Promotion Announcement!
Covisum is excited to announce that two members of our software development team have recently been promoted. Congratulations to Shawn Sweet and Geneiva Mfinanga, promoted to Director of Software Development and Agile Developer II, respectively. Read on to learn more about Shawn and Geneiva and their new roles.
Shawn Sweet, Director of Software Development at Covisum
Shawn Sweet has been promoted from Software Architect to Director of Software Development. He's been with Covisum for a year and a half, and he's a valuable asset to the team. In his new role, Shawn provides management and technical leadership within the software development team.
More about Shawn:
Q: What is your favorite part about working for Covisum?
"Being surrounded by smart, driven individuals who give everything they have to accomplish common goals, and the opportunity to share my 22 years of technical experience with my team."
Q: What project has been most exciting to work on?
"Digging in with Roth conversions and refactoring that piece of the software so that calculations will be performant and accessible from anywhere via API's."
Q: In your new position, what are you most excited about?
"Getting to know my team on a more personal level and becoming a better servant-leader. I'm excited to see the team become an even higher performing team."
Q: What are some of the interests/hobbies/activities you enjoy when you aren't working hard to create and upgrade our awesome software?
"I enjoy learning about modern software architecture patterns and new offerings from cloud providers."
Q: What is the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
"Don't try and conquer every difficult task yourself. Lean on your peers when you're able to so that you don't burn yourself out."
Geneiva Mfinanga, Covisum Agile Developer II
Geneiva Mfinanga has been promoted from Agile developer I to Agile developer II. Geneiva has worked diligently to tackle new projects and build her skill set for the past year and a half. In her new role, she will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, implementing, documenting the software you know and love.
More about Geneiva:
Q: What is your favorite part about working for Covisum?
"My favorite part about working for Covisum is the opportunity to work in different areas of technology."
Q: What project has been most exciting to work on?
"The most exciting project I have worked on is the work dealing with the Income InSight® Application Programming Interface (API). The experience exposed me to a starkly different way of development than what I am used to and helped me grow in an area of technology that was new to me."
Q: In your new position, what are you most excited about?
"I am most excited about taking my knowledge, skills, and abilities gained over the year and taking them to the next level. Gaining and keeping up with financial knowledge will allow me to perform additional, more difficult duties, something I look forward to."
Q: What are some of the interests/hobbies/activities you enjoy when you are not working hard to create and upgrade our awesome software?
"There are at least three things I really like to do in my spare time: outdoor activities like nature trail walks, especially with the family, PC games, and kickboxing gym courses."
Q: What is the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
"The best piece of advice I have ever been given was given to me by my mom. She said, 'Stick to the rules until you can make them!' Of course, with my mother's sense of humor and her personal beliefs, I understood what she meant at the time."
The Covisum software development team works tirelessly to create and update the financial technology you depend on.
"I am very excited to announce Shawn's promotion to Director of Software Development and Geneiva's promotion to Agile developer II. They both have worked very hard to continuously develop their skills and knowledge about the latest technology. We are fortunate to have them on the software development team. I am eager to see what they take on next," said Vice President of Software Development & Information Security, Chris Whitehill.
Congratulations, Shawn and Geneiva!
We are always looking for intelligent and talented people who want to help advisors and financial institutions grow and improve lives through better retirement decisions. If you're interested in joining the Covisum team, visit our career page.