Diane is KITV4’s weekend evening anchor and weekday reporter. She hosts the Aging Well series on Tuesday evenings at 5, 6, and 10 p.m. She is a mother, a cat owner, and a yogi.
A Honolulu woman whose job puts her at the nexus of technology and real estate says a lifelong love of learning keeps her Aging Well.
HONOLULU (Island News) -- A Honolulu woman whose job puts her at the nexus of technology and real estate says a lifelong love of learning keeps her Aging Well. Faith Geronimo, 58, has spent a third of her life working at Hawaii Information Service.
If you've ever looked to buy a new home, you've probably encountered what's called an MLS system- Multiple Listing Service. "This is one of the number one tools a realtor will use to help people achieve their dreams of home ownership," describes Geronimo.
Real estate technology company Hawaii Information Service (HIS) is one of the big players in Hawaii, for 39 years running the service on Kauai and Hawaii Island. It's also a statewide public records data provider for related industries, from insurance to law.
Geronimo recently helped guide the company through a software conversion; HIS upgraded after nearly 30 years. It wasn't broke, but they wanted to fix it. "Technology is coming at you at the speed of light in every area, every industry, right?" rationalizes Geronimo. "What we built was, we give you everything upfront and as you type, the count goes down." An elastic search model, she says.
Geronimo estimates she made almost 9,000 decisions related to this conversion alone. She had a lot of chances to keep her brain nimble. "Just the brain power alone that it takes to be at this company has kept me, well- aging well," she admits.
But she also loves the human touch. "I have a lot of aloha for this company and its customers and staff."
Her advice to other people? "Engage in topics with other people that keep you conversing and keep your brain moving. If I don't know how to do something, I just Google. Just keep learning something interesting every day," urges Geronimo - whether it's how to build a complicated website, or how to use one.
Diane is KITV4’s weekend evening anchor and weekday reporter. She hosts the Aging Well series on Tuesday evenings at 5, 6, and 10 p.m. She is a mother, a cat owner, and a yogi.
