{"id":1538,"date":"2015-02-06T09:53:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T14:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2015-02-06T10:46:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:46:21","slug":"welcome-elliot-kan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/welcome-elliot-kan\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Elliot Kan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ICIT is pleased to welcome Windows Systems Engineer Elliot Kan to the team. Prior to joining ICIT, Elliot spent the past seven years in a similar role at EnPro Industries, an industrial-scale power systems manufacturer headquartered in Beloit.<\/p>\n<p>Here on campus, Elliot will be responsible for installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and upgrading the campus\u2019s Windows Server infrastructure and the enterprise software residing on the servers. Elliot will also maintain Windows Server-related technologies, including: Exchange, Active Directory, Windows Server 2012, IIS, and SQL.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot is a UW-Whitewater alumni. He graduated in 2006 with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration \u2013 Information Technology Infrastructure. Elliot\u2019s first day with ICIT was Monday, February 2nd. He will report to Nick Ciesinski.<\/p>\n<h2><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #502d7f; text-decoration: underline;\">Spotlight \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/files\/2015\/02\/Elliot-Kan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1544\" alt=\"Elliot Kan\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/files\/2015\/02\/Elliot-Kan-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/files\/2015\/02\/Elliot-Kan-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/files\/2015\/02\/Elliot-Kan-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/files\/2015\/02\/Elliot-Kan.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #502d7f;\"><strong>office:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0McGraw 202 |\u00a0<span style=\"color: #502d7f;\"><strong>email:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0kanET09@uww.edu |\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #502d7f;\">phone:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>262-472-7025<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do? \u2013 explain how you fit into ICIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As the new Systems Engineer, I will be assisting Chris O\u2019Connor and NOC team in the upkeep of our Windows Server and core service infrastructure including (Active Directory, Email, and Storage Management).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Something people don\u2019t know about you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As a former UW-Whitewater student, I hold a minor in music playing the French horn and was a distance swimmer of our swim team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Favorite hobby?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I love flying, but most recently I married into a family which shows Belgian draft horses (Same class as the Budweiser Clydesdales) at local county fairs e.g. (Boone, IL, Jefferson, and Walworth).\u00a0 While I\u2019m not helping out at the fairs, I am taking care of my 7-month old son Nicholas and pushing forward with studies for my Microsoft certification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What was your first job?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior to exposure in IT, I worked at Nasco fulfilling orders and stocked inventory on shelves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite piece of technology?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I find all aspects of technology interesting, but currently I will say it is mobile.\u00a0 In a pinch, mobile has allowed me to refill prescriptions remotely to playing songs with Pandora when my son is due for a nap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Music genre?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Depends on the mood, it ranges from Rock and R&amp;B to film scores and A cappella. I mentioned to my wife it would be nice to see <a title=\"Cue Imperial March...\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Williams\">John Williams<\/a> in concert.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Favorite vacation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I recently was invited to cruise with my in-laws in the Caribbean. I found the experience very fun and would like to do future excursions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Favorite food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I would have to say it is pizza, but I will try almost anything.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Least favorite food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I had <a title=\"Mmmmm, tripe! \" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripe\">tripe<\/a>\u00a0once while visiting family in Hong Kong. I do not recall if it was the taste or texture, but I did not find it appealing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Biggest fear?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have a fascination in the research of paranormal phenomenon.\u00a0 That said, I also it find scary at times too<b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICIT is pleased to welcome Windows Systems Engineer Elliot Kan to the team. Prior to joining ICIT, Elliot spent the past seven years in a similar role at EnPro Industries, an industrial-scale power systems manufacturer headquartered in Beloit. Here on campus, Elliot will be responsible for installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and upgrading the campus\u2019s Windows Server &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/welcome-elliot-kan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome Elliot Kan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[392],"tags":[75,51145],"class_list":["post-1538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personnel","tag-new-hires","tag-noc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1538"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1552,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions\/1552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uptimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}