Celebrating Houston Douglas - serving Affinity clients and our Country

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.    

ThriftSmart and Affinity Technology Partners Service Day!

Have you heard of ThriftSmart?  If you are in the Nashville area, make sure you know about this local asset to our community.  Clean out your closet and donate to them, or shop in the store and get some great finds!  Either way, when you support them, you support the work they support in other nonprofits.  Check out more here.  

Part of our team had the chance to spend the day serving with ThriftSmart and we were thrilled to have experienced the amazing work they do!

ThriftSmart exists to provide value to their customers, opportunity for their employees, and benefit to charities in their community. ThriftSmart is currently operating as the biggest thrift store in the Nashville area, giving 100% of proceeds to local nonprofits.

Our team members were thrilled to spend the day learning about the mission of ThriftSmart and getting to serve alongside the lovely people at ThriftSmart.

The Affinity team split into two groups to serve with ThriftSmart on different days that way everyone would have a chance to be a part of ThriftSmart’s amazing mission!

Affinity Technology Partners Celebrates the Holidays!

Thank you to the Nashville Business Journal for showcasing our holiday party. It is a great way to wrap up and celebrate a busy year!

The Affinity team always looks forward to our annual holiday party where we all gather with our spouses and significant others to swap gifts, play games, and share a meal.

This is a great way for us to gather as friends outside of the office and celebrate all of the hard work that went into 2022… Now on to 2023!