In this post within our occasional Meet the ITS team series, we showcase ITS’ PeopleSoft and Database Administration team.  PeopleSoft and Database Administration is one of three teams within the Data Reporting Environments & Application Middleware (DREAM) division of ITS. … Read more

Careers in IT are booming and the career path for people in IT isn’t always a straight line. Sometimes, starting your career is about being open to opportunities. ITS staff members Alex Tocchi, Alison Campbell and Jason Cross all stumbled … Read more

This piece showcasing ITS’ Middleware team is the first in an occasional Meet the Team series.  Middleware is one of three teams within the Data Reporting Environments & Application Middleware (DREAM) division of ITS. The other teams within DREAM are Middleware, PeopleSoft and … Read more

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. All month long, ITS News will highlight this year’s theme: See yourself in cyber. In this article, seeing yourself in cyber means seeing the possibilities for careers in cybersecurity. To learn more about other ways … Read more

Mechelle Clayton has been named Assistant Vice Chancellor for ITS Enterprise Applications, effective October 1. She has served as Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enterprise Applications since October 2019. Clayton was chosen for the permanent position following a national search. … Read more

Dave Scott joined ITS as Managed Desktop Services (MDS) Manager on May 31. We checked in with him to see how his first months on the job are going. What have you and your team been working on?  The MDS … Read more

John McGee has been appointed as Assistant Vice Chancellor for ITS Research Computing after serving as interim Director of the UNC-Chapel Hill group since March 2019.  Research Computing presents institutionally scoped research cyberinfrastructure to faculty, post-docs, staff, students and research … Read more

ITS Project Portfolio & Change Management’s leader has added two project managers. Today, Brenda Carpen, Director of Project Portfolio & Change Management, brings on board two new hires. They are Alison Campbell, previously Customer Solutions Lead in ITS’ Customer Experience … Read more

Mike Waldron will retire June 30 after 14 years with ITS Research Computing group at UNC-Chapel Hill. Waldron started at Research Computing when it was a part of the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) organization, just before Research Computing moved to … Read more

Dave Scott steps into the role of ITS Managed Desktop Services (MDS) manager today, May 31, after nearly 22 years with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Scott replaces Anne Vail, who served as MDS manager from 2016 to 2021. Experience … Read more

Kim Vassiliadis, who has worked for ITS for seven years, has gained a new title: Director, Digital Experience & Communications. Effective as of April, Vassiliadis’ new title reflects the new responsibilities she gained with the ITS reorganization in July 2021 … Read more

John Mack, Assistant Vice Chancellor of ITS Infrastructure & Operations, is leaving UNC-Chapel Hill on June 1 for new opportunities at Cornell University. Cornell recruited both him and his wife, Elaine Westbrooks, Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian. … Read more