Associate Vice Provost, Office of Information Management

4333 Brooklyn Ave. NE (The UW Tower), #O-3 128 | 206-685-5465

Experience

2007 –

Associate Vice Provost, Community & Partnership Development
Office of Information Management, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

  • Responsible for building and sustaining an active IM community for the UW.
  • Develops and sustains processes, procedures, standards, and governance structures to effectively produce and manage change, maintain efficient operations, support decision-making, and build partnerships.
  • Consults with OIM partners on defining and articulating information management needs, identifying existing IM solutions, and proposing and developing new information systems and services.
  • Leads the development and oversees the workings of a collaborative framework and system of standards and methods within which the UW IS/IM community may effectively propose and develop common solutions and share resources.
  • Works with OIM partners to discover and leverage local information systems and solutions and helps scale these efficiencies to the broader community.
  • Builds and sustains networks among peer institutions, and discovers and shares innovative information management solutions and opportunities for partnerships and collaborations within the broader higher education community.
  • Develops and maintains relationships with key UW commercial, consortial, and community partners, and works to leverage those partnerships to strengthen the IM solution space at the UW.

2004 – 2007

Director of Computing Services
College of Engineering, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

  • Manage IT/IS staff, policies, budgets, and projects for College administrative units, academic departments, and research centers/programs
  • Serve on the Executive Committee of the College
  • Represent the College of Engineering on campus technology committees and working groups
  • Collaborate and consult with campus technology community on project integration, campus IT policy, and strategic directions

1998 – 2004

Director of Technology
Law School, University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)

From January 2001 – May 2003 I also served as the Law School's Facilities Director and managed building operations, renovations, security, and space assignments.

  • Managed IT staff, budgets, and projects; set IT policy; developed strategic plans
  • Administered Windows 2000 servers and Active Directory; 250 Windows XP/NT workstations; HP and Cisco Ethernet switches; Wi-Fi nodes; and a structured network cabling infrastructure
  • Consulted with faculty on instructional technology and distance education initiatives
  • Designed and developed databases and applications for administrative functions
  • Designed and maintained the Law School's web site (HTML/ASP) and all supporting databases (MS SQL Server)
  • Collaborated and consulted with campus technology community on project integration, campus IT policy, and strategic directions

1996 – 1998

Team Leader for Electronic Services &
Coordinator, Information Systems Support Team

University Libraries, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

  • Managed IT staff, budgets, and projects; set IT policy; developed strategic plans
  • Co-managed multimedia development lab (The Information Arcade)
  • Administered NetWare 4.11 servers and Windows 95 workstations
  • Coordinated events and operations for electronic classroom
  • Consulted with faculty on instructional technology and curriculum integration
  • Organized and conducted staff and faculty training programs in information use and management, software application use, and web design
  • Represented Libraries on campus project working groups

1994 – 1996

Instructional Technology Consultant (Graduate Student)
The Information Arcade, The University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

1989 – 1993

Assistant Store Manager
Pier 1 Imports (Dearborn, MI)