I am posting this for the benefit of those who knew Don in some way, and so we can all benefit from his example ...
"It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Donald Willis on Friday, January 9, 2009. Don was a close member of the PVI family for over thirty years and most notably served as the Information Systems Manager, a member of PVI's Senior Management Team and a shareholder." "Don was the architect of the PVI information systems software, developed over twenty years ago to meet the unique needs of PVI customers and management alike. As PVI has grown, Don was instrumental in keeping our ability to serve our constituents, always knowing that our ability and desire to serve our customers is what makes PVI the company it is today." -Chris Bollas of PVI management team (Ft Worth, TX) "Simply, Don was the best boss I've had in my 30 years of programming. He effectively employed his heart-felt Christian values in the work place --- no small accomplishment. He cared deeply for all the people here at PVI and especially for us in the IT Group. He was an inspiration to all of us and a talented programmer, too. He'll be sorely missed. I'm just thankful that we had the time together." -Devon Osborne, PVI Developer, Texmug Member I remind Texmug members that Don made a very fine presentation at our June 19th meeting on the document management system he created for PVI - this was Don's description of the requirements --- "We could never seem to get a document management system to the top of the budget, so we (Infosys) decided to experiment with the interaction of Universe and other software. Goals were no cost, secure and simple for the user. We created the system, named SOS for Secure Online Storage, and currently have almost 750,000 documents stored. Universe controls it all, from setting NTFS security, generating barcodes on everything, to allowing productive document set displays based on cross reference from the main Universe database." This was one of the best Texmug presentations to date, and a well attended meeting. Don represents the pioneer spirit that many Multivalue developers have, who meet and exceed the requirements of their employers or customers and over the years tune their business systems to meet the challenges of the changing business environment. Don was one of the best and brightest of these pioneers who humbly, quietly, crafted a robust, custom, IT solution which played a significant role in his employer's continued and storied success. He did this while also caring for others and showing consistent integrity. We are richer as a community for having had him among us. Those wishing to express condolences to his family or friends can obtain contact information from myself or Devon [dosborne at removethis pvi dot com]. -Baker Hughes Texmug President Member at Large, U2UG Board [email protected] You can read the obit at this link, search on Willis in ft worth, tx: http://www.legacy.com/dfw/Obituaries.asp?Page=SEARCHRESULTS This communication, its contents and any file attachments transmitted with it are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential proprietary information. Access by any other party without the express written permission of the sender is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this communication in error you may not copy, distribute or use the contents, attachments or information in any way. Please destroy it and contact the sender. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
