Life is Rewarding for Nick Koonce
After graduating from Anacapa (Class of 1988), Nick received certifications in Visual Communications, Graphic Design and Internet Web Mastery from UCSB Extension. He was a partner at SpiderSide Web Production through the dot-com era. Just before the “bubble popped”, he was fortunate enough to be approached by an IT recruiter on behalf of Yardi Systems. Nick took a position as their corporate Webmaster and over the years his role has changed many times. Today he is a Technical Project Manager on the Design team and he has been very happy working here. In 2001, he built a home on a lot split from his parents’ ranch where he still lives today. While working at Yardi, he met his wife Julie, one of the company’s top National Sales Executives. Julie worked up until the day she went in to labor and then left her very successful career to focus on the family. They have a son, C.J. (Christopher Jacob) born 9/9/09, who keeps them very busy. Most recently they took on a 15-year-old foster daughter as well. Morgen is a National Honors Society candidate and a member of the Junior Varsity Cheer and Dive teams at Dos Pueblos High School. Life has never been more rewarding!