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Distinguished Service Award Winner Spotlight: Larry Zagata

Harry E Fowler

Learn more about one of our 2020 Distinguished Service Award winners – Larry Zagata! 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

Larry was awarded the Standing Ovation Award, which goes to members of our community who achieve outstanding presenter scores at COLLABORATE, RECONNECT, and INFOCUS.

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

2020 Distinguished Service Award Winner: Larry Zagata

Larry Zagata, MIPRO Consulting

Tell us a little about your company.

Since 2005, MIPRO has been dedicated to providing PeopleSoft related services. We have earned a reputation for our integrity, honesty and always “doing the right thing.” One of the things MIPRO is most proud of is our people. Most have 25+ years of experience with PeopleSoft in the areas of Fluid, Lease Administration, ERP/Financials, Supply Chain, and Human Capital Management. Our customers ask us to implement, upgrade, optimize and provide managed services for them.

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

Managing Partner/Vice President of Solutions Delivery. I am responsible for our overall PeopleSoft implementation methodology, our project management and our consultants. Ultimately responsible for the overall success of our client engagements. I design our solutions to assist our clients with resolving their PeopleSoft needs.

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

MIPRO specializes in PeopleSoft. PeopleSoft is our passion and expertise. PeopleSoft has been around for around 30 years and in that time has built tremendous functionality and we have seen PeopleSoft grow and change over the years. Today’s PeopleSoft has a modern look and feel with unmatched functionality. But what is best is that PeopleSoft provides the best of both worlds whereas it is Saas like with quarterly functionality updates but at the same time can be configured and customized to meet the business needs of an organization and can be hosted in the cloud.

How long have you been involved with Quest?

My official membership with Quest started in 2012. I have presented at many Quest conferences over the years and most often at Collaborate and Reconnect along with webinars and participating with Quest groups.

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

As mentioned, PeopleSoft is our Passion and being part of Quest has allowed me to share what I know about PeopleSoft with the greater community and hopefully provide some value and assistance along the way. Quest is the best mechanism for spreading PeopleSoft knowledge and allowed me to reach more PeopleSoft users.

What’s one interesting fact about you?

I am a dedicated Crossfitter. Yes, it is true the first rule of Crossfit is you have to talk about Crossfit to anyone who will listen.

Do you have any children or pets?

I have two daughters, Emily (20) and Lauren (16) and two dogs. A golden retriever who is approaching 13 years old and a Miniature Schnauzer.

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 weeks! Browse the sessions and register today!