MVP Award at ASSIST Software. Who is our Most Valuable Professional?

Here at ASSIST Software, we are all working hard to fulfill dreams while also setting higher and higher goals for ourselves as a company.  

We work in teams that move around each other in sync, solving problems, imagining the uninvented, and growing as individuals.  

Each ASSIST Software employee might do their daily work differently, making all thought processes different and keeping implementation plans fresh. However, certain team members stand out through their professionalism, knowledge, and kindness.  

Is kindness an attribute of a great professional? What's the story? 
 
Like many other companies, our New Year's resolutions for 2022 were to show more gratitude, create safer spaces and open our minds even more so we could continue feeling inspired by everything around us. 

Thus, we kicked off 2022 with a new program meant to spotlight those company unicorns - our specialists. Their hard work and loyalty to the ASSIST Software values are unshaken.  

We asked all of our employees to give their opinion on who they think deserved to receive ASSIST Software's Most Valuable Professional award. The answers did not disappoint. A few names appeared more than others in the dozens of nominations. All submissions were accompanied by long explanations that encompassed praises and examples of accomplished feats not all of us might have known about.  
 
All nominations received stood testament to the nominees' impact at a team and company level while also displaying their leadership qualities.  
 
We were pleasantly surprised that "kindness" was one of the most used words we encountered when reading about the nominees. Our colleagues spoke a lot about kindness, know-how, and the willingness to help - qualities that their nominees showed daily. We noticed that stressful deadlines or uncommon situations did not faze our potential MVPs. It's been said that they remained calm and kind and helped the team overcome the bump in the road.  
 
 
Being a brilliant human does not make one a specialist. Our MVP is both. 

After a long process that included a voting system and the fairest assessment techniques we could muster, we discovered who deserved to be named the first ASSIST Software MVP. 

Our Most Valuable Professional is our new Deputy of the Java department, about whom his colleagues say that "he manages to elevate the entire mood of his department" and "can inspire his colleagues to develop professionally."

We are proud to add that Ionuț Grădinaru also has an excellent grasp of industry best practices. He is constantly working, dedicating time to expanding and specializing his skills.  

"An award from my colleagues is possibly the most important award I could receive. They know me best. My colleagues truly know how my actions and plans impact our small community. This ASSIST MVP award is possibly the most valuable thing I have ever received.  
For me, the Most Valuable Professional award stands as words of encouragement and a boost of confidence to continue on the road I have planned for myself." 
Ionuț Grădinaru - Deputy of Java 

Being an ASSIST MVP, is it worth it?  
 
Microsoft started using these awards and made the MVP title famous in the industry. We wanted to show the same appreciation to our colleagues. Naturally, ASSIST Software offers benefits to those who win, but what's even greater is that one specialist can be recognized and praised by his crew, the people he works with every day.  

We do not impose a list of rewards; We allow our MVPs to choose, mix and match what they receive as a token of our appreciation. We will continue working to provide exciting rewards that will help with personal and professional development.  

We thank all our team members at ASSIST Software for their participation in the MVP project. Together, we figured out who deserved to be the first recipient of this award for his certifications, work, and sense of responsibility and acting per his and ASSIST Software's values.