Your Fellow APAs —

Meet Fellow APA Gerry Felipe 

By Gerlind Kiupel, Communication Committee Member 

1. What is your job title?  Information Technologist I 
2. How long have you been at MSU? 14 years 
3. Have you been a member of the APA the whole time?  Yes 
4. What department do you work in, and can you tell me a little bit about what you do?      Currently, working in Product Services. Team supports Vendor & In-house developed software that MSU uses (Academic Works, CA-PPM, Cashnet, File Depot, FTU, My Soft). I act as a coordinator/liaison between the user and the software vendor for about 4 of the many our team supports.  
5. What brought you to your job at MSU?     Wanted to work closer to home. 
6. What do you enjoy most about working at MSU?     The energy, ambience and diversity of the students, faculty, and staff. 
7. What do you like to do when you are not at work?     Amateur photography, Science Fiction reading, TV shows and movies. 
8. In high school I was known for …      FORTRAN II-D debugging skill in our computer math class + as an assistant to teacher.  Developing capability to restore IBM 1620 OS to operation withing 60 seconds, if system went down, for the 3 instructors in our Computer Programming Curriculum at Cass Technical High School in Detroit. 
9. People would be surprised to know I am skilled at…     Playing piano/keyboards, speaking a little Mandarin Chinese. 
10. I have 3 rescue greyhounds as pets.