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There are many individuals and groups that serve the OAUG community with their outstanding contributions throughout the year. Last evening during the annual OAUG Meeting of the Members at COLLABORATE 18, the OAUG recognized its 2018 winners (scroll to the end for the photo gallery):

2018 Oracle Ambassador

Jeff McCall, Oracle Senior Principal Technical Engineer, Oracle Proactive Services

The OAUG Oracle Ambassador Award recognizes an Oracle employee who has made an outstanding contribution to the OAUG and its members. Jeff McCall is dedicated to designing and enhancing the Oracle Support Get Proactive Functional Analyzers to help end users streamline and rapidly improve issue, problem and support request resolution time, all while improving the overall Oracle Support experience. Jeff has been a great Ambassador to the OAUG and Oracle E-Business Suite Community, and we recognize him for his support and achievements.

Certificates of Distinction

Then OAUG's Geographic (Geo) and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) partner with the OAUG to provide education and networking opportunities for specialized Oracle users communities each year. The groups receiving the Certification of Distinction award for their excellence in delivering the highest quality content and service in 2018 area:

SIGs:

• ​Cloud ERP SIG – Coordinator, Padam Bansal
• Configurator SIG – Coordinator, Tarun Sharma
• Cost Management SIG – Coordinator, Douglas Volz
• EBS Security SIG – Coordinator, Michael Barone 
• EPM/Hyperion SIG – Coordinator, Chuck Persky
• Multi-National SIG – Coordinator, Hans Kolbe and Jennifer Rush
• Oracle Analytics, BI and Big Data SIG – Coordinators, Kirby Lunger and Jay Canupp

Geos:

• ​Atlanta OAUG – Coordinator, Andrew Snyder
• Gateway OAUG – Coordinator, Victor Alarcon
• Michigan OAUG – Coordinator, Sue Maloney
• North Central OAUG – Coordinator, Melissa Sider
• Ohio Valley OAUG – Coordinator, Jon Riley
• Southwest Regional OAUG – Coordinator, James Lui
• Texas-Louisiana OAUG – Coordinator, Susan Behn

Special kudos go out to the OAUG Geo and SIG of the Year:

Cost Management SIG, Coordinator Douglas Volz

North Central OAUG, Coordinator Melissa Sider

STAR Presenter of the Year Award

The STAR Presenter of the Year Award recognizes OAUG members who have made an outstanding contribution to the OAUG via speaking engagements. These engagements may include educational events such as COLLABORATE, OAUG eLearning webinars and panels, and/or Geo/SIG meetings.

• ​Fidel Fayad, IT Analyst at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (User Member)
• Doug Volz, Douglas Volz Consulting, Inc. (Associate Member)

2018 Member of the Year

The Member of the Year Award recognizes an individual within an OAUG member organization who has made an outstanding contribution to the OAUG. This Member of the Year demonstrates a high level of commitment to helping the OAUG better serve its members by supporting our initiatives of education, networking and influence.

The 2018 OAUG Member of the Year is Marty Fye, Director – Applications, Snap-On Business Solutions. Marty Fye was nominated by Maureen Bagley of Eaton Corp. for his commitment to and enthusiasm for supporting the OAUG.

The following are just a few of his contributions:

• ​Marty officially has the job as programming director to coordinate speakers for relevant topics for the Northern Ohio OAUG (NOOAUG) quarterly meetings. 
• He is also always eager to share the successes and trials of the implementations and upgrades at Snap-On Business Systems. 
• Marty has served on the board of the NOOAUG since its inception. Maureen insists that he is the Geo's heartbeat! Fellow NOOAUG board members concur and add that he also supports other Oracle user organizations by providing his time and knowledge. 
• Oracle employee Brian Lawrence interjects that Marty is the driving force behind not only the NOOAUG, but also the Northern Ohio Business Intelligence Forum, which started as a SIG of the NOOAUG. Marty is always the first to jump in, head first, to help coordinate scheduling and communications with the NOOAUG participants to plan, organize and attend each event. 
• Marty is also critical to the success of the Great Lakes Oracle Conference (GLOC), lining up speakers and keeping them all informed about GLOC sessions and topics.

Marty has been a tireless volunteer for the OAUG, supporting the organization for many years. Please join us in congratulating Marty on his award and thanking him for his tremendous contributions to the OAUG.