NOS Team Members of the Year
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Two CCOM/JHC colleagues have been named NOS Team Member of the Year by NOAA's National Ocean Service. Jason Greenlaw and Giuseppe Masetti are being recognized in the Scientific/Technical category. Both were nominated by their NOAA colleagues in the Office of Coast Survey.The Team Member of the Year Award is given to individual grant and contractor partners in recognition of their outstanding contributions to NOS.
Giuseppe Masetti, an Assistant Research Professor, was selected as a 2017 NOS Team Member of the Year for developing HydrOffice software and its impact toward increasing confidence and improving timeliness of seafloor map products, including nautical charts, for the ocean mapping community. Giuseppe established several HydrOffice projects in direct collaboration with NOAA's Office of Coast Survey including two important tools: Sound Speed Manager and QC Tools. HydrOffice is a research software framework that allows mappers and hydrographers around the world to support and collaborate on improvements to data acquisition, processing, and products through automation, quality control, and calibration for more precise, accurate, and fast measurements of the seafloor. Jason Greenlaw of the Coast Survey Development Lab was selected as a 2017 NOS Team Member of the Year for the development and enhancement of NOAA’s nowCOAST using exceptional knowledge, experience, and ingenuity, and sharing this within NOAA to ensure the reliable delivery of NOAA geospatial products. Jason is the lead software developer of the nowCOAST utility and consistently demonstrates exceptional initiative and creativity in finding solutions to customer-driven requirements and has consistently developed innovative strategies for improving nowCOAST’s content, functionality, and reliability. Dr. Russell Callender, the NOAA Assistant Administrator for the National Ocean Service wrote to the winners in an email, "Congratulations on being selected as a 2017 NOS Team Member of the Year recipient! This award is presented to members of the workforce who are not NOAA Federal employees for their contributions as recognized by their NOS peers. It is but a minor reflection of the tremendous work you do to support NOS and NOAA, and I'm glad you are receiving the recognition you most assuredly deserve." Jason and Giuseppe will be honored at an awards ceremony in the NOAA Auditorium on December 4, 2017. These awards are tangible evidence of Jason and Giuseppe's commitment, the positive impact of their work on NOAA's mission, and of the value NOAA places in the contribution of the people at CCOM/JHC. |
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