WEBVTT 00:00:00.070 --> 00:00:01.250 >> My name is Dan Murphy. 00:00:01.250 --> 00:00:06.840 I'm a system engineer at GE Capital Retail Finance, and I lead our mobile development team. 00:00:06.840 --> 00:00:13.110 So I work with our credit card business, which most people aren't really aware of, 00:00:13.110 --> 00:00:16.270 but if you have, like, a GAP card, a Wal-Mart card, it's actually GE. 00:00:16.270 --> 00:00:20.610 So from the time you sign on the dotted line, you know, 00:00:20.610 --> 00:00:23.630 we determine your credit worthiness, issue the card, the whole gig. 00:00:23.630 --> 00:00:26.810 And so I'm in charge of the sites you would visit on your phone. 00:00:26.810 --> 00:00:31.260 So if you go to check your balance and pay your bill on your phone, that's my site. 00:00:31.260 --> 00:00:34.990 We're trying to, like, solve problems using technology that doesn't exist yet. 00:00:34.990 --> 00:00:36.920 And so it's really fun, right? 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:40.010 I mean, you're constantly researching, constantly going to conferences and trying 00:00:40.010 --> 00:00:43.100 to figure out what's out there that we can use. 00:00:43.100 --> 00:00:44.510 Because we -- you know, we understand the business. 00:00:44.510 --> 00:00:47.790 We understand the problems that business has, but you're waiting on new tools to come 00:00:47.790 --> 00:00:50.470 out to figure out how we can leverage those. 00:00:50.470 --> 00:00:52.740 I usually come into the office around 7. 00:00:52.740 --> 00:00:55.230 I meet with our off shore development team in India. 00:00:55.230 --> 00:00:59.720 So I'm usually meeting with them from, like, 7 to 9:30 or 10 and reviewing kind 00:00:59.720 --> 00:01:02.480 of the progress overnight, what's coming up for the next day. 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:06.290 And I'm just figuring out -- getting a feel for what we need to work on. 00:01:06.290 --> 00:01:09.770 We have a big team offshore, so that's a big part of the role, 00:01:09.770 --> 00:01:13.830 is making sure that we have them focused and working on the right stuff. 00:01:13.830 --> 00:01:16.760 And then I'll spend the rest of the day, usually, in meetings with the business team, 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:20.060 trying to figure out -- trying to understand their problems a little bit more. 00:01:20.060 --> 00:01:22.810 So some future things, like right now, we're actually building -- 00:01:22.810 --> 00:01:25.420 or we just purchased Met Life Bank, so it's a saving and, 00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:27.530 like, CD product, which is new for us. 00:01:27.530 --> 00:01:31.350 And so we're building the servicing site, right, from scratch. 00:01:31.350 --> 00:01:32.150 So nothing exists. 00:01:32.150 --> 00:01:36.730 We have a blank piece of paper, and we need to build a site where you can transfer funds, 00:01:36.730 --> 00:01:38.370 you know, take a picture of your check on your phone. 00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:39.500 Like that whole -- the whole gig. 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:44.300 And so I'll be meeting with the marketing team, meeting with the project managers, 00:01:44.300 --> 00:01:47.420 understanding requirements, and then -- and a lot of times, it's testing, 00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:49.420 so figuring what we built so far. 00:01:49.420 --> 00:01:50.550 Do things look good? 00:01:50.550 --> 00:01:51.580 Trying to break them. 00:01:51.580 --> 00:01:57.010 And then, yeah, then I suddenly look at the clock, and it's 6:00. 00:01:57.010 --> 00:01:57.840 That's usually what happens. 00:01:57.840 --> 00:01:59.300 The day just slides by. 00:01:59.300 --> 00:02:03.360 So actually, I joined GE in the ITOP program, which is a rotational program. 00:02:03.360 --> 00:02:07.490 It's a two-year role, and you have four six-month rotations. 00:02:07.490 --> 00:02:12.310 And so over those four rotations, I worked on a variety of different projects, teams, 00:02:12.310 --> 00:02:15.390 a lot of different opportunities, all within GE Capital. 00:02:15.390 --> 00:02:17.630 And so I worked on -- you know, as a web developer, 00:02:17.630 --> 00:02:21.310 as a project manager, as a server analyst. 00:02:21.310 --> 00:02:23.490 So it was a bunch of different roles. 00:02:23.490 --> 00:02:28.060 And then off program -- so I spent two years doing that, and then I actually went 00:02:28.060 --> 00:02:32.510 to GE Corporate for two years working on our portal technology team as a project manager. 00:02:32.510 --> 00:02:35.050 And then two years after that, I came back to GE Capital, 00:02:35.050 --> 00:02:37.190 and now I'm in my current role as kind of the mobile tech lead.