Agenda 07/12/2022 Item # 3D1 (Employee of the Month for June 2022 - Randall McDaniel)3.D.1
07/12/2022
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to recognize Randall McDaniel, in the Capital Project Planning, Impact Fees and
Program Management Division, as the June 2022 Employee of the Month.
OBJECTIVE: To recognize the efforts and accomplishments of an employee who has made significant
contributions to the organization and our community.
CONSIDERATIONS: Randall is a Laboratory Quality Assurance Specialist in the Capital Project
Planning, Impact Fees, and Program Management Division and has been employed with the County since
January 2010.
The primary role of a Quality Assurance Specialist is to ensure that laboratory personnel adhere to
processes, policies, and practices that are outlined by regulatory agencies. Randall has been a high
performer in his role and is always looking for ways to be more efficient. For instance, in 2013 the
laboratory utilized a paper -based process for analyzing 80,000 tests per year. Randall developed a
database called Ordering Reagents Chemical Archive (ORCA) to transition the lab to an electronic
process that was 95% paperless. Since then, he continues to maintain the program and add features
needed to meet changing regulatory requirements.
Recently, Randall was asked to assist the Laboratory Supervisor with a Microsoft Excel -based tool that
uses Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code to review large amounts of data and convert it into a
dataset that easily integrates into a State water quality database called WIN. The existing conversion
process was time-consuming because the code was incomplete, and the user was forced to manually
adjust the data.
Randall took it upon himself to learn VBA code in his personal time and was ready to make
improvements to the program in a few short weeks. Randall added code to the data review program,
which resulted in a shorter three -step process. His improvements resulted in a time savings of about 7 '/z
hours per month. To have these improvements implemented by a contracted firm would have cost more
than $1,000. Randall's effort improved the dataset in the system, and more importantly, continues to save
the Division time.
Randall is committed to improving the efficiency of laboratory operations and he's both willing and able
to leverage technology to do so. For these reasons, Randall was selected as the June 2022 Employee of
the Month.
FISCAL IMPACT: The selected "Employee of the Month" receives a $150.00 cash award. Funds for
this are available in the employee's budget cost center.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There are no Growth Management Impacts associated with
this Executive Summary.
PREPARED BY: Claudia Vargas - Total Reward Coordinator
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3.D.1
07/12/2022
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 3.D.1
Doc ID: 22604
Item Summary: Recommendation to recognize Randall McDaniel, in the Capital Project
Planning, Impact Fees and Program Management Division, as the June 2022 Employee of the Month.
Meeting Date: 07/12/2022
Prepared by:
Title: — Human Resources
Name: Claudia Vargas
06/17/2022 4:15 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director - Human Resources — Human Resources
Name: Amy Lyberg
06/17/2022 4:15 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Human Resources
County Manager's Office
Board of County Commissioners
Amy Lyberg Director Review
Amy Patterson Level 4 County Manager Review
Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending
Completed 06/20/2022 8:20 AM
Completed 07/01/2022 11:03 AM
07/12/2022 9:00 AM
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