Thank you, Infor, for a decade long unstinted support
Tags: gratitude, leadership, aws
Published: 2023-02-28 08:24:15

Expressing my gratitude towards Infor for the incredible journey that lasted for a decade is impossible with just a simple "thank you". Hence, I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to each and every one of you for your unwavering support, invaluable guidance, and cherished camaraderie during my time in the organization.

I want to especially acknowledge the Infor Management, my supervisor Vynessa Alexander, great leaders Tom Sorgie, Jackson Lee, Adam Malter, Mark Unger, and Terry Woods, super supportive HR colleagues Renu Ganotra, Sunil Joshi, and the entire team, always available IT and Admin teams, and all my wonderful colleagues and friends who have been there for me during my journey.

My team has been an integral part of my life for the past decade, and their support and camaraderie have meant the world to me.

Working with the Engineering Operations Team and collaborating with Karthik Venkatraman on various CSR initiatives, participating actively in HR initiatives, Tech Talks, Annual Days, and cultural events has been an incredible experience that has provided a platform to connect with Infor/Infor Nexus global cross-functional teams.

In summary, these experiences have created long-lasting memories that I will cherish for a lifetime.

### Table of Contents
* [My Journey with Infor & AWS Community](#myjourney)
* [CSR](#CSR)
* [Covid Task Force](#Covid)
* [2012](#2012)
* [2013](#2013)
* [2014](#2014)
* [2015](#2015)
* [2016](#2016)
* [2017](#2017)
* [2018](#2018)
* [2019](#2019)
* [2020](#2020)
* [2021](#2021)
* [2022](#2022)
* [2023](#2023)
* [Always in memory](#memory)


### My Journey with Infor & AWS Community <a name="myjourney">

Infor / Infor Nexus have been an extended family all through 10 years. I would always attribute all these awards, accolades to my dear friends, colleagues, supervisors, seniors, mentors and family.
As my friends rightly say that you always fly Infor flag high and I can say that I would continue to do that in my journey forward too.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/6ugxrqd4p2tv67xbjdif.png)

### CSR <a name="CSR"></a>

CSR which stands for Corporate Social Responsibility is an important aspect of corporate culture and responsibility. It is not only beneficial for society and the environment, but also for the long-term success and sustainability of the company itself.

CSR has always been very close to my hear and we really enjoyed doing lots of things together, some which includes 

- Donating to charities and non-profit organizations that support social causes such as education, health, and poverty alleviation.
- Supporting local communities, government schools through volunteer work and other initiatives.
- Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/4vqbcezb5fbvvserzg4e.png)

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### Covid Task Force <a name="Covid"></a>

The pandemic had a significant impact on individuals from various backgrounds and with diverse lifestyle. When the situation started to spiral out of control, Covid Task Force teams were established across the world. As part of #teamInfor, we were honored to step up and provide extensive support to our colleagues and their families who had returned to their hometowns.

The Covid Task Force is a dedicated team of individuals within an organization who are responsible for developing and implementing strategies to prevent the spread of Covid-19 within the workplace. The task force should consist of members from various departments, including human resources, facilities management, health and safety, among others.

I was extremely glad to be one of the leaders along with Upendra Masade, Karthik Venkatraman, Renu Ganotra and Kiran Addala.

Thanks a ton to all the Bengaluru volunteers who worked tirelessly day and night for more than a month

- Prasad T
- Syed Muneer Pasha
- Maria Andrew
- Karthik Venkatraman
- Karthik Viswanathan
- Dinesh Rao 
- Dinesh Narayanan 
- Ashapurna Mukherjee
- Sahana	Satish
- Harsh	
- Arunkumar	
- Som Shekar

Thanks to every individual who went out of their way to extend their hands and kind heart. 

My SVP, Vynessa Alexandar was all in full support for my to drive this to stand by and support Infor family. It gave such a hearty warming relationship with Inforians across India to stand united for a common cause.

Infor Cares is actually taking employee wellness to great level and I admire that.

### Always in memory <a name="memory"></a>
Some friends may not be around but always in our hearts with loads of memories to cherish - Frank D'Auguste, Chandan Ranganath, Michelle Machado and Albert are everlasting memories to cherish.

![Frank-Chandan-Michelle](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/woehjnv7qjsg2w5tmwnr.png)


`As I get ready to bid farewell to this organization, I would like to take a moment to reminisce about some of the fond memories that I have had during my tenure here`

### 2012 <a name="2012"></a>
Diwali is festival of lights and Diya painting contest gives you an opportunity to give colours to your imagination. My first fun event at Infor Nexus

![Diya](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/cxrpi4xy6yetozns6l97.png)

### 2013 <a name="2013"></a>

**Women's Day Celebration**
Joined hands with Bhavana Patel, Shwetha Rajiv and Shruthi Mohanraju to celebrate my first Women's day at office and invited my favourite Management Trainer, Mrs.Malathy Krishnan as a special guest. We also had stand-up comedies by couple of male colleagues including Chendur Murugan. That was indeed very thoughtful and fun filled day. 

