About

Hi, my name is Jim, Founder of Project Flyway, and I have a confession…

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I have too many interests and refuse to pick just one.  Not only that, but I also want to see how much value can be created, what kind of progress can be made, and how big an impact my family, friends, colleagues, and I can deliver in this short life.  In fact, if I had a spirit animal, it would be the Arctic Tern.  Talk about making as much progress as possible in one lifetime - the Arctic Tern completes the longest annual migration of any animal and in one lifetime travels the equivalent of 4 round trips to the moon!  Each Tern and across the generations have achieved success by courageously traveling from the North Pole to the South Pole, finding the most efficient path available, and doing so in a repeatable manner - a perfect analogy for what we pursue here at Project Flyway.

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"Where can I make an impact?"

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This question rolls around in my mind routinely.  I've been looking for the answer to that question in several directions based on my many interests.  There have been several sites I've built representing these explorations over the years.  After deep reflection, I realized though they could be left separated, they would be better suited tied together with their common thread: among my interests is my passion for making an impact by leaving the world better processes.  I'm a nerd, always have been, and there's no turning back now.  When it comes to processes I can't stop my mind from seeking better ways to accomplish big goals.  So I decided to pull them all together here at Project Flyway with that common thread as a focus.  

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• GERD 2 Great acid reflux, GERD, Barrett's Esophagus, and even Esophageal and Laryngeal Cancers have had an all too prominent presence in my life and that of close family and friends.  I am on a quest to help stop the progression of acid reflux by finding and sharing tips, strategies, and alternatives with the hope of reversing its effects. Where are you on the path of managing your acid reflux?

 

• GAME CHAiNGER has been focused on examining whether emerging technologies, like Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) a.k.a. "Blockchain", might show promise of improving longstanding challenges facing healthcare delivery and financial operations.

 

• My Money Flows came from an action-packed season in my life starting with marrying my wife and her (now our) dog, finishing a home, her and I shifting careers, welcoming our son (and a couple of years later our daughter), and working through several health challenges.  These experiences made me appreciate how quickly and complex our personal finances evolved and highlighted my need to pull the reins, get my finances organized, and try to simplify and then automate our financial life as much as possible

 

• FLOWT App arose from the process of organizing, simplifying, and automating my personal finances captured in My Money Flows.  After trying a dozen budget building apps, I couldn't find the budgeting tool to fit my needs so I decided it needed to be built, with the teamwork of my friend, Ramesh, to provide a private, personalized, perceptive, and productive approach to seeing if a budget will in fact FLOWT.

 

• Automotive Essence "car" was my first spoken word, favorite conversation topic ever since, and what inspired my roommate from college, Jared, and I, both car fanatics, to capture the great stories behind so many car brands still with us and several that have come and gone. In doing so he and I can help ourselves and others work to graduate from novice car fans to bona fide car fanatics.

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Project Flyway is our digital workshop.

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I know how to play golf, but don't play very often, I don't have a woodworking space in the basement, and I don't consider myself a green thumb gardener. My hobby is exploring ideas, particularly dissecting processes to see how they might be improved.  I have been yearning to have a place that I can capture observations, develop concepts, build resources, and collaborate with others most especially.  I want to learn how to look at situations differently and gain insights from your perspective as well.  This is our place to do that.

 

As I've grown older, now married, and blessed with 2 kids, I realize how my time is a rapidly declining commodity. I want to maximize my potential here, make an impact for my family, and perhaps leave the world a little bit better than I found it.  Managing life, #adulting, I’ve found it to be so important to find a win each day, but they have become harder to achieve in a world growing in complexity and distraction.  There is no better feeling than getting a win.  As my life has increased in blessings it has also increased in complexities.  I am on a quest to find better ways of managing my life, growing what I have, and having a positive impact on my family and friends most of all.  It is not easy, but I have only one life to live I better make it count.  I'm sure you feel the same.