Learn more about one of our 2020 Distinguished Service Award winners – Bennett Walker! Distinguished Service Awards are given to members of the community who have been recognized as those who embody Quest’s core values.

With the current environment in mind, our community depends on individuals and companies that go above and beyond for others now more than ever. It seems like a fitting time to recognize those that have been distinguished contributors to our community over the past year.

There were Distinguished Service Awards given out within these 11 categories:

• Quest Chairman’s Award
• Newcomer Award
• User Group Distinguished Service Award
• Customer Content Contributor Distinguished Service Award
• Oracle Employee Distinguished Service Award
• Business Partner Distinguished Service Award
• Quest Networking Distinguished Service Award
• Standing Ovation Award
• Friend of Quest Award
• SELECT Journal Editor’s Choice Award
• Ken Jacobs Award

Bennett was awarded the Customer Content Contributor Distinguished Service Award, which goes to customers who consistently present excellent content for the Quest Oracle Community.

Thank you to Bennett and the rest of this year’s award winners for their time and service!

2020 Distinguished Service Award Winner: Bennett Walker

Tell us a little about your company.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a new health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,000 physicians and 35,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education. BIDMC is a world-class teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and is located in the heart of Boston.

What is your job title and what do you do in your role?

My job title is Manager, PeopleSoft Development and Administration, and I manage day to day operations of PeopleSoft HCM and FSCM applications, including the development of new functionality, enhancements to current functionality, reporting needs and maintaining security.

What Oracle product do you use and what do you like most about it?

PeopleSoft HCM and FSCM. The best part of PeopleSoft is the ability to accommodate virtually all business needs, from utilizing new frameworks like Related Content Framework – Event Mapping and Page and Field Configurator to good old fashioned PeopleCode changes to delivered code.

How long have you been involved with Quest?

I have been attending conferences and webinars as well as participating in the community for about five years.

How have you benefit from being part of Quest Oracle Community?

The biggest benefit I have found is learning how other organizations have used features we have not to solve business issues, and giving a walk-through of how those have worked for them and the lessons learned.

What’s one interesting fact about you?

My wife and I are building our own cabin on an island only accessible by boat and are doing 100 percent of the building ourselves. We have completed our first and hope to complete our second by the end of 2020.

Do you have any children or pets?

I have two boys, 5 and 22 months, who keep us very busy!

Thank you again to this year’s award winners for everything you do for the Quest Oracle Community!

Additional Resources

The Quest Forum Digital Event was designed to bring our community the great education and networking showcased during the Quest Forum at COLLABORATE in a virtual format. While we’ve missed seeing you all in person, we’re thankful that we get to continue to engage with you during these difficult and trying times, and we hope that you are staying safe and healthy! We hope to see you at our Community Education Weeks over the next few months! Browse the sessions and register today!

• Oracle Cloud Week: May 27-29, 2020
• PeopleSoft Week: June 1-4, 2020
• Professional Development and Emerging Technology Day: June 5, 2020
• JD Edwards Week: June 8-11, 2020
• Training and Workshops: June 12, 2020
• Database & Tech Week: June 15-18, 2020