Casey: Tech Fool

Posted by Luke on October 26, 2009 · View Comments

Just when you thought we couldn’t grow any more, we’re adding our fifth full-time Fool! Casey developed and maintains BookFool.com and will be leading our tech dept. into the 21st Century. In his own words:

I’m thrilled to be the latest Fool! It’s really exciting for me to be able to join a team like this knowing that I’ll be able to have an impact from day one. I don’t think I could ever say that at any of my other jobs.

So, who am I? Well, I’d like to think of myself as an undercover nerd. At first glance, I might not look like a hardcore code jockey, but when caught off guard, one can often find me with my headphones on, listening to some of my favorite tunes, and coding up a storm in Notepad++ or Visual Studio. I consider myself multi-lingual when it comes to software development; whether it’s coding with open-source languages such as PHP or even (dare I say it?) Microsoft’s ASP.NET, I just like to use the right tool for the job.

More important than all of that is the fact that I’m a husband to my beautiful wife, Mary Beth, and a father to my two sweet boys, Caleb and Josiah. I take my roles as their husband/father very seriously, as I believe they are the most important jobs I will ever undertake.

I’m also passionate about adoption. My wife and I recently returned from Ethiopia, where we adopted our youngest son. Faith is a huge part of my life, and I believe there is no better physical metaphor for the gospel of Jesus Christ than adoption. When I look at my youngest son and think of how much I love him, I am overwhelmed to know that my Father loves me even more and has brought me into His family as His own son through the sacrifice of Jesus. You can read more about our adoption journey on our family’s blog.

Finally, following in the footsteps of a recent BookFool blog post, I’d also like to share my top 5 movies of all time:

Bottle Rocket – The Wilson brothers before they were popular.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – I told you I’m a nerd.

Braveheart – FREEDOM!

Amazing Grace – William Wilberforce was an amazing man.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? – The most quotable movie of all time. “We thought . . . you was . . . a toad.”

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