NEWS Welcome Dave Alba to the JibberJobber team!

NEWS Welcome Dave Alba to the JibberJobber team! Five years and five months ago I got laid off.  I wasnt too worried about my pending job search because I had done all the right things.  I knew I was hot stuff (with my MBA, Spanish almost-fluency, IT systems background, etc.), and knew companies would be falling all over themselves to hire ME. In a call to my dad (Dave Alba) he said Ill expect you to be out of work for at least six months, as he was thinking about how to help me through this ordeal. SIX MONTHS?  NO WAY, NOT ME, I thought. He was right I wasnt hot stuff, and no one was anxious to bring me on board, much less return phone calls or emails. My dad was my first investor in JibberJobber.  I remember a conversation where he said okay, I dont understand what JibberJobber is, or how it works.  Just tell me, how much money do you want, and where do you want it sent?  (NOTE: Hes not wealthy, and how much didnt mean how many millions.  I realize how blessed I was to have a dad who could say that Im not bragging but I want to show his faith in me, and my vision, from the beginning.) Fast forward five years later today my dad joins the JibberJobber team! Hell focus on a few things: Sales of a new product we launched last summer, Account management with this product Some other stuff (how come I dont tell all here?  Because my competition reads my blog and shortly after I announce stuff I see them emulating what Im doing so I have to keep some things under wraps) Heres a little about my dad: Dave Alba had an amazing, successful career with the FBI.  After rising to senior executive management at the FBI, he retired and worked for a security guard company for the last ten years.  He has very strong work ethic that was instilled in him as a young boy growing up on a farm in Pecos, Texas (thank you abuela and abuelo for NOT naming him Bill!  Otherwise, my dad would have been Pecos Bill :s). If you would have asked me ten, even five, years ago if my dad could work with me, the answer would have been NO WAY.  He was, as far as I understood, a government worker.  There is a different mindset in private industry, especially in a small startup. But the last 10 years have proved to be a rich opportunity for him to learn all-things PL.  He was responsible for a  sizable  region spanning Houston to Corpus Christi, and became intimately familiar with sales, account management, operations, managing budgets, etc. Hes been trained to work for me. Im more excited, though, about his work ethic and all the things the stereotypical baby boomer would bring to the table.  Ive watched him deal with his prior employers with a high level of integrity.  He is the quintessential company-man he gives an honest effort to do his job right, and strives to take care of his company and those he works with. He told me he was getting ready for his successor in his next company.  He said something like Ive been in situations where I was the new guy and given a big mess to sort out Im working in getting everything ready for the new guy so he doesnt have a big mess to deal with.  I loved that he didnt have to, but he worked very, very hard for someone else. Thats my dad. Aside from all that stuff above, Im most excited because this is, for me, a fairy tale.  The chance to work with my own dad? I never could have that before (you cant take your son to work like his dad took him to work on the farm :p). Now, though, our professional worlds meet in a cool, fun place. Hes joining me on my journey to change the world, one mind, and one career, at a time. Please welcome with me, Dave Alba, newest member of the JibberJobber team! NEWS Welcome Dave Alba to the JibberJobber team! Five years and five months ago I got laid off.  I wasnt too worried about my pending job search because I had done all the right things.  I knew I was hot stuff (with my MBA, Spanish almost-fluency, IT systems background, etc.), and knew companies would be falling all over themselves to hire ME. In a call to my dad (Dave Alba) he said Ill expect you to be out of work for at least six months, as he was thinking about how to help me through this ordeal. SIX MONTHS?  NO WAY, NOT ME, I thought. He was right I wasnt hot stuff, and no one was anxious to bring me on board, much less return phone calls or emails. My dad was my first investor in JibberJobber.  I remember a conversation where he said okay, I dont understand what JibberJobber is, or how it works.  Just tell me, how much money do you want, and where do you want it sent?  (NOTE: Hes not wealthy, and how much didnt mean how many millions.  I realize how blessed I was to have a dad who could say that Im not bragging but I want to show his faith in me, and my vision, from the beginning.) Fast forward five years later today my dad joins the JibberJobber team! Hell focus on a few things: Sales of a new product we launched last summer, Account management with this product Some other stuff (how come I dont tell all here?  Because my competition reads my blog and shortly after I announce stuff I see them emulating what Im doing so I have to keep some things under wraps) Heres a little about my dad: Dave Alba had an amazing, successful career with the FBI.  After rising to senior executive management at the FBI, he retired and worked for a security guard company for the last ten years.  He has very strong work ethic that was instilled in him as a young boy growing up on a farm in Pecos, Texas (thank you abuela and abuelo for NOT naming him Bill!  Otherwise, my dad would have been Pecos Bill :s). If you would have asked me ten, even five, years ago if my dad could work with me, the answer would have been NO WAY.  He was, as far as I understood, a government worker.  There is a different mindset in private industry, especially in a small startup. But the last 10 years have proved to be a rich opportunity for him to learn all-things PL.  He was responsible for a  sizable  region spanning Houston to Corpus Christi, and became intimately familiar with sales, account management, operations, managing budgets, etc. Hes been trained to work for me. Im more excited, though, about his work ethic and all the things the stereotypical baby boomer would bring to the table.  Ive watched him deal with his prior employers with a high level of integrity.  He is the quintessential company-man he gives an honest effort to do his job right, and strives to take care of his company and those he works with. He told me he was getting ready for his successor in his next company.  He said something like Ive been in situations where I was the new guy and given a big mess to sort out Im working in getting everything ready for the new guy so he doesnt have a big mess to deal with.  I loved that he didnt have to, but he worked very, very hard for someone else. Thats my dad. Aside from all that stuff above, Im most excited because this is, for me, a fairy tale.  The chance to work with my own dad? I never could have that before (you cant take your son to work like his dad took him to work on the farm :p). Now, though, our professional worlds meet in a cool, fun place. Hes joining me on my journey to change the world, one mind, and one career, at a time. Please welcome with me, Dave Alba, newest member of the JibberJobber team!