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Nomination Recognition 2017

Report by Individual Nominee

CATEGORY: WHOLE SYSTEMS THINKER

NOMINEE NOMINATOR DEPARTMENT
Nancy Wotawa Linda McNeil Collaboration and Data Services 600684

Describe the situation or event related to the individual's or team's performance.

As a Senior DBA, Nancy is responsible for maintaining data across the enterprise. This involves keeping the
SQL and Oracle database servers patched, secured and available so users can access their systems 24 hours
a day 7 days a week. Nancy goes beyond her defined duties to not only keep the data available, but also to
understand how the systems work from start to finish. Nancy has gained the respect of and is the "go to"
person for many colleagues, not just in IT, but across departments. Supply Chain, PMG Analysts, Finance,
Sales and Marketing colleagues ?go to? her because she uses a comprehensive approach at all times for
successful development and execution of a project. She is a key support resource for New DAE and Supply
Chain focus areas. Nancy has lead or played a key role in projects such as Anaplan, CPQ, LIMS, RDS,
Livelink Upgrade, and No Charge Fulfillment. She also developed a comprehensive diagram that lists all the
jobs that go in and out of SAP.

Describe in detail the individual's or team's notable behaviors.
Nancy is notorious for asking questions until she understands fully how all the pieces and parts work in an
entire system and doesn't stop until she understands completely. She is able to speak to people at all levels so
they understand her.

What were the results of the individual’s or team’s behaviors?
Nancy has significantly reduced number of isolated databases and systems which resulted in a tremendous
cost savings overall in licenses and maintenance in the past year. She has also improved performance and
efficiencies of a number of systems an example is RDS.

CONTRIBUTORS:
Brian Butterfield, Lyndon Leffler

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