Joseph Fields

Technical Support Specialist II
Animal Resource Center

First UTSW job: Animal Health Technologist.

Best part about my job: Helping people successfully navigate through complicated processes to get what they need is very rewarding.

What energizes me at work: Knowing I’m helping people who appreciate my help, the fact that my job can’t be done by a robot, and constant problem-solving.

How co-workers describe me: A good teammate. 

I’m really good at: Understanding training material and implementing what I learn to solve problems. 

Recipe for success: Fortitude – I keep working at something until I succeed at the task. 

I wish I were an instant expert at: Computer programming. We will become more and more reliant on computers, and to speak the language makes one part of that future.

Claim to fame: I created an online web application and five other databases that have enabled my department to store, share, and retrieve information to do many of our tasks for the last 22 years. 

Hobbies: I enjoy exercising, fitness, weight training, bike riding, and walking my dog. The COVID-19 lockdown inspired me to learn more about cooking.

Surprising fact: I really enjoy cooking and sewing.