| IT Specialist |
What is your title?
Director, Systems Engineering, OCIO
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How long
have you worked at FERC?
19 Years
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Education and Professional Experiences that led you to FERC?
I have a B.S. in English and Spanish. I was a summer intern at the Washington Computer Center at the Department of Agriculture.
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What are your primary responsibilities at FERC?
I Supervise OCIO IT Project Leads for projects that involve software
development and I am the task manager for the Software Engineering
Task of FERC’s IT Support Contract with Veridian.
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Describe a typical day.
A typical day involves planning and coordination meetings, a lot
of communication (e-mail), and working with project leads, analysts,
programmers, and FERC staff to deploy and support software applications.
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Describe a challenge you had to deal with and what the outcome
was.
My biggest work challenge has been changing from a technical support
person (system programmer and DBA) to a project lead and then
a manager. Sometimes I am not sure I am doing a good job but I
feel like I’m improving slowly. I think patience and persistence
are a couple key management skills.
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