Every month, Socket employees nominate and vote on a co-worker who best exemplifies our Core Values and Beliefs.
 
This month, we picked Jason Vander Veen, technical support supervisor.
 
He joined the Socket team earlier this year and rapidly started to take on more responsibilities. When the department needed a new leader a few months ago, Jason fit the bill.
 
His team members say he's "like a duck, calm and cool on the surface, but paddling like heck underneath."
 
Jason is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, but moved to Missouri and graduated from Jefferson City High School. He and his wife, Kim, have a four-year-old boy, Gavin, and a seven-month-old girl, Adilyn. In his free time, he likes to fish, golf and cook (word on the street is that he makes a mean spaghetti).
 
We like spaghetti. And ducks. And Jason.
 
Congratulations!
 
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