Meet Heather Eichman
Over the next week, I’ll be interviewing a few Questies here on the blog.
Heather Eichman
The first victim: Heather Eichman. I have a special place in my heart for Heather because she’s the one who got me my job here at Quest.
Pretend you’ve never met me. Introduce yourself with your name, your location, and where you’d rather be right now.
Hi Brent, I’m Heather. I’m in the UK at the moment in the Quest office in Maidenhead. It’s raining – shocking, I know. I would rather be on a boat out in the Mediterranean or something – in the sunshine.
What do you do at Quest, other than answer emails from me?
I answer emails from other people. 
Basically, I communicate to the BU and the local Sales and Marketing teams in Europe on behalf of each other, and I work with those teams to help them put together marketing strategies that either leverage what we have available or create new ones using local experts, partners, customer advocates, etc. I do a lot of meet-and-greet, glad handing, and getting external people more involved in working with and evangelizing Quest.
How long have you been with Quest, and has your job changed along the way?
In this run I’ve been here for 3 ½ years – and was here for another 2 ½ before that, with a little break in between. I started in Marketing programs, moved into campaign management, then product marketing management, now i’m just “Europe person”… can’t really say there was THAT much difference between the first three roles, but it has changed quite a bit since the “Europe person” thing – for obvious reasons.
If you could have any other profession, what would you do?
I would probably want to be a chef and master sommelier.
Mac or PC?
Don’t mind. I’m not very computery. Ask me the same question about cars or shoes and you’ll definitely have my attention.
At the end of yet another grueling 80-hour workweek at Quest, how do you unwind?
Wine and whine. Kidding. I just got a bike, so i ride around a bit. That will work until it starts raining more. Anything outside is a good unwinder for me.
When you belly up to the bar at SQL Server events, what do you order?
I’m usually good for a G&T or two or four. (This is not painting a good picture. I’ll stop talking about booze now.)
What music are you listening to right now?
The Script. They’re an Irish band. New to me. I like them a lot.
What’s your favorite Quest product, and why?
LiteSpeed. I’ve spent the most time on it and take it somewhat personally even though I don’t use it.
Do you ever get tired of hearing me talk about blogs and Twitter?
What? Sorry, I wasn’t listening…
