Accertify/AMEX attending the 2013 JP Morgan Chase – Corporate Challenge

My man, Ian, bringing it home!

My man, Ian, bringing it home!

What do you get when you get thousands and thousands and thousands of people coming out on a very unbecoming <50F May day?

A 3.5 mile run to warm up, with a great time afterwards!
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I was fortunate enough to be asked to head down and take pictures, showing how Accertify/AMEX represents amongst their peers.

Great representation from Chicago’s large corporate presence. United, and Motorola are just two that come to mind.

Overall, great time though! It was a great networking opportunity for those of us on the Accertify Island to take a peek outside, and meet our peers!

http://gallery.projectwrx.com/6077211 <-- As always, the full photo gallery is located online.

Everyone from the local AMEX offices, as well as the dozens of people from Accertify who attended the event!

Everyone from the local AMEX offices, as well as the dozens of people from Accertify who attended the event!

A magic trip to NYC – Someone’s dream comes true…

Lady Liberty - 2013

Lady Liberty – 2013

Anyone remember the movie that came out a year or so ago, New Years Eve? One of the parts of that movie had a lady (Michelle Pfeiffer I think..) who had a list of wishes she wanted to accomplish.

This was one of those moments.

Times Square, in the heart of Midtown

Times Square, in the heart of Midtown

Times Square - 2013

Times Square – 2013

Tina had a dream to see New York, and had a list of wishes she wanted to accomplish. From going to NBC, to the Trade Center, to seeing Lady Liberty, shopping sprees and everything in between.

She got her wish on her 37th Birthday, and I was lucky enough to come with her!

Happy Birthday Tina!

http://gallery.projectwrx.com/6057647 <--Full, MONSTER, gallery can be found here.

An angel on a stormy day!

An Angel on a stormy day!

Work day to Chicago Indoor Racing

Editing a small video for our day at CIR.

Editing a small video for our day at CIR.

We have an awesome concept on building family and team building! We got to spend the day at Chicago Indoor Racing doing all the events.

One of our Operations Managers had some GoPros on the Karts.

http://gallery.projectwrx.com/6042882 <– Here’s a small video of the footage.

2nd Annual “Take your Crumb Crusher to Work” day!

Sebastian:  My Junior Fraud Fighter!

Sebastian: My Junior Fraud Fighter!

Always a great time!!

I’m on the event committee for work, so we learned a lot about the format for this years event. Last year was probably a bit too long for the 7-14 year range we opened this up for. Consequently, things went much smoother this year! :)

We are a fraud company. We work with private organizations, corporations, and law enforcement to stop fraudsters, fraud rings, and save the economy and companies billions of dollars a week!

What we do, summed up so well!

What we do, summed up so well!

It’s a no brainer, when our kids are so connected at such a young age, that we’d focus on their safety. We especially focused on instilling into them “best practices” on how to use the internet, and what companies like ours do to protect them, etc.

Breakfast and Lunch were served, we had another appearance by the Accertify Fraud Fighter, our kids got to spend time with us shadowing our day to day, and we had several craft and educational workshops allowing their imaginations to reflect and answer on what we do.

Great times, and fond memories!

http://gallery.projectwrx.com/6038023 <-- Pics can be found here!

A quiz on Internet Safety and Fraud.

A quiz on Internet Safety and Fraud.

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Life after Funk and the Gymboree girls!

The "Professor", Timmy Potvin jamming out!

The “Professor”, Timmy Potvin jamming out!

Cindy, Tina, and Lisa

Cindy, Tina, and Lisa

Had a great weekend hanging out with some great friends and Tina’s troop during their quarterly meeting.

Tim Potvin is a great drummer and we’ve gone out to hear him play quite a few times! He’s also a co-worker of mine and a great friend!

Always love hanging out with him and his family!

http://gallery.projectwrx.com/6033621 <-- Link to the full gallery!

Paul jamming away!

Paul jamming away!

Happy Easter!

We hope everyone had a safe and happy Easter!

Hope everyone had a great Easter!  -From the Brady Bunch

Hope everyone had a great Easter! -From the Brady Bunch

A night of fun, wine, friends, and cooking!

"We were just following the recipe... honest!"

“We were just following the recipe… honest!”

Gotta love Lake Geneva for a quick night getaway.

Tina and I love the cooking school up there and love making a day trip of it when our schedules align!

It was Tuscan night, so the Italian wines and food was a sight to see. We were on deserts. A scratch made Kahlua brownie a la mode that you just had to try to believe.

http://gallery.projectwrx.com/5996697 <-- You can find the gallery link here.

Flambe action!

Flambe action!

Julie and Tina

Julie and Tina

Valentine’s!!! Good times for all!

Hope everyone had a great Valentine’s day!

Tina and I had a great night on the town! Was really cute, because her kids school had a Valentine’s day dance, so we all got decked out and really had a lot of fun. Poor little Emma was not digging it at first, but we finally got her to start having fun and smiling!

http://gallery.projectwrx.com/5952874 <– Pics can be found here!

The BBS is up!

Check out the new page for Shadow Project BBS.

Sort of a trip down memory lane for me!

Gotta love a new generation playing my video games!

The kids are loving the 4 player arcade setup!

Rampage anyone?

Teenage mutant ninja turtles!

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