Meet Dave Geffken. Dave has been working with Cloudspace for almost 6 years and is our resident non-profit website and application specialist. He is also currently getting trained for our agile development team which he will be joining in the coming month.  As you will read below, Dave is big into watching football, snowboarding and pinball.  And now here’s more about Dave:

Where were you born? Where did you grow up & what was it like there?
“I was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  I grew up in a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale called Lauderhill.  I went to a small Catholic school in Lauderdale Lakes called St. Helen’s.  Typical Florida suburb upbringing; played with friends in the neighborhood after school, went to summer camp at the local park, played sports at school and with the city.  I went to the beach a lot and learned how to surf, skim board, wake board and water ski.”

Meet Jacob Hemphill.  Jacob is the youngest engineer at Cloudspace and works with our Professional Services team.  He is also currently a student at the University of Central Florida.  He is a quick learner, a very dedicated employee and a great addition to the team!  He has a very bright future with Cloudspace. Now on to the interview…

Where were you born? Where did you grow up & what was it like there?
“I was born in the United States, but I grew up in several parts of the world, namely the USA, Russia and the Philippines.”

Meet Michael Orr.  Michael is the CEO and overseer of everything here at Cloudspace.  He is one of our top engineers and has recently joined efforts with our Agile Development team.  Outside of work, he is big into comic books (Comic Book Wednesdays!), animals, Nine Inch Nails and traveling. Michael brings his excitement of the internet to the team and is a great person to work with as you will read below…

Where were you born? Where did you grow up & what was it like there?
“I was born in Owensboro, Kentucky and I moved around a lot. After Kentucky I lived in Knoxville, TN; Jacksonville, FL;  Lawrenceville, GA; Lake City, FL; Waycross, GA; Atlanta, GA; Palm City, FL; Orlando, FL.  I’ve lived in Orlando now longer than any of the other places, I came to Orlando in August 2000.”

Meet Austin Flores.  Austin is one of the newest engineers at Cloudspace and is currently working with our Professional Services team.  He came to us from the UCF Techrangers in December last year; yet another programmer we have snatched from them.  Not only is Austin a skilled engineer but he is also a talented swing dancer and beer connoisseur.  He makes his own beer (all different kinds that are yummy) and teaches dance on Friday nights at UCF.  So check him out if you want to learn some moves and drink some homemade brew.  Now on with the interview…

Meet Scott Sampson. Scott has been an engineer at Cloudspace since the beginning. He is the youngest of my three older brothers who started Cloudspace over 12 years ago. With his many years of coding experience and logical problem solving skills, he has shown that any idea can come to fruition on the web. He has recently taken over management of our Professional Services division. He is also our resident fishing expert, as you will read from the interview below. Enjoy…

Where were you born? Where did you grow up & what was it like there?
“I was born in Washington D.C. and grew up on Merritt Island, FL.  There was lots of water and I was able to go fishing a bunch.”