A Day, A Week, Hemant, A Year

Before I left The Co-operators, we implemented a system that we had been working on for quite some time. Without getting too deep into the technical details of the project, I’ll just say that it was going to serve as the backbone for managing the company’s client information. To use a more trendy term, it was the guts of the Customer Relationship Management system. I was glad that I was able to see the deployment of the system prior to making my move back to Saskatoon since I had put so much work into it. Two years have now passed, and about a week ago my old Project Manager contacted me with some exciting news.

Guess what…. Our CIF won an “IBM Innovation Award for Best Use of Information as a Service in an SOA Project”. The award will be presented at the upcoming IBM Information On Demand (IOD) Conference in Las Vegas. Add that to your resume.

I am incredibly happy for The Co-operators Information Systems department since I had been a part of it for six years, and know that there are some great people there . Speaking from experience while being on the CIF (Customer Information File) team, I know that a lot of hours went into getting that system out the door, and the award is well deserved. I also appreciate that after two years management remembered my contributions, taking the time to let me know of the accomplishment. Now I just need to convince them to fly me to Vegas for the celebration.

IBM’s all-new, global Information On Demand Innovation Awards honor best-in-class applications and solutions from among IBM information Management customers and the customers of our business partners. This prestigious Awards Program recognizes organizations that are using IBM-based solutions to significantly improve efficiencies and gain competitive advantage for their organizations.