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Jethro

Born in Rocky Mount in, Stephen Jeffress Wright, I now go by Jeff.  A southern tradition to go by your middle name has lead to an identity crisis all my life.  Every time I am asked to fill in my name I wonder if it is one of "those" documents where I should put my full name or my short name.  I go by Jeff, but my teachers and Doctors and other professionals always call me Stephen.  That's my Dad's name too... but guess what, not his first name!  I have been affectionately nick-named Jethro by friends and family. I'll answer to just about anything, I know I've been called every name in the book.  At the school bus stop some of the kids favorites were Jeff Left, Jeff can't Write, Step-Hen, Monkey Feet, and of course, Jeff Wrong.

I grew up in a small town in Eastern North Carolina called Rocky Mount.  Every time I go home, it amazes me how very little it has grown. I am so glad that I escaped, however I sometimes miss the slower pace of things, the big pine trees, seeing familiar faces, and of course Mama's home cooking.  Mama and Daddy (Steve & Mary Wright) still live in Rocky Mount and enjoy a wonderful home near the country club.

During my high school years I ventured to Ocracoke Island where my father had some business interests and I made quite a few friends.  It was in Ocracoke where I really feel that I grew up.  It's a special place, anyone who has ever been will appreciate it's charm.  It has been said, that when you arrive in Ocracoke you are walking back in time.  I still yearn for the solitude that can only be experienced on a crisp fall morning driving on the desolate beaches, preferably with a dog or a loved one... or both!

After a tumultuous effort at college, I spent a couple years working on our family farm in Virginia raising show Simmental cattle, only to realize that I was not cut out for the rough isolation of farm life either. (I miss it now)  I went back to Wilmington, NC where I had spent a couple years at UNCW to see if I could make it as a real estate salesman.  That was a bust too.   There are just too many vicious housewives to compete with in that industry!

It was back to Rocky Mount to work with my father's company.   I started out low on the totem pole... a truck driver, but ended up running another branch in Raleigh, NC. Eventually; however, we sold the company to a bigger fish and I left to pursue my interests in Networking and Information Technology.

In 1993 I moved to Raleigh, NC for gainful employment with IBM, Nortel Networks and various others.  In 2001 the dot-com bust left me looking for employment for months!  Eventually I stumbled upon Hughes Supply. (the big fish)  They were taking all their branches to a new computer system that I happened to be an expert in.  Since then Hughes has also been bought and sold a few times and I have managed to stick with the original team of installers and consultants that the company used, Zerion Group.  That is until I formed my own company Wright Systems & Consulting, Inc in September of 2008.

By September, 2007 I had grown tired of Raleigh and needed a change.  As much as I loved my home, I realized that I really had nothing holding me to Raleigh.  It didn't matter where I moved, I just needed to make the change.  I put my house up for sell in early September and two weeks later I was packing my bags, much to the chagrin of my roommates.  So I sold or gave away most of my furniture, stored the rest and packed up my new little Audi A3 and headed west!

My life in Albuquerque, New Mexico was a wonderful blend of relaxation, work. I was also able to make friends that I will cherish forever.  I found a wonderful place to live, with nice people and a peaceful environment.  A simpler, scaled down life allowed me time and means to explore the country for other possibilities.  I chose Albuquerque mostly because of the atmosphere and people.  I was only there almost exactly one year and headed back east to form my new company, Wright Systems & Consulting, Inc.  New Mexico had me enchanted and I hope to visit again very soon and often.   ZIA.

 

 

In 2008 I picked up from Albuquerque and moved back to Rocky Mount where I formed Wright Systems & Consulting.  I began calling on clients in North Carolina and across the country.   I decided that given the number of potential clients in the California area that I should move to San Francisco.  So yet again I moved, in June of 2009 I packed three really big bags and flew to San Francisco.  I'm currently traveling all over the state in hopes of making a living in this new world and times.

 

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