Celebrating Houston Douglas - serving Affinity clients and our Country
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Houston Douglas began his career with Affinity Technology Partners as an intern. He was finishing his degree at Nashville State Community College, and he needed some real-world IT experience. He was willing to do anything that the team needed, and he absorbed the team’s technical knowledge like a sponge. When Covid 19 kept most of the world at home, Houston was willing to work in the office, available to receive package deliveries and for doing hands-on work.
Throughout his years at Affinity, Houston has also pursued his career with the Tennessee Army National Guard, attending trainings for a month or even two months at a time and progressing up the ranks in his leadership – both at Affinity and the National Guard. It is hard when Houston takes a leave of absence for training, but he always makes a plan to cover for his work while he is gone. And when he comes back, Affinity receives the benefit of the character building and leadership that Houston has pursued.
Even with extended leaves of absences, Houston worked his way through and up the ranks of Affinity, learning from each department and leaving it better than he found it – from field services, delivering workstations to clients, to Professional Services Team Lead, implementing world-class technology solutions. Throughout all of these positions, Houston has endeared himself to Affinity clients, and he is often requested as a favorite.
Earlier this fall, the team celebrated Houston as he left for a one-year deployment with the Army National Guard. As we celebrated, it was incredible to hear from the team about how he has impacted their work at Affinity, and we read heartfelt messages that clients had written to him. He has definitely made a mark on our team and on the many Nashville-area organizations that Affinity supports. We are so proud of him and thankful for his service, but it’s bittersweet, and we miss him already!
Please join the Affinity team in thanking Houston, and all of our armed services, for their selfless work on behalf of the freedom that we are so blessed to have in America.
