Congratulations to Senior Staking Technician Doug Johanns, who was voted by PPEC's employees as the 2023 Quarter 4 Rockstar Employee! This internal quarterly recognition program allows employees to nominate and vote on deserving co-workers who they feel have gone above and beyond or deserve recognition. 

Doug joined the PPEC team in May of 1986. His role at the co-op is to communicate and work with members when they need to start a new service or have service upgrades.

Q&A with Doug after receiving the award:

• What does the Rockstar Award mean to you?

"It was nice to be recognized by my coworkers; it was a surprise."

• What projects have you been working on lately? What do you feel has had the most impact or been your favorite? 

"I have been working on a lot of new services being connected. I had over 40 new services within the last quarter. I like working with the members on new services and seeing it from start to completion."

• Why do you enjoy working at PPEC?

"I enjoy being able to help members and playing a role in providing safe reliable service and working with my coworkers to make it possible."