Calvin Groves, previously director of information technology with the School of Education, takes the helm of the ITS Service Desk today, March 21. He replaces Ingrid Camacho, who retired at the end of February after a long career with the … Read more

Dennis Schmidt, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Security Officer, will retire effective April 1, after serving the University for more than 24 years. Schmidt has overseen the Information Security and Identity Management teams since 2018. For the three years … Read more

The leader of the ITS Service Desk is retiring. Ingrid Camacho, whose last day is February 28, has worked for the Service Desk since it formed more than two decades ago. Camacho initially was hired as a contractor. In advance … Read more

Tech Support Specialist Leslie Kreizman, one of three ITS team members who support University administrators at more than 15 campus locations, is retiring at the end of this month. She has worked for ITS for more than two decades. Early … Read more

Charlie Wilcher has impressive talents beyond his work for ITS Classroom Hotline. He also creates digital art, including book covers and character illustrations. UNC grad “I have been drawing since childhood and dabbled with digital art some in the past, … Read more

On March 16, 2020, Kate Hash became ITS’ Assistant Vice Chancellor for Customer Experience & Engagement after serving as interim AVC for a year. In this role, Hash oversees User Support & Engagement, which encompasses many groups and services. Among … Read more

Infrastructure & Operations’ Mike Whitfield marked 21 years with ITS on February 5. A few weeks ago, when he received his 20-year service plaque from the University, it was family tradition. Whitfield comes from a long line of relatives who … Read more

Season three of Data@Rest, a podcast produced by Charlie Mewshaw and Michael Williams of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Information Security Office, was released in September. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Mewshaw and Williams recorded the podcast in the UNC School of Medicine’s state … Read more

After more than 30 years of state service, Hiawatha Demby, Applications Analyst with ITS Communication Technologies, will retire at the end of May. During his time at UNC-Chapel Hill, Demby worked for several departments, saw campus technology support offices evolve … Read more

J. Michael Barker was selected as UNC-Chapel Hill’s Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, effective February 1. Barker served as Interim Vice Chancellor for one year — from January 2019 through January 31, 2020. He has served … Read more

Mark Reed Title: Research Associate, ITS Research Computing Number of years with ITS: 11 Personal: Lives in Durham with his fiancé, Sandy. They have six grown children and three grandchildren. Education: Ph.D., masters and bachelor’s degrees in physics from UNC-Chapel … Read more

Priscilla Alden retires January 30 after 9 ½ years as Assistant Vice Chancellor for User Support & Engagement at Information Technology Services and after 15 years overall with UNC-Chapel Hill. That’s longer than any of the ITS leadership team has … Read more