Vickers for Loc Sec

by Laurie Vickers

I’m basically from all over. While my dad wasn’t in the military, he worked for Monsanto, and boy, did they love to transfer him! I was born in Oregon, grew up in Massachusetts, went to high school in Missouri, received my BS in Business Administration from Purdue and my MBA in International Business from Thunderbird (aka AGSIM) here in Glendale. I’ve spent my entire working career so far in the Phoenix Metro area with various technology companies.  For the past two years, I’ve been working as a service group manager and senior analyst for a local technology market research firm called In-Stat/MDR. My primary research focus is on LAN Networking equipment and trends. In my spare time, I enjoy all kinds of things like movies, the theater, playing cards, hiking, horseback riding, downhill skiing, etc. I joined GPM at the end of 1999, and have been the Circulation Manager for the MAAM since early 2000. At the beginning of this year, I stepped forward to fill the empty Assistant Local Secretary position. These are the basics about me. Anything else you want to know — just ask!