Mark Logic was thrilled today to welcome Congresswoman Jackie Speier of the 12th Congressional District. Congresswoman Speier (pronounced spear) makes an effort to see a couple of companies per month in her district and we were thrilled to be one of them.
First, we had a meeting with our executives to provide an overview of what the company does, described in more detail some of the projects we work on within government, and talked about our customers in financial services and their applications in derivatives trading and risk management.
We then gave Congresswoman Speier a tour of our offices. After that, she gave a brief presentation to the company and did some excellent “town hall” style Q&A. Among other topics, she discussed public education in California and I must say that even I was surprised to see about half the hands in crowd go up in response to her question: “who attended the University of California?”
While a relatively new member of the House of Representatives, Congresswoman Speier has a long history in politics, having served in San Mateo County, the California State Assembly, and the California State Senate.
While we didn’t talk about it during her visit, in researching her background, I was amazed to learn that in 1978, as a Congressional aide, she accompanied Congressman Leo Ryan on his fact-finding mission to Jonestown, was shot five times during the cult’s ambush on that mission, and had to wait 22 hours before help arrived.
We were thrilled to have Congresswoman Speier visit us today and despite her busy agenda, we even had time to sneak in a photo.
From left, Chris Biow, Mark Logic Federal CTO; Congresswoman Jackie Speier; Dave Kellogg, Mark Logic CEO; and Christopher Lindblad, Mark Logic Founder and Chief Architect.
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