Spotlight - Featured Employee

Name Geoffrey Shubert

Title Programmer

Year at Datapath Little more than 3 years

Role at DataPath
HSAToday® System and Data Analyst

What do you see as the most important function of your department?
I believe our most important service is to provide assurance of data and process integrity to the HSA account holders and their agents. Secondarily, we attempt to provide the most natural and straightforward user interfaces possible.

How do you envision your department developing / improving in 5 years?
Within the next five years, I believe the HSAToday® development and support department will integrate technology advancements providing faster and more aesthetically pleasing portals for account holders and managers. Further, the designs pioneered for HSAToday®, will conceivably allow Internet access to other benefit and financial information previously out of reach to the end user.

What is the best thing about your job?
Being able to solve problems and constantly improve systems across a broad range of technologies and challenges is the most rewarding aspect of my position.

What is the most challenging thing about your job?
Integration of new technologies while maintaining a very reliable system with a significant number of interrelated elements is what presents the greatest challenge in our department.

Fill in the blank to this bumper sticker...
“I’d rather be ... Analyzing quantum mechanics :)

What are your 3 ‘desert island’ albums?
Rich Mullins 'Songs'
The Vineyard 'We Welcome You'
Parachute Band 'Amazing'

What is your work background?
Electronic Engineering Technician and Instructor 1977 – 1994, Computer hardware / Networking technician and Instructor 1994 – 2000, Database Application designer 2000 – present.

Where were you born?
Champaign / Urbana Illinois

Family Information
Single, no children (but a dedicated uncle)

Hobbies
Writing (physics and philosophy)
Sound system design and engineering
Health nut
photography
movie watching
Cooking

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