photo by Randi b. Hagi Larion Hostetler '88 heads I.T. at Eagle Corp., which owns building and engineering firms in Harrisonburg.
Application Award” in 2006 for integratknowledge base includes Microsoft Cardinal Health tapped Chavis to train ing a company-wide voice and data com- Active Directory, IP phones, wired and employees and test the new software. munication system. Hostetler says he wireless networking, and other vendorWith no formal technical training, she values his involvement with the council, specific applications. learned by experience how to test and which provides recognition, networking document software problems, relying on and promotion of technology work in CHRISTINE CHAVIS, CLASS OF ‘96 her familial business savvy to interpret Harrisonburg. “It’s been an interesting road,” Christine her findings for consultants and colHostetler has been on the board of Chavis says of her winding path through leagues. Park View Federal Credit Union since education and into the workforce. Chavis next took a liaison position 2007 and is its current board chair. He is Chavis grew up in an atmosphere of with Amerisource Bergen in Pennsylvaa member of Lindale Mennonite Church. business savvy – her father was an nia. When an issue occurs or software His daughter Madeline Hostetler is a entrepreneur. She started post-secondary change is requested, Chavis documents current student at EMU. education at EMU in 1992, as a business the event and then translates “business administration major. After two years, speak” into technical needs. She now ERIC YODER, CLASS OF ‘93 she returned to her home state, attending works from home in South Carolina, Eric Yoder, who has run two small Ohio State and majoring in philosophy. and was recently promoted to the lead of businesses for the last 20 years, also While that field of study was more her field in SAP software. acts as the manager of network services fulfilling, Chavis thought it was “sort of “I love the problem solving. I’m a in Holmes County, Ohio, for ARCIS impractical,” and transferred to Eastern people person,” Chavis says. In graduate Technology Group. Founded in 2002, Michigan University to study economics. school, she wondered how she would apARCIS provides consulting, I.T. support, In her first I.T. job, she did data entry ply her education. Crunching numbers and data storage services for the as a temporary employee with Cardinal in a cubicle did not interest her. “This surrounding Ohio counties. For over Health in Ohio. After a few months, role has allowed me to problem-solve 10 years, Yoder has run Stone Wheel they hired her full-time to work with using my analytical skills, and also interTechnologies Ltd., designing solutions SAP software – applications for payroll, act with people. . . this is my job!” for small business owners to increase accounting, and other enterprise needs. — Randi B. Hagi productivity and efficiency. His technical During a company-wide system upgrade, 52 | crossroads | spring-summer 2015