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File #: 23-885    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Presentation/Awards Status: Passed
File created: 10/23/2023 Departments: HUMAN RESOURCES
On agenda: 11/7/2023 Final action: 11/7/2023
Title: Honor the Information Services Department (ISD), Health Information Technology (HIT), and Medical Center IT Services (MITS) as the Team of the Month for November 2023 and authorize the President of the Board to sign the commendations.
Sponsors: COUNTY EXECUTIVE
Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority

To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Team of the Month for November 2023

RECOMMENDATION:
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Honor the Information Services Department (ISD), Health Information Technology (HIT), and Medical Center IT Services (MITS) as the Team of the Month for November 2023 and authorize the President of the Board to sign the commendations.

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BACKGROUND:
The Team of the Month program was established in September 2018 to recognize and honor County teams who consistently demonstrate an outstanding level of performance.

Our Team of the Month for November 2023 include team members from Information Services Department (ISD): Robert Connal, Kim Pijma, Ana Maria Postelnicu, Anthony (Tony) Yuson, Bill Keating, Bill Margach, Bryan Lowry, Chris Kay, Dan Morriss, Daniel Gee, Darryl Frederick, David Littrell, Debra Finch, Erik Larson, Garry Navarro, Ghyas Ahmed, Jeremy Ambrose, Jimmy Mahrer, ,JT Neville, Kiflom Gebretatyos, Leslie Lemke, Limin Song, Maggie Rangel, Martin Wong, Michael Dong, Omer Mohammed, Ricky Villarin, Tat Lam, Truyen Tran, Warren Villagonzalo; Health Information Technology (HIT): Aditi Verma, Alex Ramirez, Archana Paravastu, Aung Tun, Brian Gibson, Cecilia Diaz, Chethana Jois, Eddie Lau, Elissa Li, John Deloney, Jonathan Reed, Joseph Del Aguila, Khosrow Yeghiazarian, Nagesh Setty, Nelson Tan, Richmond Appleton, Sophia Cheng, Tamara Wright, Virginia Di Paola; and Medical Center IT Services (MITS): Brian De Lucia, Dante Panugaling, James Burrows, Joseph Hunter, Lisa Behravesh, Lisa Tso, Muna Panday, and Nereyda Gonzalez.

DISCUSSION:
In the early morning hours on September 11, 2023, an outside agency performing repair work, mistakenly cut a fiberoptic cable belonging to the County. This conduit was a critical connection to many important County systems affecting essential services various departments provide to the public.

The teams set-...

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