• Mouthing Off:

MMS' greatest technical challege: "The data conversion from the legacy system and the adaptation to the complexities of n-tiered application support."

MMS is important to Life Time Fitness because: "Operationally, we've gained huge ground in understanding how to introduce large initiatives to our working environments effectively. MMS also has depicted the strategic value that good data can present as a competitive advantage."

Toughest moments during the development of MMS: "When the technical lead/ lead developer decided to leave us without notice, and when we discovered we would have to establish SQL replication for the sake of reporting."

I like the software development people when: "The chips are down and it's like magic around here. Everyone pulls together to solve the issue at hand without taking the time to play the ever-fun finger-pointing game."

I hate the software development people when: "Communication breaks down, which is seldom these days."

If only I had a bigger IT budget, I would: "Have a true hot site allowing us to better support disaster recovery."

I work at Life Time Fitness because: In the IT department, "we've had the unique opportunity here to build out the infrastructure relatively unfettered by upper management."