INFO R M ATI O N SYST E M S NEWS
Advancing the Gospel By Sean Parker
E Sean Parker
E Kong Yoong
24 MAY 2022
E Ben Freeman
E Ben Rietman
As we take a look back over the past five years, the Lake Union Information Systems Department was involved in a number of key projects: rolled out cloudbased software to the office and the field, worked closely with the conferences to meet their needs, continued to support and maintain LUCIS software. Our goal has been, and continues to be, to provide a service that will assist in facilitating and empowering the advancement of the gospel in the Lake Union. We currently have a staff consisting of four individuals who are committed to providing the very best service to the field. Kong Yoong is key to our operation as he provides excellent support to several software packages and is a software developer for LUCIS Software. Ben Freeman is primarily responsible for providing on-premise network, server and PC support, and oversees the servers and firewalls and many of our conferences. We are blessed to have Ben Rietman on our team. He started at the Union as an intern in the summer of 2021 and will be
helping with software development. And, finally, Sean Parker, our departmental director, provides oversite and assists in all areas of operation. During this quinquennium, our long-time, esteemed software developer and support guru, Lance Mack, retired and is sorely missed! The Lake Union and associated conferences were well prepared for working remotely as the spring of 2020 rolled around and the pandemic drastically changed our work environment. Implementing the Office365 platform and utilizing its cloud services proved to be invaluable during the pandemic. This service allowed easy access and simultaneous collaboration on documents from the comfort and safety of our homes. It also provided a communication Visit LakeUnionHerald.org