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/kr0tsk6abi91sjp6z7xm.png)

**Modern RAW-Ma-Yana**
We had a very interesting two days management training for all managers across Infor Nexus. All of us have to work together to plan a theme, script, rehearse a skit and present it to the rest of the employees by end of second day. 
Well, the more I tried to stay away from lime-light, I was tagged by the trainer to play as Modern Sita 😊

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**Farewell to Senthil**
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### 2014 <a name="2014"></a>
We are fabulous !! -Women's day celebrations @ Office
![2014 IWD](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/d2fknx3f94e8ypj10456.png)

Infor Nexus Christmas celebration has been always a fun-filled one with many cultural events aka contests.
We did a wonderful show with the theme "Wear Helmet and Be Safe" with many first-timers who never climbed on stage during school or college days and ultimately was super hit, won a first prize too.
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### 2015 <a name="2015"></a>

**QA Managers group have always been fun at work**
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### 2017 <a name="2017"></a>

**Team Lunch with Frank, Jon and Vynessa at NYC Office**
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wccvw5nlf9eivgzkrj9s.png)

**With Jon & Jayaseelan in NYC**
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**Girls Lunch with Subhashini and Vynessa in Bengaluru**
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/lo5fdcj0l6sslrz57785.png)

### 2018 <a name="2018"></a>

**Team Outing**
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**Our Team in office**

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/gv4ruomad01oqmjhmm7w.png)


### 2019 <a name="2019"></a>
**Isnt your team's success is your success ?**

Kannan, Teju and Neelam receiving Awards for their extraordinary work.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/son91vscfmwnrnxf0kyw.png)

**AWS reInvent 2019**
Thank you Adam for being available at AWS Invent in Las Vegas during my presentation despite his busy schedule.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/x4xpgfj19s5ec9cbc1yj.png)

**Lunch time pics - Shruthi, Vynessa, Subha and myself**

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/rcjvftz0sswq9wkcn4l7.png)

### 2020 <a name="2020"></a>

**Infor Utsav**
![Infor-Utsav](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/n0s9z8wbwgr50va4r3xz.png)

**Virtual India Independence Day Celebration**

A 2 mins video shot in 2 days across the geographies

Time & Time again, proving that virtually we can do wonders; Stay Safe!!

Special thanks to Teju Naik for the concept and coining the videos!! 
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There is always a joy in joining hands with your teammate for an industry conference session - Neelam and myself at India Cloud Summit 2020

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/bx1rgywp6277yh1o18mf.png)

Lunch time pics - Shruthi, Vynessa, Subha and myself

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/0as3tuwq0t9axr6izhks.png)

### 2021 <a name="2021"></a>

Our team across the globe wanted to pledge on March 8th 2021 International Women's Day as #ChoosetoChallenge

![2021IWD](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9elx3b896v37cpdz33ya.png)

That became a wonderful group pic across geographies.

[If you wonder why Kannan is posing differently 😊, for not sharing photo on time, we had to photo-shop 😂]

**Team Enablement**
We had lots of anxiety dealing with pandemic and extended WFH. Its myth that interaction with the manager is asking for status update. Let's break that stereotyping and do something different.

In mid June 2021, kicked-off EngOps Tech Drive - An initiative for techies to Showcase their expertise and also to create a forum for them to present. Ashapurna Mukherjee, Raghu R, and Kannan Periyasamy from PerfQA Team was pretty excited and open to work with me in this initiative.

I have done many presentations in my career so far and this one is very special as well as close to my heart because all four of us from the same team are joining hands together to make up a 3-hour Webinar on "Application Performance Management" in association with K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology.

Quite a lot of effort went in by the team to create wonderful content. Please stop by to pass on your good wishes to our SMEs Asha, Raghu and Kannan for their debut external presentation. I am sure they will have many success stories down the line and motivate the budding engineers.

![KSR](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9ww5w1kq7mwps53vrjv4.png)

![BIT](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/mgsgzhmh3uvu6vtk54m8.png)

Owing to the successful presentation at KSRCT, the Team did an amazing show Bannari Amman Institute of Technology as well.

[Asha’s Journey as a Speaker and Blogger](https://aboutgemsoflife.blogspot.com/2021/11/my-journey-as-debut-speaker.html) is definitely a best gift for any manager. 

### 2022 <a name="2022"></a>

**AWS Rockstar of Infor**
I am truly honoured and humbled to receive the AWS Hero award from an inspirational leader when I mark my decade journey with Infor.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/kgbtoglrvh2k5eiiv7ys.png)

Please read [here](https://dev.to/aws-heroes/infors-20th-anniversary-celebration-turned-an-everlasting-memory-584a) for full blog.

Glad to spend good time with Kiran Addala's Team in Hyderabad

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/noanim27adnkicjfmogf.png)

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**Visit to NYC Office**
Annual IT Planning Summit with Engineering and Ops has been always a good time to catch up to learn and share the plan for the year. Never thought its the last one though. Thanks a tone for the team.

![NYC-Office](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/zt18fbihh950gus0gimp.png)

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**AWS reInvent 2022**

Thank you Tom & Anthony for making for my session at reInvent despite your busy schedule. A best encouragement and support always.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/0ir139hnfpvl5wi86w49.png)

### 2023 <a name="2023"></a>

**Infor Bengaluru Outing** 

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/qk2rik8qukxhxwqzvv3l.png)

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**With HR friends - Manasa and Glady**

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Virtual Farewell is not time for celebration but filled with emotions..
 
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Pasha is one good soul, always available to help.. 
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/6pqv2wphxnbf1cjehzvy.png)

Thank you Ravi and Prasanna

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9jmg1pu9aq7gp5bqqxna.png)

Thank you, Yogesha
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/kpg1da0xaqehxy3ygxzu.png)


**Thank you and Farewell**

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