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Welcome Howard Haynes!

Dear ICIT Team,

Howard Haynes will be joining us as a temporary AIS Director, while we will be searching for a permanent replacement for Anand.  Howard will be providing leadership and guidance to the AIS team, while the Web team led by Christa, and the PMO team led by Stacy will report to me.

Howard brings a wealth of experience in higher education. His career includes more than 25 years of combined experience in information technologies within federal, state and public sectors. His current and past clients include the University of South Carolina, the University of South Florida, the University of Florida, the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Akron University, Keuka college, University Systems Georgia and Virginia Community Colleges.

Howard resides in Virginia, he will be doing some of his work remotely. The tentative plan is to alternate weeks between being on campus and working remotely.

Howard’s engagement with us starts on Tuesday, he will be located in Anand’s old office (L2004).  Please be sure to give him a warm welcome when you see him.

I want to take this opportunity to thank members of AIS team who took part in the  vetting process and helped select Howard for this role.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Onward!

Elena

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Welcome Jason Pummer!

ICIT, please welcome our newest team member, network operator technician Jason Pummer. Jason’s duties include monitoring and managing several NOC systems, facilitating campus scanning services and NOC-related problem solving.

Jason is also a Warhawk alum. He has a bachelor’s degree in information technology, with an emphasis on security. Welcome back to campus Jason.

Spotlight                                                                                             Jason Pummer                

office: MG208 | email: PummerJF20@uww.edu | phone: Ext. 6743

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Personnel Announcement: Amy Williams

LTC team member Amy Williams has given notice that she is leaving UW-Whitewater for a position in the private sector. Her last day in the office will be Friday, June 17.

For the past year Amy has been the D2L Site Administrator and Student Advocate, where she has been responsible for performing day-to-day management of D2L (e.g., course site creation, documentation, etc.), providing D2L support to instructors, and working with the First Year Experience office to design and manage the TechQuest online student training.  Before her time in this role, she spent two years as the ITS Training and Technology Specialist assisting with D2L and technology training.  Good luck Amy!

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Personnel Announcement: Anand Vangipuram

Dear  ICIT Team-

It is with a heavy heart that I am sharing with you that  Anand Vangipuram has accepted a position with DoIT at UW-Madison. His last day with ICIT will be July 2. It goes without saying that Anand’s contributions to ICIT and to UW-Whitewater have been  immeasurable. He has positively impacted every person and every initiative he has touched over the years. I personally will miss him terribly. I would like to thank Anand, not only for his service and dedication, but also for providing a five week notice to help with transition planning. Early next week Anand and I will be meeting with the AIS team to get their feedback on the transition activities and future steps.

While we will never replace Anand, we will be working on filling the vacancy as soon as possible. The responsibilities have changed greatly since Anand joined us  4+ years ago.  We need to make sure that the new position description reflects the scope and also incorporates emerging responsibilities and trends. I invite all of you to send me your thoughts on what you think should be included in the new scope of responsibilities.

Thank you,

Elena

 

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Personnel Announcement: Joe Rankin

Web applications developer Joe Rankin has given notice that he plans to leave UW-Whitewater. His last day with ICIT will be May 27. During his time on campus, Joe played a major role in the development of the campus’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, which is used to recruit students, and the redevelopment of the campus Whitepages. Good Luck Joe!