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Author: John King, Business Development Manager
A beautiful, sunny Saturday. A nice breeze, raising money for charity and golfing with your boss. What could be better?
Heath and I recently played in a Tog Gun KC charity golf tournament benefiting the Halo Foundation.
Author: Michael Robins, Service Delivery Engineer
When I was approached to do this story, I had several recent wins on my mind. Some were personal, and others for Team Watchmen. Ultimately, I decided to focus on an Umbrella win. A win for us that turned into a win for our clients.
Author: Roxanne Rabich, Service Coordinator
We've not gotten together as a team other than regular business meetings since Christmas. TJ, our Director of Operations, suggested a group outing before summer vacations kick in. After brainstorming ideas, we decided on a Kansas City T-Bones Baseball Game!
If you're not familiar with the T-Bones, they are part of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
The following is an interview of Heath Stover, one of two founders of Umbrella Managed Systems. It's the Umbrella Origin Story.
1. How did you and Trent Meet?
We met through my wife Mikala’s at the time boyfriend at a party in college originally.
Author: Roxanne Rabich
Kyle joined Umbrella on March 13, 2017. Kyle is a local boy through and through. He grew up in Kirksville, MO. He studied Business Management at Northwest Missouri State and spent 7 years in the Air Force. While supporting Umbrella’s mission full time and taking care of Team Gotham clients, he has extended his military service in the Air Guard, working part time at the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron at Rosecrans Memorial Airport in St. Joseph, taking care of the mission there as well.
Author: John King
The only thing I know for sure in life is death, taxes and that the New York Yankees are evil. I grew up in a "crazy for baseball" home. My mom and dad raised my three brothers and myself to love the game. We love the game so much we watch the movie Major League every year, and my mom cries at the end.
On Sept 6th, 2011, I started working at Umbrella. At the time, there were 8 other people supporting 30 clients. The office was in a really old building at 505 Walnut Street. I was there a few months previously to visit with Heath and remember thinking, what a cool place to work.
Five Star Tax and Business Solutions has been an Umbrella client for many years. They offer a full spectrum of tax, business consulting, payroll, financial planning, and accounting services for a wide range of individuals, small businesses, corporations, and other organizations.
This year is the Centennial for our building in the River Market. We've been here for 1/12th of its history, and we hope to have quite a few more. Our office is in the heart of the heart of Kansas City. We're right next door to the wonderful City Market entrance at 5th and Walnut.
Gardidien was having a bad day.
Just over a week ago, the system administrator who goes by the handle Gardidien on Reddit got a phone call. One of the critical company systems was down. He quickly determined that it wasn't just one system--it was nearly half of the systems in the company, at three different locations.
