reality but i quickly learned the best way to acquire these skills was to watch and work with senior managers in the rec and park department. i ve been fortunate to work with three outstanding managers. they were instrumental in my growth as a manager. i thank them. another ingredient needed to be a successful manager is to have a great team. my supervisory team may have been instrumental in the golf and turf operations by completing tasks to the highest standards possible of any group of people i ve ever seen. i would also like to thank the gardening staff, the teamsters, the operating engineers, everyone who makes my operation possible, even down to the local vendors and everyone that keeps my organization running. thank you. as you all know, san francisco has hosted premier events, the charles schwab cup, the recent nfc championship games. these events put san francisco on a national stage. every employee, supervisor stepped up and made both events extremely successful.
anymore. i don t have a formal education in i.t., however, i have deployed some systems when i was working for the industry, and i brought in young, energetic staff to help. we implemented this. it took three months. people knew when they were going to get paid. i think we have a happy contractor community. these system improvements have really it increased service to our clients and reduced costs and really improved the bidding environment for our contractors. it s remarkable what she has done. been a public service being a public servant is a good thing. i love my job. i would never exchange it for anything else in the world. [applause] [applause] i am from the department of public works. i have the honor of introducing jocelyn quintos. i will just a real quick, jocelyn works very hard. through her work, a lot of contracts and a lot of work that she does she has brought new systems that have saved a lot of tand time and allowed us to give contracts and make paymen
we do not have to go deeper anymore. i don t have a formal education in i.t., however, i have deployed some systems when i was working for the industry, and i brought in young, energetic staff to help. we implemented this. it took three months. people knew when they were going to get paid. i think we have a happy contractor community. these system improvements have really it increased service to our clients and reduced costs and really improved the bidding environment for our contractors. it s remarkable what she has done. been a public service being a public servant is a good thing. i love my job. i would never exchange it for anything else in the world. [applause] [applause] i am from the department of public works. i have the honor of introducing jocelyn quintos. i will just a real quick, jocelyn works very hard. through her work, a lot of contracts and a lot of work that she does she has brought new systems that have saved a lot of tand time and allowed us to gi
to attach the documents in a standardized format. we do not have to go deeper anymore. i don t have a formal education in i.t., however, i have deployed some systems when i was working for the industry, and i brought in young, energetic staff to help. we implemented this. it took three months. people knew when they were going to get paid. i think we have a happy contractor community. these system improvements have really it increased service to our clients and reduced costs and really improved the bidding environment for our contractors. it s remarkable what she has done. been a public service being a public servant is a good thing. i love my job. i would never exchange it for anything else in the world. [applause] [applause] i am from the department of public works. i have the honor of introducing jocelyn quintos. i will just a real quick, jocelyn works very hard. through her work, a lot of contracts and a lot of work that she does she has brought new systems that
i started working for the public works department 15 years ago. we are like a family. it is a very close-knit group. i think, because of that, we get the best out of people. one of the problems we encountered in the city was we were not able to pay our vendors and contractors. people were entering data inconsistently. documents were always getting lost. payments were not going out. the numbers do not add up. everything has to flow horizontal and vertical leap. we created several modules to make it easier for contractors to attach the documents in a standardized format. we do not have to go deeper anymore. i don t have a formal education in i.t., however, i have deployed some systems when i was working for the industry, and i brought in young, energetic staff to help. we implemented this. it took three months. people knew when they were going to get paid. i think we have a happy contractor community. these system improvements have really it increased service to our clients