Wil Armstrong
Wil Armstrong is an entrepreneur and small businessman. His business background includes technology, mortgage banking, and commercial banking.
As an active community member, Wil has served on many community and non-profit boards and has volunteered in many political campaigns. In 2008, Wil acted on his core belief that our country needs more citizen legislators and set aside his own business interests to run in the Republican primary for Congress. His second place finish was marked by his ability to inspire grassroots activists and to raise money in the political arena.
Wil and his wife Kristy have three children (Elisabeth, Kathryn, and Jack) and live in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The family attends Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church.
Business
He is presently the President and CEO of Blueberry Systems, a software development and consulting firm aimed at solving business problems related to data management and application integration.
In May of 2007, Wil was elected to the board of directors of Colorado Community Bank, a $400 million (assets) commercial bank, where he continues to serve today. He previously served on the board of directors of Heritage Bank, a $350 million (assets) bank headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.
He remains active as a non-executive Vice Chairman of Cherry Creek Mortgage Company, a top 50 retail residential mortgage lender. Inc. magazine ranked the company as one of the 500 Fastest Growing Private Company in America in both 1993 and 1994. Wil served in the executive management of this company from January of 1992 until early 2004.
Wil was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association in August 2006 for his innovation and respected business ventures. He was also recognized by the Denver Business Journal in 2005 as one of the 40 Under 40 outstanding local professionals for his business success and community contributions.
Volunteer
For nine years, he served as a Director for the Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association (CMLA), a state trade association with over 350 member firms representing more than 6,000 industry professionals. His one year term as the CMLA’s Chairman ended in August 2005.
In community volunteer roles, Wil’s interest in service has extended to: the board of trustees of ACE Scholarships, Executive Board of the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts, Board of Advisors of Leaders Challenge, Chairman of the citizen advisory board of the Claremont Institute / Colorado, and Advisory Board of Alternatives Pregnancy Center. He served on the National Board of Directors of Enterprise Development International, a non-profit involved in micro lending throughout the world.
Grassroots Activism
Wil’s interest in politics started early in his life. He has actively volunteered in Republican campaigns since 1992 and seconded the nomination of then State Treasurer Bill Owens for Governor in 1998. He served as the campaign chairman for Nancy Doty for Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder in 2003 and 2006, and as campaign manager for John Andrews for State Senate in 2000. Wil has been elected delegate to several county, district, and state assemblies, and has also served as his neighborhood precinct leader. He ran for Congress to replace Congressman Tom Tancredo in 2008 coming in second in a four-way primary.
During 1991, he volunteered his time to The International Foundation traveling in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He was part of a delegation focused on opening the oppressive prison systems of Eastern Bloc countries. While in college, Wil spent a summer working in India and for a short time at Mother Teresa’s Home for the Destitute Dying. Education
Education
Wil received a BBA in Finance from James Madison University in May of 1989.