Tangram Ten // Tim Holliday

Please join us in welcoming Tim Holliday to Tangram! Tim is joining the team as a Sales Representative for our Bakersfield office, previously working as an Operations Battalion Chief at the Kern County Fire Department for the last nine years. Tim is a brave soul with a mean sweet tooth and a love for Disney. His outgoing, fun loving and driven personality will make him an amazing fit— and he’ll be great at putting out any furniture fires that come his way. Welcome, Tim, we’re happy to have you! 

1. Name, title?

Tim Holliday, Sales Representative

2. Where is your hometown?

Bakersfield, CA

3. What type of company did you work at previously and what was your role there?

Kern County Fire Department. I was an Operations Battalion Chief the last 9 years of my career.

4. What is something you recently crossed off your bucket list?

I started playing tennis.

5. How would you describe your favorite food to someone who’s never had it before?

It’s sweet and salty, it’s comforting, goes great with milk. It has little chocolate chips and needs to be baked. It starts as raw dough.

6. If you could have lunch with someone famous (dead or alive) who would it be and why?

Walt Disney. Tell him thank you, and that his dream was realized. And ask: How did he maintain his happiness and inner child while following his dream?

7. What are you most looking forward to in your new role at Tangram?

Meeting new people, building new relationships, and pursuing new goals until they are achieved.

8. What is the bravest thing you have ever done?

In my career as a firefighter, I have done many things that would be considered brave by some. And considered unacceptable and crazy by others (wife)! Most didn’t have happy results. So I’ll share a happy ending. Around 2am, we got the alarm for a structure fire with a child trapped inside. When we arrived on scene, I jumped out of the fire truck, grabbed an axe and a fire hose. The door was open and fire was coming from everywhere. I made my way inside the home through the fire, working my way to the boys room calling for him all the way. The fire was so intense I now was on my stomach making my way around the room from left to right along the walls using my axe to reach the center of the room and feeling for the boy. But I never found the boy in his room. I busted out the window and called to the firefighters outside that he was not there! The happy ending – the boy had woken and escaped out of the back door and was hiding outside without a scratch. The home was a total loss.

9. How many donuts are you capable of eating in one sitting?

It would make your head spin, so I’ll just say zero!

10. What do you hope to bring to the Tangram team?

An outgoing, fun loving, energetic, personality. And a drive that pushes me to persevere until I succeed!