About Daily Concerns
What does this title 'Daily Concerns' mean?
After joining Fellowship
Technologies in May of 2004 the verse, 2 Corinthians 11:28, became one of my
favorites. In 2 Corinthians 11:23 - 27 the apostle Paul reminds us of the many
sufferings he's endured as a servant of Christ. He was imprisoned, flogged,
faced death, beaten, stoned, shipwrecked, lost at sea, on the run, faced danger
from rivers, bandits, his own countrymen, and false brothers. He labored and
toiled, went without sleep, food and water. Yet.... (the next verse is
the most powerful). Yet, despite all of this strife and turmoil he said
the following in verse 28 -- "Besides everything else, I face daily the
pressure of my concern for all the churches" (NIV)
That's powerful.
Despite all that Paul endured, his primary concern was for the local
church. The majority of us
will never even come close to facing the sort of pain, suffering, or
persecution that Paul faithfully endured. I know I haven't. And I
am not attempting to compare the daily labor or pressures that I face to Paul's
trails. My sufferings aren't even in the same realm. However, I am
deeply inspired by verse 28. Despite the long work hours, the pressures
of building a company from scratch, or raising two kids and making sure I place
my wife and family above all others, I too feel a "daily pressure of concern"
for our partner churches and the local church in general. I stay up late and
rise early, focusing all the time on how to improve myself, our staff, our
company, our product and our services so that we can increase the effectiveness
of the local church.
This blog will be
about many things. It will primarily be technology
related but will also touch on people and processes found within our company
and in the local church. I hope that you will find it insightful.
About Me?
My name is Curtis
Simmons, I am the Senior Vice President of Product and Services for Fellowship
Technologies. I have two kids (son 15
and daughter 10), two dogs (a male and female Weimaraner) and one wife (married
16 years). I love (in the following order) my Lord, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my church, my work, my alma mater, and Pei Wei.
I have an
extensive IT consulting background with stops at Accenture, Tactica
Technology Group, and Hitachi Consulting.
I’ve consulted in the Telecom, Transportation, Energy, Financial Lending,
and Broadcast Media industries. My
expertise is in the architectural design and development of enterprise level,
Software as a Service (Saas), systems using Java, .Net, Oracle, SQL Server, and
a variety of 3rd party tools and technologies. Prior to joining Fellowship Technologies I
led teams building SaaS systems for Retx, i2 Technologies, Ryder, and Appro
Systems.