Loni's Life

Along with our Community Week activity, my team surprised me with a belated celebration of my 20th anniversary with the company (we were way too busy to celebrate back in February).  A lot has changed at the office in the past 20 years ~ mostly the pace of the work seems to get faster with greater demands and everyone wanting their projects done yesterday... but it's challenging and enjoyable most of the time... and I do work with a great bunch of folks! 

I celebrated my 20th anniversary at the office on February 24th... It's hard to believe I've survived this long. I started in 1992 by typing 35wpm and passing both the credit check and drug test. I started as a telephone customer service agent and I've worked my way up to a Systems Engineer with one our software development team.  Along the way, I've become a certified information systems auditor (CISA) as well as a certified project management professional (PMP) and received my Bachelor's degree in Business Administration majoring in Information Systems & Technology.    I've recently returned to work on my MBA. We have done an acknowledgment at the office and one of these days we may actually schedule a department luncheon celebration.. but in the meantime, the Boss finally presented my certificate and the letter that allows me to go select my token of appreciation. So I opted for a Brother sewing machine so that I could work on piecing at home on my ...