Ron Lancaster

I’m thinking about investing in business casual sweatpants. Any suggestions?

Looks like the future.

Excalidraw is a fantastic paper prototyping tool. It’s easy to use and produces visually pleasing work. Even better, it’s open source, MIT-licensed and free to use.

Over the weekend, my good friend and mentor, Steve Nordberg, passed away.

Early in my career, Steve took a chance on me to become a software developer. I had no experience and not much in the way of credentials, but despite the early stage VUE was at (few customers and building a testing system in nine months), he was willing to take me on as an intern.

Steve provided guidance and counsel to me as I took on challenges and increasing responsibility. But, it wasn’t just me. For many, he was a person that you could call to get clear advice on almost any business challenge.

This is because Steve’s superpower was the ability to identify the simplest solution possible. He had this incredible ability to get to the heart of the problem. To take a complex problem, and identify the crux of the issue - and to make it understandable for others.

Steve was a terrific friend and someone I could count on throughout my career.

But most of all, I will forever be indebted to him for believing in me - in the beginning and beyond.

Steve, you will be missed.

I recently joined Structural (structural.com), the Employee Success Platform. Moving to a startup has long been a dream of mine. But, the right one needed to be… well, right. So, what follows are a few reasons why I chose Structural.

To my colleagues at VUE,

This past Friday was my last day at Pearson VUE - marking the end of over two decades.

Together, we have built a terrific company - one that ensures the public safety, one that helps people achieve their life’s goals, and one that assists people in achieving professional success.