DOT promotes Braselton man to assistant engineer
Shannon Giles has been named assistant area engineer for construction in Barrow and Gwinnett Counties by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Giles has worked with DOT since 2001 in the construction division. He has served as as project manager and worked with utility coordination on all construction and maintenance projects with the 150 utility companies in Northeast Georgia’s District 1.

In his new position, he will manage all construction projects on state routes and interstates in Barrow and Gwinnett counties.

Giles graduated from Lanier Technical College with a diploma in micro-computer technology.

“Shannon is an excellent employee. He works well with contractors and understands our construction specifications in great detail,” District Engineer Bayne Smith said. “His attention to detail and thoroughness in everything he does will help keep our construction projects moving forward on time and on budget.”

Giles and his wife, Lisa, live in Braselton with their two daughters.

NE Georgia Health System cited in InformationWeek 500
Northeast Georgia Health System has made the InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business information technology, for the second year in a row.

The annual list was revealed recently at a gala awards ceremony at the InformationWeek 500 Conference in California.

The Health System recently designed and implemented a Virtual Data Warehouse to address the increased need for up-to-date data to drive decision-making. This strategy allows NGHS to use medical data and patient records across the entire organization to make quality decisions faster, which increases patient safety and enhances satisfaction.

“Northeast Georgia Health System is honored to be recognized for the second year in a row for our commitment to innovations in IT,” said Carol Burrell, president and CEO of NGHS. “Our new Virtual Data Warehouse allows us to provide valuable information to our physicians, clinical and operational support staff faster than before – all for an investment of one-third the typical cost of a traditional data warehouse that isn’t as flexible when gathering information from our various hospital information systems.”

The InformationWeek 500 ranking is unique among corporate rankings, as it spotlights the power of innovation in information technology.