We wanted to know what some members of our team are thankful for this year. So we asked, and this is what we learned.

1. What
Is Thankful For
This Year …

2. “I’m thankful to work with an
amazing team of people who are
very smart, who work hard and who
like to have fun. Also, for a wife and
family who love me!”
— Jim Schleck,
principal business consultant

3. “I’m thankful I have a
job. (Seriously, I am.)”
— Kevin Kosowski,
engagement manager
“For Thanksgiving, I am
most thankful for my family
and friends!”
— Joe DiFilippo,
business consultant

4. “I am very thankful for my
mother beating and
overcoming breast cancer this
year!”
— Erin Gammon,
director of recruiting

5. “I’m thankful for my
beautiful wife and lovely
kids. (My son is
celebrating his third
birthday on Thanksgiving
this year.)”
— Jeff Greening,
director of consulting services,
TOLA region

6. “I am thankful to spend the time with family and
eat great food. I am also very grateful that I get
to run a Turkey Trot in the morning so I don’t
feel guilty eating ridiculous amounts of food and
pecan pie later.”
— Jay Schaufeld, vice president of human resources

7. “I’m thankful for my Mom
and the lessons that she
instilled in me.”
— Andrew McConnell,
resource coordinator
“What am I thankful for?
That’s easy. Two words:
Tony. Romo.”
— Juan Pujol, integration
consultant

8. “I wake up with gratitude for each day that I am
alive. I am so grateful to this life that gives me so
much. Besides my loved ones, family, my job and
my colleagues, I am thankful for being able to see
the beauty in little things and all human beings,
and to be able to live in the present as much as
possible.”
— Anya Dizhoor, revenue accountant

9. “I am so very grateful for the
good health and good fortune
of my family and friends.”
— Natalie Foster, engagement
manager
“I’m thankful for Tenant Export
and Tenant Restore. And flats.”
— Elizabeth Anderson, associate
business consultant

10. “As we approach Thanksgiving 2015, I am thankful for: my
friends and family; my Meteorix family and their incredible
families, who give us the support needed to be part of such
an incredible company; Workday and our clients, for putting
their trust in Meteorix; and our new friends at IBM, who put
tremendous faith in us and with whom we will do special
things in the years ahead.”
— Sam Spector, president and CEO

11. “I’m thankful for the freedom to be
able to create things. And for the
fact that my house isn’t covered in
snow. Yet.”
— Mike Esquibel, IT manager
“I am thankful for my family, friends
and amazing co-workers.”
— Daniel Paz, business consultant

12. “Besides being grateful for my family and
friends, I am thankful for the Supreme Court
ruling that state-level bans on same-sex
marriage are unconstitutional.”
— Michele Akecheta,
manager, solution center

13. “I’m thankful for freshly
baked chocolate chip
cookies. Chocolate chip
anything, really.”
— Martin Lieberman,
content marketing and
social media manager

14. “I’m thankful for my health, family, and
the service men and women who make
great sacrifices for our country.”
— Adam Isenhart,
associate business consultant

15. “I’m thankful I have a gas station at the
end of my block. It continues to be an
enabler of my bad habit of coasting
home on fumes. Also, that my dad has
one Johnny Cash CD we can all
amicably bob our heads to while
cruising about Tampa this Thanksgiving
in his giant 2003 Cadillac DeVille —
bench seats y'all! Otherwise, it's a
veritable who's who of artists who could
be on the soundtrack of A Mighty Wind.
(If you haven't seen it, do. It is perhaps
Christopher Guest's greatest work.)”
— Jen Kuzmick, solution architect

16. “I am thankful to be working with such tremendous talent! I
cannot say enough about the passion and knowledge that each
of them brings to our organization. For each prospect that
chooses us and go-live that we have, tells me that our clients are
thankful for the work that we do and the passion we have for
helping them be successful. Personally, I am grateful that I can
practice what I love to do; helping our clients achieve their vision
with the best software company out there along with helping
our employee’s with their own personal growth and success.”
— Randy Serak, vice president of services, West region

17. “I’m thankful for all my
friends, family, and pets,
and the good health we are
all enjoying.”
— Elizabeth Frazey,
senior principal consultant
“I am thankful for Boston
not being as cold as it
could be yet.”
— Devin O’Rourke,
associate business consultant

