Learn more about one of our 2020 Distinguished Service Award winners – Heather Hagedorn! 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

Heather was awarded the Oracle Employee Distinguished Service Award, which goes to an Oracle employee who demonstrates exceptional commitment and support to the Quest community.

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

2020 Distinguished Service Award Winner: Heather Hagedorn

Tell us a little about your company.

Oracle is a global provider of enterprise cloud computing, empowering businesses of all sizes on their journey of digital transformation. With a complete suite of integrated applications for sales, service, marketing, human resources, finance, supply chain, and manufacturing, plus highly automated and secure Generation 2 Infrastructure featuring the Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle helps customers develop strategic roadmaps and advance their journey to the cloud from any point: new cloud deployments, legacy environments, and hybrid implementations. Today, 430,000 customers in 175 countries use Oracle technologies.

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

I am a Senior Product Strategy Manager for Oracle with over 15 years of experience with Human Capital Management solutions. I am the lead for Oracle’s online customer community, Cloud Customer Connect, for Oracle Cloud HCM.

How long have you been involved with Quest?

I have been involved with Quest for three years.

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

The Quest community offers me the opportunity to connect with Oracle customers. In addition, Quest and Oracle have collaborated to bring Oracle customers together to support one another which has proven to be very successful.

What’s one interesting fact about you?

I first traveled solo when I was 22 years old. I went to Japan and lived there for a year.

Do you have any children or pets?

I am a loving wife and proud mother of two wonderful teenage daughters. My free time is spent watching my girls enjoy water sports on a nearby lake as well as attending their competitions – dance, cheer, gymnastics and acrobatics. I am also a pet parent to a 10-year-old black lab who also loves spending his free time in the water.

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