Welcome Joe Morano to HEI

Joe Morano joins the HEI team as a Software Engineer in our Maple Grove, MN, office. Originally from Spring Lake Park, MN, he has extensive experience providing web and software development solutions for various clients. Joe will provide programming testing and debugging, work with our team of software developers on design strategies and requirements and write programming code.
Welcome to HEI, Joe!

Fun Facts:

  • Hobbies: Reading, board/tabletop games.
  • Pets: Two kitties.
  • Special Skill: I’m a world-class speed reader. Unfortunately, when I speed read my retention is horrible.
  • Most Memorable Vacation: Germany. Particularly the Berlin Wall and Cologne Cathedral.
  • Top Destination on Bucket List: Italy and Japan
  • Favorite Foods: Italian, Thai, Korean, Japanese
  • Favorite Podcasts: The Book Pile, RadioLab, and All Fantasy Everything
  • Favorite Sports: Soccer and baseball
  • Favorite Season: All of them. Except winter. Winter can take a long walk off a short pier.
  • Currently Reading: Just finished Project Hail Mary, which was fantastic, and just about to start Inverting the Pyramid.
  • Currently Watching: Shogun 
  • Favorite Weekend Activity: Spending time with family and friends.
  • Reasons why I’m excited to be part of the HEI team: Meeting new people and taking on new challenges.
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