To: Any potential employer of Michael L. Finney From: Mark R. Feathers, Director of Product Development, First Data Resources Subject: Recommendation for Michael L. Finney In the 29 years of my consulting and data processing career, I have had the opportunity to know and work with hundreds of data processing professionals. Michael L Finney is one of the absolute best employees I have ever worked with. In particular,
- Michael ranks among the top 3 most technically qualified professionals I have ever seen.
- Michael has among the top 5 best "work" attitudes I have ever seen.
- Michael is the single most productive employee I have ever seen.
In the seven years he has worked for me, I have found him to be an unfailingly hard worker who produces first class bug free code.
Michael is constantly striving to better his knowledge and then use that knowledge to better his performance and the performance of those around him. Michael is just the sort of person to take serious advantage of the resources offered and not squander them.
Michael works very well independently (often at home). In groups, one's first impression of him as a little too strange to deal with gives way to a profound respect for his intellect and skills and an increasing appreciation for the genuine warmth and caring he brings to his relationships. He does a very good job of combining relentless pursuit of intellectual principal and quality implementation with consistent willingness to accept management direction.
Michael offers an excellent grounding in traditional data processing disciplines with cutting edge technical skills.
If you have the chance to snag him, do it.
Mark R. Feathers (signature in original)
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