Hello everyone! My name is Ann Marie Quinn, and I have been with Wells Fargo since 1989. Yes, this is my 20th Anniversary year! I have a design degree from UC Davis 
that led me here to work on the Wells Fargo brand. Today, I am part of Enterprise Marketing, managing Communications.
Another thing you should know about me: I'm a total blog newbie. I'm sure there is a special term for that in blogland – maybe I'll learn it as I earn my blog wings!
So it's a new year, and for all of us, a big celebration: one great company! Pretty exciting stuff.
My 20 years here have been the best. (Yes, I started when I was 10. And don't let Matt's youthful glow fool you, I hear he's a whiz at Photoshop. ) There have been many changes in my career here. What an exciting time it was when we joined with Norwest. Many of us were anxious and didn't know what the integration of two already terrific companies would be like. Still, despite all the work we had in front of us, we never lost focus on what really mattered: our customers.
Well, I'm here to say it's good to be old and have gone through it before. Why? Because there is nothing but "even better" on the other side!
I've made a lot of new friends along the way too. And together, all the people I work with turn our company into a real community. Over and over, I experience employees helping one another, making our company better and striving to make sure you, our customers, are financially successful.
We recently asked our employees: "How do you work for the customer?" A deluge of stories came in, all talking about how they work for you, regardless of what job they hold.
Imagine all of our combined Wells Fargo and Wachovia team members doing this – watch out! I can hardly wait to see what terrific things we'll do together!
I'm also excited that I will be helping make this time of transition easier for you, and introducing you to many of our employees. They are an informative, energetic and fun group who are eager to learn more about you too. So please don't be shy – be sure to comment, ask questions, and let us know how we're doing!
Ann Marie,
Congratulations, here's to earning your official blog wings! Cheers,
Blaine
HI -- how long has Wachovia/Wells been blogging?
Hi LKG. I manage the social media team at Wells Fargo. We've had the pleasure of blogging now for almost 3 years. Check out our list of blogs at blog.wellsfargo.com
Thanks for your question!
Ann Marie: You're too young to remember Starkist's "Charlie the Tuna" ad campaign ("good taste" vs. "tastes good"), but if you have a design degree why does the blog use gray font instead of black? What's more important to your customers: "trendy" design or readability? Please give us oldsters a break.
Best of luck with the integration.
Don
Hi Ann Marie,
Greetings from an Aggie alum, UCD '84. I have a business account at both Wells Fargo and Wachovia. It will be interesting to see what changes lie ahead to both accounts in terms of costs and benefits.
Hi Ann Marie,
Congratilations for your blog. I'm a marketing employee of a Brazilian bank and I had managed an integration too 2 years ago. On that time we discussed about having a blog and it wasn't an easy decision to have an enterely openned channel to people. Could you share with us how was de desicion process in WFW? What were your main concerns?
Thaks
Felipe
@Don- Hate to burst your bubble, but I am plenty old enough to remember fondly the original Charlie the Tuna (Charlie and I were both born in the same year)! With your eye for design I’ll bet you noticed the new font we’re using for the blog. It’s part of a new brand program we’re rolling out. As we move ahead there are many areas we’ll be looking at – certainly you make an excellent point, readability is a priority in all our communications! Thank you. Ann Marie
Great to see you doing this blog. A New chapter begins. Kevin and Chelsea