10-ish Questions with Mark Van Alstyne

Meet our new IT Manager, Mark Van Alstyne, in these 15 questions about himself he answered!

1. What’s your name? Mark Van Alstyne
2. What’s your title? IT Manager
3. When did you start? April 8, 2024
4. What do you do here? I manage the IT projects, hardware, software licensing and deployment, security, and managed service vendors.
5. Where did you or do you go to school, and if you got a degree, what was it in? BHSU, Applications Programming
6. What did you do before you came to the firm? I was an IT, Security, and Project Manager for 3 different agencies at the State of Montana
7. Do you belong to any professional or community organizations? Tell us about them. I’m a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) through ISACA – the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.
8. What did you want to be when you grew up? Mountain man
9. What do you do for fun? Hike, ski, camp, backpack, mountain bike, and play guitar.
10. What’s your favorite book? Lord of the Rings Trilogy
11. What’s your favorite podcast? "Fly on the Wall" with Dana Carvey and David Spade
12. What’s your favorite movie? "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
13. Who’s your favorite band? Pink Floyd
14. What’s your favorite song? "Barracuda" - Heart
15. What’s on your bucket list? Snowcat skiing in British Columbia