Currently the third shift staff consists of four people. After working under Anna Finn, Pat Hansen, and the late Danny Jones, he was appointed third shift supervisor by Manager of Operations Ron Wooten in October of 1981. While working fulltime, Albert also studied data processing at LaGuardia Community College throughout the 1980s. Titus Alston, senior console operator, also worked as an intern, in 1982-1983. He went on to complete his A.A.S. and then joined the staff three years later.
System information is backed up, and subsystems are brought up afresh.
In addition, preventive maintenance and upgrades to system software are usually scheduled for the latter part of the third shift when backups have been completed and system usage is at a minimum. Almost all comprehensive backups are done on the third shift, including those of databases, minidisks, online logs, and temporary spool files. The biggest difference between the third and other shifts is, of course, social. Most contact is by phone or through written or electronic reports. At the same time, third shift has more contact with IBM personnel than any other shift.