User:JonConradt

= Biographical Sketch =

Jon was born in Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona when his father was in flight school for the US Air Force during the Vietnam War. Soon after Jon was born the family moved to California, then Florida, Okinawa, and Thailand. Jon's father was discharged from the Air Force for a medical disability at the end of Jon's kindergarten school year and the family moved home to Lincoln, Nebraska where Jon would live until his sophomore year of college. Jon attended St. Tereasa Catholic School for elementary and middle school. When he was ten years old his father passed away. A year later his mother remarried and Jon gained a second brother and two sisters. Jon graduated high school from Pius X High School. After graduation he toured Europe for six weeks and met Heidi Marie Schwendiman.

While a freshman at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, Jon joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He decided to transfer to Brigham Young University so he could better prepare to serve a mission. He served his two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Stockholm, Sweden Mission and learned Swedish. During his mission he served in Kalmar, Umeå, Skellefteå, Fleminsberg, Jönköping, Pietaarsari (Finland), and Västerhaninge.

Heidi Marie Schwendiman had returned from her mission to Montreal, Canada two weeks before Jon. They reported on their missionary experiences at the same church meeting and then drove together to BYU to continue their education. After knowing each other for four years, and corresponding during their missions, they decided on the drive out to Utah that they wanted to get married. Jon arranged access to the Planetarium in the Eyring Science Center a month later and proposed. Jon and Heidi were married in the Salt Lake Temple on December 21st, 1991.

Heidi completed a Masters Degree (with Specialist Certificate) in School Psychology while Jon pursued a Ph.D. in Social Psychology. Shortly after Cameron Robert Conradt was born, Jon abandoned his degree and took a job at Novell where he provided technical support for Unixware. A year later they moved back to Lincoln, Nebraska when Jon took a job at the Gallup Organization.

At the Gallup Organization, Jon developed their web survey, web reporting systems, and helped create StrengthsFinder. Hannah Jill Conradt was born in Lincoln. After living in Lincoln for seven years, the Gallup Organization moved to Omaha. The family relocated but Jon left Gallup two years later. A new job with Microsoft moved the family to San Jose, California. After two years, Jon was hired by Google and eventually worked on the Chrome browser. Two years later Jon was hired by eBay where he was the Program Manager for merchandising and then Internet marketing. Two years later, Jon and the family moved to Mercer Island, Washington when Jon took a job managing Internet marketing for the Kindle at Amazon.

Research Interests
The Conradt family immigrated to the United States from Beyern, Flaxweiler, Luxembourg in the late 19th century. Not much is known about the family before they came to the United States. Fortunately, Beyren is a small place and many of the records from that area are available online.

Other Links About Jon
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonconradt

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jonconradt/

Patents: go.theconradts.com/patents