Today, the last day of the severance package from First Data, I accepted an offer to work for ControlPath. My official start date is scheduled for June 16th. Somehow I managed to milk every last day out of what I’ve called a mid-life retirement. All this didn’t come without some anxiety during the past few weeks, but that’s ok.
I actually had two offers extended to me this week, one from a public accounting firm and another from ControlPath, both located here in Denver. And, although the upfront money from the public accounting firm was higher, there is more potential income with ControlPath. Without going into too much detail, I will say working at ControlPath is a high risk, high reward venture. But hey, what’s life without taking a few chances. Or, as a friend says, sometimes you just have to say wtf and go for it.
Some of you might have heard me talk about ControlPath in the past. That’s probably because I’ve been consulting with them for the past 3 or so months. Rather than write about the company and what they do, here’s a link to their web site — ControlPath.com. The company is quite small in personnel, so my responsibilities can best be described using a baseball term – utility player. My primary responsiblity will be to work with clients to understand their processes and implement the ControlPath tool to mirror that process. That’s about as simple as I can explain it.
As for the past 6+ months, I’ve enjoyed visiting various places including Marina Del Rey, CA; Washington, DC; New York, Port St. Lucie, FL. In between all these trips I spent some time at my condo in Keystone. Blog posts for these trips can easily be found by clicking on the Travel category to the right. In the end, I can’t complain. The only location I would have liked to add was a trip to Greece. But, I’d rather visit during the summer so I can go to the islands. We’ll see if that’s something I can add to the plan for next summer.
Well, I actually have a lot going on in my head and could probably write a book right now, but instead I’m going to start celebrating the end of mid-life retirement and the beginning of a new career.
