I have been lucky enough to meet some very incredibly special, intelligent and remarkable people throughout my life and especially through my networking adventures.  Just as I write about my personal experiences and thoughts, it is important to be to share those of others.  Today’s post is just that, sharing with you someone whom I have recently met who I hold in very high regard.

Rex Lowman

http://www.linkedin.com/in/lowmanr

Rex reached out to me as a result of someone forwarding him a blog post I had published.

He has been in transition for a few months and is looking for a high-level IT enterprise-wide project management/consulting opportunity.  His career spans critical systems integration projects at Northern Trust Company and BlueCross BlueShield to migrating AON’s regional technical systems in the weeks after 9/11.

What is important to note about Rex beyond his impressive professional accomplishments is that instead of meeting me to talk about his search, he wanted to learn about me and how he could help me professionally.  He brought a list of contacts he thought might help me in my current role as Business Development Manager and it was after thirty minutes of conversation where he was asking about me…I was able to jump in to ask HIM about his background and search.  I can’t ever remember a time when I have met someone who I wanted to help and who ended up helping me.  What an incredible and giving person to look out for the best interest of someone else above his own especially given his own job search.  As we talked about his past experiences and the team members he mentored, I knew that I had to pass his story and his search forward.   I walked away from our coffee meeting feeling that my life has been enriched because I found someone like Rex in the world.

It is with great respect that I pass along Rex’s search.  I hope that this introduction may in some small way acknowledge all his accomplishments and all the help and mentorship he has provided to others in his career.  Rex, you are deeply admired and respected.

Wishing you great success in your job search,

Barbara Maldonado

@bmaldonado / @pipelineb2b