Meet The Team: Stephen Hibbits, Level 2 Customer Support

Our team at talech is as diverse as they come. Spanning the globe from Palo Alto, CA to Vilnius, Lithuania, our employees have a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. We are musicians, knitters, and basketball players. We’ve worked as waiters at chain restaurants and in tech support. But despite our differences, we all have one thing in common: our journey has brought each of us to talech.
Check out our “Meet the Team Series” each month to find out some fun facts about our team and learn more about what they do at talech. This month’s edition features Stephen.
Q. What’s your name, title and where are you based?
A. My name is Stephen Hibbits, Level 2 Customer Support, Dublin.
Q. How long have you been at talech?
A. 4 years!
Q. What is your favorite movie?
A. Toss up between Goodfellas or Interstellar.
Q. Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horse?
A. 100 duck-sized horses.
Q. What is your favorite part about working for talech?
A. How everyone is very approachable, I’ve never found anyone to be ‘off limits’ for assistance or advice.
Q. If you had to eat one meal, every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A. You can’t go wrong with pizza!
Q. Do you have an office nickname? If so, what is it?
A. Stephen Hibbits Pants. I went through a phase of buying the same type and colour of jeans. I am still going through that phase.
Q. Before working at talech, what was the most unusual or interesting job you’ve ever had?
A. I’m boring! I’ve only ever had 1 other job, which was working for an ISP.
Q. What’s your favorite song of all time? Have you sung it in public?
A. My jam at moment is Warrant – Uncle Toms Cabin. I don’t have the pipes for it!
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Q. What three traits define you?
A. Curious, inquisitive, team player.
Q. Tell us something about yourself that would surprise us.
A. I have a few years of contact sports under my belt, Muay Thai/Kickboxing mainly. I’m still terrible.
Q. The Avengers or X-Men?
A. X-Men.
Q. Where is your hometown?
A. Ballymun, Dublin.
Q. What is your favorite sports team?
A. I’m not really a sports kinda guy these days but I used to support Manchester United and Ferrari when I watched football and F1 as a kid!
Q. What is the most recent app you’ve downloaded on your phone?
A. Slack!
Q. What does a typical work day look like for you?
A. Arrive in at 7:30am, check the menu upload list, answer calls/emails and blast through customer training sessions if I have any, go home at 4pm.
Q. Tell us about the best vacation you have ever gone on.
A. Managed to do 2 heavy metal festivals in two months in Europe a few years back. It was rough!
Q. What hobbies and interests do you have outside of work?
A. I like to game, play guitar, occasionally exercise and add to my Games Workshop book “Collection”.