Name: Tracy Flinders
BYU employee since: April 2004
My job at BYU is… chief information officer.
I’m currently working on… helping the university make wise IT decisions.
![Tracy Flinders (old) photo for CQ](https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/dims4/default/f21d7bb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2400x1600+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrigham-young-brightspot-us-east-2.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2F07%2F9b%2F12d9812343beb07b50e1b3046051%2F1804-29-tracy-flinders-20.jpg)
My go-to BYU Creamery ice cream flavor is... raspberry cheesecake.
My go-to comfort food is… a peanut butter and jelly on my wife’s homemade bread, with a very cold glass of milk.
I chose to come to BYU because… I wanted to contribute to a noble cause.
On Saturday mornings you’ll find me… on a hike or horse ride in the mountains.
The biggest challenge I've faced was… watching my wife suffer while she watched me go through three years of chemotherapy in a battle with leukemia.
Three things that are always found in my refrigerator are… chocolate milk, bacon and homemade strawberry jam.
You’ll never find me without... my old wallet that desperately needs to be replaced.
If I could travel anywhere, I would go to... the Wyoming backcountry because... the first two hours of daylight near Timberline are pure magic.