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ACI Limerick enjoys summer wellness activity Every summer, ACIers in Limerick, Ireland, look forward to the site’s annual wellness program activity. The annual event typically includes physical challenges geared toward team building. This year, 90 ACIers from the site journeyed to King John’s Castle and the River Shannon, both Limerick landmarks, for a day of medieval and kayaking challenges that gave the team a different view of their beloved city. The medieval challenges included abseiling down the castle's walls, archery, and shipbuilding.
ACI opens new Denver area office. On July 15, ACIers in the Denver metropolitan area moved into ACI’s newest permanent site space in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The local team of about 20 ACIers quickly became acclimated to their new desks, printers, and phones, and they were treated to breakfast and lunch to welcome them to their new workspace.
Timisoara ACIers find out ‘What’s UP’ with our customers ACI Timisoara recently hosted the third edition of its popular “What’s UP in ACI Timisoara” site event. The one-day affair was themed “What’s UP with our Customers” and featured several presentations focused on ACI’s relationship with our customers as well as guest speakers from Rabobank and Adidas. Throughout the event, Timisoara ACIers also participated in “Office Olympics” competitions, including a team vehicle race; pencil and rubber archery; and desk chair soccer. “The Office Olympics games put everyone in motion and added a lot of fun to the event,” said Site Leader Radu Medesan. “Congratulations and thanks to the Timisoara Employee Engagement Team – Raluca Grosan, Alina Andrei, Cosmina Bodea and Ramona Vacarescu – for organizing such an amazing event.”
ACI Norcross enjoys site renovations ACI’s Norcross, Georgia, site recently underwent renovations that provide the local team and visiting customers with a modern, collaborative environment to work and explore ACI’s solutions. The site houses day-to-day operations of more than 200 ACIers and regularly hosts customer visits. Through the renovations, new ACI Universal Payments signage was applied to the site entrance and lobby, and the site’s main and elevator lobby areas received vibrant “ACI blue” facelifts. The renovation effort also saw new office furniture and flooring added throughout the site, with key upgrades being made to the site’s employee break area, customer conference room and training room spaces
ACI Cape Town hosts Potjie Kos Day 2019 More than 100 ACIers recently enjoyed good food and great company at ACI Cape Town’s Potjie Kos Day 2019. “Potjie kos” in Afrikaans translates to “pot food,” and the event saw 17 entries into a potjie kos cook-off contest. Traditionally, potjie kos recipes includes meat; vegetables like carrots, cabbage, cauliflower or pumpkin; and starches like rice or potatoes, all slow-cooked with Dutch-Malay spices, the distinctive spicing of South Africa's early culinary melting pot. Reg Olivier, Senior Manager, Software Engineering, along with fellow Cape Town ACIers Ruben Rinquest and Gideon Niewoudt, took on the “rigorous” task of taste-testing all the potjie kos dishes. And in the end, Cornel Ferreira, Supervisor, Software Engineering, was awarded with the contest’s top prize. ACIers P.J. Venter and Antonie Kriek also received honorable mention for their dishes.
Getting UP and running On, May 9, about 50 ACIers spread across three sites welcomed nearly 150 Speedpay and Wallerton team members to ACI. The welcome teams, which included ACI On Demand leaders, HR and IT representatives and local site leaders, held site events for ACI’s newest additions in New York City; Denver, Colorado; and Pune, India, following the morning's official Speedpay/Walletron acquisition announcement. Telecommuters also participated in WebEx welcome sessions throughout the day. During the events, the new ACIers were formally welcomed to ACI; received their workstations, equipment and important integration resources; and took time to celebrate with good food and to get to know 1ACI a little better.
ACI Bahrain celebrates national holidays ACI Bahrain recently took time out of their busy workdays to celebrate two national holidays: Bahrain Sport Day on February 12 and Mother’s Day on March 21. Bahrain Sport Day is an annual national event organized by the Bahrain Olympic Committee to promote public health by involving all sectors of Bahrain’s sports society to instill a culture of sport as a healthy lifestyle. Throughout the day, organizations across the country host a variety of sports competitions for athletes of all ages, including handball and football tournaments, races, cycling and walking events and more. To observe the event, the ACI Bahrain team went on a refreshing, energizing walk on the local seafront. Weeks later, the local team celebrated Bahrain’s observance of Mother’s Day. The international holiday pays tribute to both the miracle of birth and to the women who perform that miracle. Locally, Alexis Haessler, Client Service Director and Local Site Leader of the Manama, Bahrain site, handed out gifts to mothers in the office to celebrate this year’s occasion.
ACI Gouda gardens for a good cause ACIers in Gouda, the Netherlands, recently partnered with Thomashuis, an assisted living facility in nearby Moordrecht, to perform gardening tasks to ensure the facility and its residents are ready for a lovely South Holland spring. The local team has volunteered at Thomashuis since 2015, and their efforts align with the Netherlands’ national NLDOET volunteerism campaign, which encourages organizations to pursue volunteerism opportunities across the country. In addition to regular gardening tasks, the team also took up a collection for Thomashuis, which will be used to purchase an assortment of flowers to be planted in the garden after the next round of maintenance work is performed.
ACI Pune hosts inaugural badminton tournament ACI Pune’s Sports Committee recently organized the site’s inaugural badminton tournament at a nearby sports complex. More than 50 members of the local ACI team participated, and the well-organized tournament saw 73 matches played across three days. On the final day of the tournament, best-of-three semifinal and final matches were played to determine the winners in three divisions: doubles, women’s singles, and men’s singles. Congratulations to the three division winners: Nitin Gayake and Vinit Kulkarni (Doubles); Anuja Padmawar (Women’s Singles); and Abhishek Kulkarni (Men’s Singles).
ACI funds two 2019 National Merit Scholarships For the third consecutive year, ACI is funding National Merit program scholarships for two students, Priya Rajeev and Amirtha Arun. Priya is the daughter of Raj Vaidyanathan, SVP, Product Development, Bill Pay, who is based in the Greater Atlanta Area. Amirtha is the daughter of Arun Swarnabadran, Manager, Database Services, based in Omaha, Nebraska. Both Priya and Amirtha will receive $5,000 scholarships renewable annually for up to four years of undergraduate education. ACI has agreed to fund similar scholarships each year for up to two National Merit Scholars who are the children of ACI employees.
