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. it was transparent to the attendees and the television viewers that there was a third team out there. that was the recreation and parks department. it is extremely proud of my team. add to this one of the most beautiful park systems in the world. i am extremely lucky. lastly, i want to thank my parents and my wife, vivian, and my two daughters, jennifer and some of the, for their love and support. thank you. [applause] steve castile. [applause] 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 we
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 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 v
[applause] 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
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 payments very fast. please meet jocelyn. [applause] first of all, i just want to thank spur and mfac for giving me this honor. i ve never really won an award. it d
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 payments very fast. please meet jocelyn. [applause] first of all, i just want to thank spur and mfac for giving me this honor. i ve never really won an award. it does feel like you won the oscars. it s different when you are standing here. i do not even have a written speech. i will speak from the heart. today is a very important day for me and my family because this happens to be my father s death anniversary. i want to dedicate this to my father. my mom flew in tonight. my brother, who works for bart. [applause] i have my nep