"One of the more important contributions I make to the organizations I work for is to establish standards, guidelines, and templates for technology adaptation. To do this work properly, I need to be familiar with a wide range of industry standards, governmental regulations, and vendor guidelines. These include programming language and the operating system standards, customer protocols, vendor product standards, electrical codes and ISA standards, and many others. I work hard to maintain my knowledge of current standards since new ones are always being created and existing ones upgraded. I also use informal guidelines and standard templates to help make the work my organization and the entire company performs easier and more consistent."