Get to know six new coworkers through their answers to goofy questions. Find out who is originally from China, who has a high-maintenance dog, who had a traditional Korean wedding – and more!
Feel free to share your own answers to these questions in the comments.
- How did you get into the industry?
- Are you a Pittsburgh local or did you grow up elsewhere?
- Do you have any kids? Any pets?
- What’s your favorite quote from a movie or TV series?
- What’s your least favorite word?
- Do you have an unusual talent or hobby?
- Where in the universe would you like to visit someday?
- What makes you a geek (if you consider yourself one)?
- What’s in your perfect meal?
- If any musician or band could give you a personal concert, who would it be?
- Which is better: board games or video games?
- Free space: share any fun fact!
Caylen Harris, Product Analyst, MyUPMC
Are you a Pittsburgh local or did you grow up elsewhere? Born and raised in Pittsburgh.
Do you have any kids? Any pets? An English bulldog who I consider my child, Bentley.
What’s in your perfect meal? Pizza with a side of pizza!
If any musician or band could give you a personal concert, who would it be? Adele and Sam Smith would be a dream come true.
Carley Arelt, Project Coordinator, NGI
Are you a Pittsburgh local or did you grow up elsewhere? Born and raised in Latrobe, home of Arnie Palmer and Mister Rogers.
Do you have any kids? Any pets? I have three sons, Alex, Ben and Henry — and one high-maintenance dog named Sadie Marie.
What’s your favorite quote from a movie or TV series? “220, 221, whatever it takes,’’ from Mr. Mom.
Which is better: board games or video games? Card games: Apples to Apples; Cards Against Humanity.
Wei Wei, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, NLP
Are you a Pittsburgh local or did you grow up elsewhere? Originally from China, I spent two years at Pitt and then six years in San Diego. Now I moved back to Pittsburgh.
What’s in your perfect meal? Seafood.
If any musician or band could give you a personal concert, who would it be? Coldplay.
Free space: Share any fun fact! My first name and last name are spelled the same way in English, although they are two different characters in Chinese.
Jonathan Vojtush (Jon), Scrum Master, Support & Informatics
Are you a Pittsburgh local or did you grow up elsewhere? I grew up in northeast Ohio and moved to Pittsburgh in 2015.
Do you have any kids? Any pets? No kids, yet. But there are three miniature dachshunds (wiener dogs).
What’s your favorite quote from a movie or TV series? Ted: “strange things are afoot at the Circle K,” from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
Which is better: board games or video games? Video games.
Julianne Fehrenbach (Jul), Executive Assistant, Consumer
Are you a Pittsburgh local or did you grow up elsewhere? Been a Yinzer all my life.
Do you have any kids? Any pets? I have two cats. If I wasn’t married, I’d be the crazy cat lady!
Where in the universe would you like to visit someday? Iceland and Canadian Rockies are at the top of the list.
Which is better: board games or video games? Board games all the way
Michael Sebetich (Mike, but some people call me Sebby), Engineering Manager, Photon & Higgs
How did you get into the industry? I left a long career in finance technology to join UPMC Enterprises. I was attracted to UPMCE because I feel like it will give me the opportunity to solve challenging engineering problems that are also personally meaningful. To me it will be pretty awesome to say that the work I do is saving and improving people’s lives.
Are you a Pittsburgh local or did you grow up elsewhere? I grew up in a small coal mining town outside of Washington, PA, or as the locals call it “Worshington PA”. I did my undergrad at CMU and spent several years after working in NYC, where I met my wife. When our first daughter was born we decided to move back to the Pittsburgh area to be near my family.
What makes you a geek (if you consider yourself one)? I love to code and work with new technology in general. I spend as much time as I can learning and coding. I’m also a big Star Trek fan and have already started to turn my 7-year-old into a Trekkie as well.
Free space: Share any fun fact! My wife, Kook Hee, is from Seoul, South Korea. We’ve traveled there five times in the past seven years and had a traditional Korean wedding in 2013
