I worship the Corporation, the new religion. At home I worship the missus.
Integration Specialist/Consultant - In short, I'm a driver for best practices, standards and integration business processes for enterprise, global companies and Government agencies who are implementing integration projects. Like an engineer builing bridges between two or more landmarks, but in a business context.
I get paid to untangle the web of business processes and optimise business workflow performance. Sometimes exposing certain people to redundancy during the process.
Fellow friends-who-works-for-Government-agency, be prepare to become redundant! On the bright side, if you're good at what you do then you probably be transfer to a more challenging department. You'll be safe there until the next wave of technology.
It had started - post Sept 11, the Health Inssurance Commission (now Medicare Australia), NSW Police, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, along with many other Government agencies are in the process of integrating their information systems. Welcome to the New World Order, the National ID Card.
Be prepare to be tag, monitor, and probe. Don't worry, it's painless.
The first generation of this technology (RFID) is being used in PayPass.