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LiUNA STAFF GO BACK TO OFFICE
Interestingly , now that the focus is on how and when staff return after the pandemic , LiUNA has been decisive . It wants everyone back at their desks after the Labor Day holiday .
“ What we ’ ve been doing since the start of the summer is allowing those who are vaccinated back in – to give employees the chance to return to routine ,” he says .
“ There will be some challenges on September 7 , we ’ ve changed some of the equipment and docking stations , and video conferencing equipment , and so people will need to get used to the new set-ups . But , overall , it won ’ t be that difficult – what I would say , subjectively , is it will be a bit of a shock to the system on a human level – whether staff have to deal with childcare , or any other issues .”
“ Our approach is ‘ if you ’ re going to build an application , you ’ d better build it in Appian unless you have a good reason not to ’. That keeps us all on one ecoystem as much as we can ”
MATTHEW RICHARD CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER , LiUNA
available , and that enables us , constantly , to lower our costs and take advantage of new offerings , and we ’ re using Snowflake for most of our back end . We ’ re working remotely all the time , and made secure access easier everywhere .”
His focus is primarily international . “ We put platforms in place that can handle the ramp-up of thousands of users if needs be , and easily and securely integrate with our international systems ,” he adds . “ It ’ s all about better data collection , easier processes for our affiliates , and faster processing times . We ’ ve brought the timeframes down from months to weeks to hours , and I see it continuing to evolve .”
The transition is likely to be a multiyear effort , requiring ‘ buy in ’ from affiliates at grass roots . “ They ’ re happy sharing information – it ’ s more a comfort level , demonstrating that we ’ re here to help and working through technology issues ,” he said .
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