Vicki Brown

Some of the Feedback I Have Received

Vicki listens to everything and documents the message! She goes above and beyond - asking appropriate questions, offering suggestions, easy to work with, never complains about the non-stop changes, understands me when I am skipping from subject to subject and just puts it all together. Vicki responds quickly and is available for meetings as needed.

Vicki is the kind of person who "hears" what it is you are saying, and then gives you what you want, which may not be exactly what you asked for -- but much better! She is very talented and delivers on time with energy, enthusiasm and professionalism. This value add makes her a tremendous asset.

Vicki writes well, organizes information effectively, and has a personal interest in tools that can increase the communication within a technical group. She has often suggested new ways of organizing and making available existing documentation or ideas related to better ways to make the information-heavy processes (such as the spec writing, reviewing, and sign-off process) operate in the future.

Vicki has a substantial amount of knowledge about programming and system administration. This allows her to make suggestions based on her experience and also makes it possible for her to document existing systems by examining their implementation.

As usual, Vicki has been exceptionally helpful and informative while I am pestering her with questions in order to make my ... documentation better. She's always answering with what I want, vs. what I ask for (and only think I want).

Vicki is proactive in gathering the information that she needs from the appropriate people and produces results quickly and in an organized manner. Vicki works best when given a bigger flow of work parceled out into smaller chunks and with lots of feedback on her results.

It is great that Vicki has good MarCom skills in addition to web skills. I didn't get what I asked for exactly -- I got what I *really* wanted. There wasn't much notice given and some of the work was done by Vicki after hours. There were lots of rave reviews from internal ... and from customers.

Vicki knows a great deal about Perl and makes great tools that work properly, are easy to understand, and follow good programming style. She listens to the needs of the "customer" (the person who will be running the program). She explains difficult and complex ideas in a clear and concise way. Vicki was very helpful to me when I was first learning to program Perl and encountered tough problems.

During the crunch time to get the ... content up, Vicki was professional, responsive and went the extra mile. It is a relief to work with her, because I know I can rely on Vicki to come through....

Vicki works extremely well with Engineering to create well organized and concise documentation. She possesses a genuine interest in technology and will go the additional mile to research and implement the most effective solution.

Vicki is quite organized. This is evident in her ability to work in parallel on a number of different assignments; in the clear presentation of information, whether on a web site or within a document; and in her status reports which are detailed to a fault but organized clearly and precisely.

Vicki created a[n]... application for our group to schedule the training room. It would have taken me a long time to make this application myself. Vicki asked me what I needed and implemented the application quickly and efficiently. I really appreciate her doing this for us. Thanks!

Vicki is THE go-to person ... for all things TWiki. But her most important contribution is sometimes missed...she's an excellent information architect. She always asks 'what are you trying to accomplish? Who is this for?' This inquiry leads to data tailored to the purpose and audience.

... I really don't think twiki is your thing. it's something you're good at, but not your most valuable quality. Nor is programming. You solve problems in a way that meets peoples' needs, and work with them to provide tools that enable them to do their work well.

I don't know of any software engineer who comes close to her skill level in understanding and applying TWiki machinery to unlock it's vast feature potential. Vicki was also a pleasure to work with in a customer consultant role -- she usually answered my queries within 24 hours, and often provided code, scripts, and other examples and artifacts that I could simply drop-in use in my applications. I'd estimate that she helped hundreds of people get very sophisticated web applications working through her emails, blog posts, and personal consultations.

Vicki has always been accessible and eager to help. In addition, I have been extremely impressed with her ability to clearly and concisely explain how Twiki works, and the most efficient means of addressing the immediate problem at hand. Given that Twiki is our de-facto mode of documentation ..., it is difficult for me to understand how we could afford to continue effectively without Vicki.

Vicki is incredibly knowledgeable on all things TWiki, but on top of that, goes out of her way to be extremely consistently helpful. This is both via the twiki [email] list as well as ad-hoc IM-based questions. On top of that, she has plenty of working TWiki examples to steal from. You rock, Vicki!

Vicki's encyclopedic knowledge of Twiki and her clear and concise examples were instrumental in helping our team create the Twiki application we needed.

When it comes to Twiki, people are often fast to point out the negatives, instead of pointing out the positives. One of the great 'positives'is Vicki's commitment to improving, helping, and enlightening others. She deserves kudos for an often thankless job.

Vicki helped me create a twiki application. She guided me through my initial attempts and then stepped in and did the more complicated programming work that would have taken me hours to figure out. I really appreciate her help and also her wonderful sense of humor.

I really appreciate your twiki-excellence. Teaching is a skill not everyone has.

In addition to making great things happen, Vicki always takes the time to help folks on twiki-users@ with random questions on how to do certain twiki-related items. Thank you so much for spending the time and energy helping us all !

Whenever I, or any co-worker has a Twiki question or issue, Vicki is certainly highly regarded as The Twiki Subject Matter Expert to deliver solutions.

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