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Sept
01 , 2001
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an
online newsletter for and by NOAA employees
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Marc Tolson, a computer specialist and lead database administrator in the 
management office of NOAA's Office of Finance and Administration, is NOAA's
newest Employee of the Month. Marc's supervisor calls him a "lifesaver."
When a series of staffing losses coupled with hiring restrictions left NOAA's Information Technology Center precariously short-handed two years ago, Marc quickly stepped up to the plate, ensuring that the critical linkage of financial management and accounting services was not impaired. With experience in administrating another database system, Marc agreed to "temporarily" fill in. That was over two years ago. He was instrumental in bringing several CAMS (Commerce Department Administrative Management System) modules online and in preparing the "go-live." So much is involved in this process - accounts receivable and payable, bankcard, travel, grants, procurement, cost estimating, inventory and contracting, among numerous other functions. To minimize service disruption, Marc has worked weekends and long after-work hours - during one period, he was on 24x7 call for months without a backup. First hired as an applications developer, Marc has since created or updated a number of key Office of Finance and Administration applications. These include the distribution system used by NOAA's print shop to send mass mailings to employees and constituents, the Freedom of Information Act tracking system, and the system that tracks and feeds information about NOAA facilities to the General Services Administration. And when an ugrade to the server used to distribute all-NOAA messages introduced some strange characters into the messages, it was Marc's persistence and skill that resolved the problem. Marc continues as lead database administrator for CAMS and additionally provides all levels of Oracle expertise - a skill he very quickly picked up - at NOAA's Office of Finance Administration, Information Technology Center, in Largo, Maryland. |
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