Get to know TJ!

Username: bloan03 

Company: CA Technologies

Title: Services Consultant

Location: USA - Kansas City, MO

What brought you to CA?

Before coming to CA I had worked in IT operations and DevOps. I was asked if I wanted to learn and specialize in IT security as well as have the chance to travel all around North America and I jumped at it. IT is my passion. I’ve always been hungry to learn more and more about how technology, networks, computers, servers, websites, APIs, etc all works together to transform our daily lives. As a consultant, I’ve been able to travel around the country (and world) going to different customer sites and seeing how they are leveraging our technology to produce amazing products. I’ve met so many amazing people along the way, had the ability to go to places I never imagined, as well as grow my technical skill set.

Why is the CA API Management Community valuable to you and the customers you serve?

The communities sites allows me to help others learn from my past mistakes and provide them with guidance on how to solve particular problems. This helps make our customers happy as well as allow them to continue building their products utilizing our technology. I am also able to learn about what our customers are doing with the API Gateway, things I would never imagine, and be able to take that feedback and grow my own skills as well as pass that back to product management and the developers to further push the boundaries of our technology.

Favorite dessert: Cookie Cake

Favorite 3 movies of all time: Independence Day, Pitch Perfect, Inception

Favorite hobbies/interests: Kansas City Chiefs Football, Kansas City Royals Baseball, Scuba Diving, WWII History, Ruby on Rails Development, Bowling

If you were an animal, which animal would you be and why?

Bear, because I’m slow, I’m big but I give the best hugs

Note from Kristen: TJ, thanks for assisting our customers in the CA API Management Community! You rock!