Ann (Koster) Schaffer

2. What was the timeframe you worked at Microware?
1994 - 2000

3. What was your job title(s) and what did you do at Microware?
Marketing Coordinator, Product Manager, New Business Development Manager to name a few

4. What is your most interesting or vivid memory of Microware?
Tom B. doing the belly bongo at a party we had at the Fairgrounds.

5. What were some of your favorite times at Microware?
- DAVID Developers Conferences
- Friday afternoons when the beer would come out
- Parties at OFS
- Sue Duhring's candy jar
- Co-ed Softball
- When Mike B. shaved his head
- Trying to pick a new DAVID logo, week after week with no results

6. Have any experiences, skills, or habits that you picked up at Microware
made an impact on your life? Please share them with us.
I think I've successfully broken most of the habits I picked during that time. I can't remember the last time I came to work with a hangover. Actually, it was great experience for my first job out of college.

7. What was your reason for leaving Microware?
It was just time. It was my first job out of college, and I wanted to
gain experience in other industries.

8. What have you been doing career-wise since Microware?
I worked at a small advertising agency for a couple of years, primarily for technology accounts.  Now I am at Tone Brothers, Inc. doing marketing/brand management for spices.

9. Tell us about your family: spouse, significant others, kids, pets, etc.
My husband, TJ is a firefighter in Waterloo and Urbandale, Iowa. We have two daughters and one more child due December 23, 2004. Emma is 5 and Allison is 3. We are considering a move to Waterloo for TJ's job, and I may stay at home with my kids for a couple years.

10. Please attach up to three pictures of yourself, family, pets, and etc. to appear in the Reunion Highlights DVD. We prefer .jpg and .gif images.
(See attached file: Emma & Ally Schaffer.JPG)

11. Do you ever see other former Microware employees and do you have their
email addresses?