18. “I am thankful for the ability to wander. Meteorix has
made my lifelong goal of NOT putting down roots
possible.”
— Marina Natichioni, business consultant
“I am thankful for my family and friends, fried turkey
and John Daniels.”
— Peter Crowley, business consultant

19. “I'm thankful for my
family and that in a few
weeks, we'll be
welcoming our first
child into the world.”
— Emily Carruthers,
principal consultant

20. “I am thankful for Greek yogurt.
You can have it for breakfast, make dips
with it, bake with it, and put it
on tacos in place of sour cream.
The possibilities are endless.”
— Sydney Cotter, HR coordinator

21. “I’m thankful for my best friend
Khal (my cat), Ben & Jerry’s
lactose-free Ice cream, sporks and
Quidditch.”
— Paula Villegas,
business consultant
“I’m thankful for my awesome
family and friends — and that
Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé
exist.”
— Kristen Menard,
executive assistant

22. “I am thankful for the ability to choose what I do each day, to decide to
love rather than hate, to share my thoughts and feelings, to go where I
want to go, and to have dignity and value in who I am and how I
somehow fit in this complicated world. We are so fortunate that each of
us have been given these gifts, to reap the rewards that leaders before us
were so passionate that they were willing to sacrifice to create a better
place than what they found. I hope that we continue the passion for
making whatever impact we can on creating better than what we have
found. With the gift of these freedoms, this Thanksgiving I am thankful
for deep trusted friends who I can laugh with; parents who are still with
me and always, always express their pride and love; my family, who loves
me no matter what, and my children, whose smiles make me melt and
my heart leap.”
— Cathy Milazzo, vice president, E&G

23. “I am thankful for having the
opportunity to learn, and be
engaged in the opportunities
that interest me.”
— Gabrielle Ward Beeler,
senior business consultant
“I am thankful for Ben &
Jerry’s, Twizzlers and pizza.”
— Julia Frenette,
senior business consultant

24. “I’m especially grateful for the talented
group of professionals I work with. MTX’ers
are happy to take my call and offer the
help I need, and I know they have my back.
Meteorix is a special place to work.”
— Kim Dowe, client partner

25. “I’m thankful we have Tom
Brady and his supporting cast!
They make watching football in
New England very enjoyable.”
— Mark Isenhart,
director of business development
“I am thankful for heathy
babies, happy children and
holiday cheer (and a long
weekend or two).”
— John Angele,
vice president, sales

26. “I am thankful that I never decided to grow up, so that I can go
on a cruise or to Disneyland with my daughter and have just as
much fun as she does. I am thankful to El Nino for a great start
to this winter. My skis were very lonely last year and I have
already skied more this season than I did last season. I am
thankful that I get to spend my life with the most amazing and
beautiful wife and daughter. I am thankful for all-you-can-eat
sushi. Sooo good! Finally, I am thankful and fortunate that I get
to work with such an amazing group of people.”
— Gino Essa, integration manager

27. “I’m thankful for my family,
friends and myself all being
healthy.”
— Colleen Dowd,
solution architect
“I am thankful for the
opportunity to join the
Meteorix family, and to be
part of the Workday
solution.”
— David Scott,
account executive

28. “I’m thankful for Saturdays, old friends,
laughs that make tears roll down your
cheeks and great cities like Chicago and
New York.”
— Maureen Plowman, vice president,
marketing and customer success

29. “This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful
that my Philadelphia Eagles give
me something to complain about;
all of the pies that will be baked
and need to be eaten; and the
patience of my family and friends
who will have to deal with me
indulging in both — and to great
extremes!”
— Alex Jeanjean,
senior business consultant

30. “I am thankful this year for being content. I see so many people
around me without the fortune of that contented state, those
always wanting more and those surviving with so little. I am
content this year and am truly blessed to have achieved what I
have achieved. I would like to consider myself not entitled, but
blessed. I look forward to spending the coming year enjoying
and reflecting on that success and sharing it with
others. Ultimately, I would like to do more for those around me
who are less fortunate and bring them some of the successes I
have had.”
— Benjamin Miller, business consultant

31. “I’m thankful for my
first pregnancy and
cantaloupe — plus,
good jokes and warm
jackets.”
— Lindsey Sybert,
senior accountant

32. “I am thankful for my first nephew,
Ben. Having a little one around always helps
one put life in perspective and enjoy the
present.”
— Kate Andreasen, senior marketing specialist

33. THANK
YOU!