Staff Profile: Fe Padernos, Systems and Data Officer

Staff Profile: Fe Padernos, Systems and Data Officer Each week we will feature a member of staff across all areas of the school including teachers, admin staff, support staff and more, to get to know members of our school family a little better. Our profile this week is Fe Padernos, Systems and Data Officer. Our profile this week is Fe Padernos, Systems and Data Officer.

Each week we will feature a member of staff across all areas of the school including teachers, admin staff, support staff and more, to get to know members of our school family a little better. Our profile this week is Fe Padernos, Systems and Data Officer: 

I was born and raised by a small family in my birthplace in Cavite, Philippines. My mother and father haven’t been together ever since I was in my mother’s womb so with that being said, it has been a challenge for my mum to raise me alone; big gratitude to my uncle, I was able to finish school and graduate college to work for a local Electronics Company as a Technician. As time went by, I was promoted from a Junior Test Engineer to a full-time Test Software and Hardware Engineer.

Year 2009 – touchdown to Abu Dhabi with the help of my loving husband who arrived here earlier than me. After 2 weeks of job hunting, I was given the opportunity to work as an Auto-cad and Revit Designer at a construction company. Due to recession, I unfortunately was working without any salary for about 6 months so I decided to look for another job. It was then that new doors were opened for another opportunity – I started working for Nord Anglia in November 2009 as a School Support Office/Purchasing Officer.

In 2011, another hurdle was unexpected; my son was diagnosed with Dengue and was fighting with a 50-50 chance to live. Fortunately, everything fell down into place so my husband and I decided to have our kids stay with us here in Abu Dhabi.

Year 2012 has been a blessed year; the PPP projects were finally through, and I was placed in the CPD Department as a Senior Admin. 

In 2015, the contract with Nord Anglia came to an end so I relocated to BIS Abu Dhabi as IT Support and am now a Systems and Data Officer. It is my goal to be of help to my co-workers regarding iSAMS, or any other computer-related problems (Word/Excel/Paint/Publisher) that are/may be their everyday encounters. My work also includes creating a template for school reports, provides data and other request that may arise from time to time. There may be a fine line between what I’m achieving here in Abu Dhabi and in the Philippines, it has been a pleasure and a privilege to be as dedicated, as perseverant, as hardworking, and as steadfast as I was before. 

I wholeheartedly and sincerely do the job that has been bestowed upon me with all my compassion for my profession. With that being said, I am giving my heartfelt gratitude to Nord Anglia, and more importantly to BIS Abu Dhabi, for opening doors and for letting me grasp the opportunity to work for this company. 

Fe Padernos