Employee of the Month
The Technology Resources Employee of the Month is chosen based on the individual's recent performance. These folks are creative, dependable, and proactive. They focus on helping their teams deliver innovative, performant, and user-friendly solutions. Most importantly, they share our values and commitment to student success by offering the best technology strategies and tools for all Bobcats.
August 2024 Awardee
Christopher Nelson
Programmer Analyst II
Christopher Nelson is a Programmer Analyst II in the Mobile/Web Systems (MWS) department. Since joining MWS, Christopher has quickly risen to become the .NET framework lead, tackling an overwhelming backlog of bug reports, tool improvements, and team process standardizations. He manages day-to-day triaging and troubleshooting for .NET Nuke tools and related technologies, while also playing a key role in the .NET Nuke update project. This effort is a critical part of stabilizing the existing tools while the team works to transition to a new business application tech stack.
A large part of Christopher's recent success can be attributed to his responsiveness and commitment to repairing relationships across the IT division. A fellow team member noted, "Chris has has singlehandedly broken through the backlog of numerous issues in the .NET codebase related identity management. We had almost given up hope of being heard, let alone seeing a timely resolution. Issues such as password changes, accurate data propagation, and failed IdM transactions, which had persisted for years, have disappeared within days. Throughout this process, Chris has remained positive, encouraging, and thoughtful in his approach to both people and problems. He exemplifies the 'can-do' attitude needed to move IT and TR forward into the future." We are thrilled to have him in our team!
Please join me in congratulating Christopher on this well earned recognition.