Ben kirksey
Chief Operating Officer
Family
Sons – Rhett and Jude
Alma Mater
University of Arkansas
Joined Workmatters
January 2013
Training Ground
I learned practical service, discipline, management, and hard work with two years teaching through Teach for America in Eastern North Carolina. My eyes were opened to small business, retail, and market research with four years of account management with Ideos and CORE4 Research.
Fun
Staying active, being outdoors, time with the family, being on the water, reading
Hero
Theodore Roosevelt
Best Advice
Reject passivity, accept responsibility, lead courageously, and look for eternal reward
Listen To
I enjoy just about anything…currently in the iPod rotation are the Zac Brown Band, Stevie Wonder, and John Coltrane.
Dream Destination
Spain
Favorite Sports Team
Arkansas Razorbacks
Most People Don’t Know About Me
I would like to take a year and travel some piece of the world with my kids and write.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
– Hebrews 12:1-2
