Collection Of Recommendation Letters From Clients And Peers In Reference To Mark Foy (Page 8 of 9) in pdf

All aspects of Mark's job consisted of learning new technology. Mark always made the extra effort to completely understand

how to use the new technologies. He was very thorough and responsive to the development requests he received. Mark also

supported the production environment during data conversions.

Mark worked well with all personnel he had to interface with. His attention to detail and drive to completely understand the

issues as well as the complexities involved was instrumental in the success of our efforts.

All of Mark's work was of high quality and he performed above our expectations in everything he was assigned.

Tina Gregory

Oracle DBA

Mineral Pre-Production Group

*****

U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS

In 1997 Mark Foy worked as a consultant on a project at U S WEST for which I was the technical lead. I am happy to take this

opportunity to tell how pleased I am with his contributions.

The application was required to produce reports, both real-time and overnight, from a large Oracle database. The architecture

used a Web front-end, an early version of the Oracle Web Server for listener and PL/SQL cartridge, and PL/SQL packages for

the application code. The project was characterized by high visibility, rapidly changing requirements, a political client group

and a need to produce a lot quickly. We met a long series of deadlines successfully, mostly because of Mark’s efforts.

Mark made several significant contributions.

+ He adopted a new technology to meet our requirements. This way of producing a reporting interface had been

demonstrated in a pilot project. Mark made it work in a much larger setting, facing down many technical problems with the

Oracle infrastructure.

+ He worked well with a very demanding client community. The requirements evolved rapidly, the end result had to meet

stringent legal restrictions, and the work had executive-level attention. Mark was able to listen well to client requests, meet

challenging requests when possible, and keep them happy even when delivering bad technical news that some things could

not be done the way they wanted. He showed a lot of initiative in this area.

+ He readily grasped the regulatory climate that determined many of our requirements. As a result, Mark was able to help the

client fine-tune some fuzzy requirements into precise specifications.

+ He communicated well with a changing cast of developers and DBAs. New people had to be taught this unfamiliar

application architecture, and be coached to use a uniform style. Mark was patient and helpful with all the technical staff.

+ He produced work of high quality with amazing speed. He was the most productive developer on the project.

In summary, Mark has equally strong technical and interpersonal abilities. In a technical role he has a strong ability to quickly

grasp complex technology and wield it effectively to meet requirements. In an interpersonal role he works very well with

clients and technical people. I would gladly use his consulting services again, and recommend him highly.

Dan Moore

U S WEST Information Technologies

February 4, 1999

*****

U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS

January 18, 1999

Letter of Recommendation

Mark Foy and I were both consultants on the same assignment at US West. As the test lead for the development project, I

worked closely with the development staff.

Mark performed quality work in a sometimes stressful and deadline-driven environment. He was an excellent team player and

interacted very well with all the staff members. Mark had excellent knowledge of the technology and was willing to share his

expertise with other members of the team.

Mark was very accommodating to the clients in meeting their requests for changes to the application. Mark often took the

initiative to ensure the client requests were fulfilled in a timely manner.

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