Edafio’s Cloud Team Lead, shared his technical expertise while he served in the Army.
Chuck Sanford, Systems Engineer, served in the Army.
Jacob Harrison, Network Operations Center Engineer, served six years in the Navy as an Information Technology engineer.
Landon Mercer, Cybersecurity Consultant, served in the Air Force for six years in Oklahoma where he worked on the AWACS airframe as a communications and navigations specialist. He was deployed several times in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Leadership takes many forms, and volunteering to serve our country is one of the noblest and admired. Although we recognize you with a worthy and honorable holiday, know that you are remembered every day of the year.
