Episode 81 - Chip Suttles

Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective

English - January 13, 2021 16:16 - 31 minutes - 44 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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Chip Suttles, Seattle Seahawks CIO and VP, Technology, is the first guest of 2021 on the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast (recorded 5 January 2021). He recalls joining Kelly Brown at SLOC, working at Snowbasin with Adam Gray and Calum Clark, and the leadership of Mitt Romney and Fraser Bullock.

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

Show Notes:

WARM UP
00:26 - Welcome Chip!
02:29 - Football and COVID-19

PRELIMS
03:35 - "Our culture was not one of remote work
05:32 - Motorcycle spirituality

QUARTERFINALS
07:30 - Journey to SLOC
10:29 - Chip's role

SEMIFINALS
11:29 - Life in Salt Lake
14:11 - Untold Cinco de Mayo stories

FINALS
15:29 - "Shout out to my IT colleagues"
17:53 - Dealing with the weather

MIXED ZONE
19:47 - Snowbasin at Games-time
22:20 - Leadership

COOL DOWN
23:20 - Dave Matthews Band
26:27 - Three pieces of advice