APPLAUSE AWARDS

Brian Biggs, Information Technology, Programmer/Analyst

On Sunday, July 20, Brian replaced the brains of IT's identity management system with a new one that will allow us to better control the security of and access to the many systems that IT manages. The new system, affectionately known as "The Registry," is the result of years of planning by IT and over a year of programming work by Brian.

I applaud Brian for his skill in creating the registry, for his uneventful deployment of the registry due to his excellent and thorough testing beforehand, and for his professionalism in supporting the registry after deployment. I also applaud Brian for having the tenacity to see the project through even when it seemed like it may never happen due to multi-year delays caused by other demands on our resources.

Thanks largely to Brian, this massive project has mostly achieved the highest level of success to which this sort of IT effort can aspire: Going Unnoticed. - Andru Luvisi, System Administrator