Thomas Nissley – Information Technology Supervisor

Tom joined Utilities Employees Credit Union in 2003, initially as the Information Technology Coordinator. In 2006 he was promoted to IT Supervisor. In this position Tom assists the Director of Information Technology with coordination, support and training for all internal technologies. He participates in all "new product" teams, and oversees UECU’s IT design and implementation processes. Tom also has direct management responsibility for Symitar™/Episys® programming, operations, and database administration. Tom and the UECU Information Technology Team possess extensive expertise in Symitar™/Episys® programming and product integration.

Prior to joining UECU, Tom had over 25 years of experience in various technical fields including 19 years with Agere Systems (formerly Lucent Technologies and AT&T). While at Agere/Lucent/AT&T, Tom served as an Integrated Circuit Test Engineer, and eventually managed the IC Test Network. Tom has a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Penn State, and a B.S. Degree in Computer Science from Albright College.

Information Technology Department

The IT Department at Utilities Employees Credit Union has a wide variety of programming and operational skill sets that are ideal for the Symitar™/Episys® based credit union. Our programmers have a variety of financial, statistical, and manufacturing backgrounds that give them an edge up on adapting to the idiosyncrasies of the Symitar™ core.

Our internal software team consists of six programmers with decades of experience. We expertly use Power-On, CUI (a C# based SymConnect™ tool), JavaScript, and AIX (UNIX) and Linux OS Tools to automate many of our in-house processes. We have created a wide variety of process-specific tools that reduce direct staff interaction with core data, minimizing error-prone manual entry.

Since we believe that databases should be an integral part of any IT Strategic Plan, we have leveraged SQL database applications interfacing directly with Symitar™ providing benefits such as centralized storage of CU-wide common data, including dividend and loan rates.

Our Security Specialist, Network Administrator, and Operational and Help Desk staff round out the IT Department, providing secure applications and leading-edge hardware platforms that are maintained at our headquarters.