I remember vividly the three month span of May through July 2008. It was probably one of the most eventful periods of my life. First, I completed my MBA from Boston College and later that week my wife and I closed on our home in Brookline. In June I accepted a job with BigVisible Solutions, becoming their 5th employee, and by July my wife would be pregnant with our first child. Looking back at that critical three month period, it feels like more change was crammed into that window than what followed for several years. Professionally, this also began my consulting career as I became an Agile Coach and started consulting with the large organizations that, up until that point in time, I had worked within as an employee. Now, over five years later I find myself leaving BigVisible and returning to the “other side of the table” as the Director of Product Development for Taxware. Those who frequented the BigVisible blog, know I have thoroughly enjoyed writing online, and indeed the very post owes itself to a comment made half in jest in response to the farewell email exchange with some colleagues that it should be the start of a blog post. Continue reading →