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About
David Soubly |
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I'm a lifelong Michigan native whose
name, despite the collection of vowels,
is not French. Actually, it isn't anything
other than what an anonymous Ellis
Islander heard my Greek grandfather
say. And yes, the "ou" is
pronounced "oo," like the French
sou, which may be how all the confusion
started. My melting pot heritage includes
Italian and Polish to go along with the
Greek.
Since graduating with a BA (English with
Honors) from Hope College too many
years ago, I've worked at a major automobile
manufacturer in many different positions,
doing everything from procedures writer
to budget analyst to pension analyst to
computer hardware planner to manager of
IT (information technology) projects and
people.
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My career has allowed me to work with
people from product development, finance,
IT planning, customer service, parts supply,
dealers, development methodology, plant
floor, human resources, legal -- you name
it.
Some of my assignments have been not
just global within discipline (example:
develop a worldwide service parts releasing
system) but across the enterprise (current
assignment: computer incident response manager
for the company). So I'm no stranger to
the business world, or to how the business
world works, both in theory (MBA with Distinction,
University of Michigan) and in practice.
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Besides business, my life is defined
by two major disciplines, writing and music.
I've been writing stories and composing
music since grade school, and there is ongoing
tension between the two, vying as they do
for an attention pie that seems ever to
shrink.
If you want samples of other material,
including earlier writing or piano improvisations,
see my personal site -- www.soubly.net
Santa, CEO, birthed as
I watched the corporate world of the eighties
and nineties trounce values and trample
spirits, brings together both my varied
business experience and my lifelong commitment
to writing. I couldn't have written this
book ten years ago. And ten years ago, maybe
it wouldn't have mattered. Now it does.
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I hope you'll enjoy the book and the
related themes on these pages. Your
feedback is always welcome.
Next projects:
- The Santa Companion
-- How business issues are raised and
treated in Santa, CEO.
- The Miracle Fountain
-- How do you know when you've been
part of a miracle?
- Summerdance -- A twelve-year-old's
summer journey, with lessons in friendship,
family relationships, and truthtelling
- The Soul Broker --
A wild tale of good vs. evil, with enough
role reversals to keep you guessing
as to which is which
Stay tuned.
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© 2004 David Soubly |
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