Cprime Employee Spotlight – Getting to Know Tim Reiking, Automation Engineer

Our Employee highlight of the month is Tim Reiking, Automation Engineer! See what he’s up to outside of work, and what motivated him to join Cprime.

Q: What attracted you to Cprime?

Cprime found me on LinkedIn. I had been working in the Atlassian space for 10 years, at the time, and Cprime was a well respected Atlassian partner. The biggest attraction was that Cprime developed applications for Atlassian Marketplace, and that area started to pique my interests.

Q: What led to your decision to join?

The enthusiasm of the team during the interview process. During the process, I spoke with many different people that made Cprime seem even better than my already positive view from outside of the company. I thought it was interesting that I started interviewing for one position, but ended up in a different position that Cprime had a need to fill and I also had a passion for doing.

Q: Describe your job in 25 words or less.

Develop tools for our consultants and clients to solve complex problems that cannot be done any other way. I feel like ‘Q’ from James Bond.

Q: What’s your favorite part of the job?

It is always different. I have never developed the same solution twice in my two years at Cprime. Typically when a project comes to my team or me, it so unique that only way to accomplish it is through custom development. It is really gratifying when I hear people say something like, “Wow, we have been pounding our heads against the wall on this issue for so long and now your tool/script made our lives so much easier.”

Q: How would you describe your approach to leadership?

Try to work with people that either already have a passion for the work or that you can help develop/inspire their passion. Check your ego at the door. Work together to find the best idea.

Q: Three things that many people don’t know about me:

• Crazy/obsessed “Back to the Future” fan since I was 5.
• My family and I love to go Disney World, and try to go every year.
• Met my wife our freshman year in college. Been together 16 years, married for 10 years, and have a 4 year old daughter.

Q: If you were a superhero, what superpower would you want to have?

The ability to fly.

Q: If you were to write a self-help book, what would the topic be?

“Fanboys: When Does Your Obsession Go Too Far?”