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*takes a deep breath* 2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate? It’s @Carson Penticuff, Community Champion and our April Member Spotlight! Read on to find out why he’s an all-around star and advocate for continuous learning, both on Community and off. 

Carson lives in the US state of Kentucky, and works as a Project Management Specialist at Toyotetsu North America. When his company began migrating key systems to Smartsheet a few years ago, he read the documentation and realized that there were many other ways to utilize the product. Now, Carson says Smartsheet has become his go-to solution for simplifying complicated workflows and visualizing large datasets. 

“One of my favorite features is the ease of linking and referencing data across multiple sheets and workspaces,” he says. “I have numerous reports that can be pulled into master dashboards in order to monitor data health and integrity. When I have a new metric that needs to be monitored, a new report can be built quickly and added to existing dashboards with only a few clicks, often adding new insight into existing data.” 

With Smartsheet now a central part of his daily workflow, how did Carson ramp up his knowledge, eventually becoming a Community Champion? “Most of what I know about Smartsheet, I have learned from Community,” he says. “When I hit a knowledge roadblock, I am almost always able to find either a solution or a new approach with a quick search.” 

Other than helping others and learning new Smartsheet releases and features, Carson has interests in many other areas, showing a curiosity and hunger for knowledge.

• He is currently studying Japanese, and hopes to one day hang out on that side of Community
• When he has spare time, he enjoys rewatching legacy science fiction TV shows from the 80s to the 2000s 
• He is a retired competitive speedcuber (see photo above), and was a member of the US Nationals Organization Team for two years

Above all, Carson loves to spend time with his son. “Watching him grow up and show interest in the same activities I enjoyed at his age is like getting a second childhood,” he says.

Thank you Carson for all that you do!