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Retirement reception for Julie Henton July 18

Posted on by Christine Doucette

After 20 years of service at Kansas State University, Julie Henton is retiring as senior financial analyst/business manager in the Division of Information Technology. Her last day will be July 19.

A retirement reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, July 18, in the Flint Hills Room of the K-State Student Union. The K-State community is invited to honor Henton and wish her well in retirement. Refreshments will be served.

Henton first joined K-State as an assistant director for the payroll division of Human Resources and was later promoted to associate director. In 2014, she joined the Division of Information Technology as a business manager.

The Division of IT wishes her all the best in her well-deserved retirement!

Fuller, Mattocks and Zoglmann named assistant directors in the Division of Information Technology

Posted on by Division of Information

Three individuals have accepted the Assistant Director positions within Application Services of the Business Intelligence, Analytics, Enterprise Applications, and Project Management unit in Information Technology.

Matt Fuller was selected as the Assistant Director of Application Services, ERP Systems. Fuller will serve as the senior lead developer, provide guidance and supervision, and define best practices for the ERP Systems staff. For over 25 years, Fuller has worked in the field of information technology. He began his career in USD 383 as a network administrator and technical staff support. Fuller joined the Division of Information Technology in 2002 as a Systems Specialist working with Parking Services and others. He left K-State for a year working as a software developer. Returning in 2006, Fuller served as a Systems Specialist for the Human Resources team and was promoted to Systems Coordinator on the Student Information Systems team. Fuller has a BS in Information Systems from K-State.

Sarah Mattocks will serve as Assistant Director of Application Services for Business Systems. Mattocks will be the hands-on senior developer and will lead the team supporting software as a service solution (SaaS) with the business systems applications portfolio primarily hosted in cloud environments. In 2014, Mattocks joined IT in Student Life as a System Analyst. She moved to the Division of IT as a System Analyst/CRM Administrator in 2019. Before coming to K-State, Mattocks worked in various information technology positions for Cargill. Mattocks earned a B.S. in Computer Science from K-State and is currently working on her Master’s degree.

Kurt Zoglmann accepted the position of Assistant Director of DevOps. Along with serving as senior developer, Zoglmann will provide guidance and supervision for the DevOps team. He also will be assisting the other Assistant Directors with the DevOps methodology. For over 20 years, Zoglmann has had increasing levels of responsibility in the Division of Information Technology. Past roles include software developer, senior software developer, and more recently, applications architect. He was part of the team that shifted Java-based applications to the cloud. During the last few years, he has expanded his knowledge and capabilities as a cloud economist. Zoglmann has a BS in Information Systems from K-State.

Fuller, Mattocks, and Zoglmann assume their positions on June 28. Please join the Division of Information Technology staff in congratulating these individuals on their new roles.

Geneva McCrory to retire

Posted on by Division of Information

Geneva McCrory is retiring after 5 years in the Division of Information Technology. Geneva came to K-State in 2016 as an experienced Peoplesoft developer and has been part of the KSIS team and the many projects, enhancements, and upgrades and has conducted work across the modules in KSIS. She is the consummate collaborative team member including everyone on the team whether it was sharing her PeopleSoft skills or baked goods.  Darci Pottroff, director of application services remarked “We are going to miss our great colleague who was always willing to help and was great to be around.” The Division of Information staff wishes Geneva a happy retirement. Her last day in the office is June 11.

Please join us in a card shower for Geneva.  Cards can be sent to Geneva McCrory, c/o Brenda Miesner, Unger Complex, 2323 Anderson Avenue, Manhattan KS 66502

Chih-Ching Ma to retire in May

Posted on by Division of Information

After twenty-eight years of service, Chih-Ching Ma, Information Systems Supervisor, will retire in May. Ma began her career at K-State in 1993, when she was hired as an Applications Programmer/Analyst II and promoted to Systems Analyst. She was again promoted in 2001 to Information Systems Supervisor for Facilities and has served as Information Systems Supervisor in the Office of Information Systems (renamed to  Business Intelligence, Analytics and Enterprise Applications) ever since.  During her career, she led the largest development team for administrative applications on campus. Continue reading “Chih-Ching Ma to retire in May” →

Deputy CIO Betsy Draper to retire in June

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After five years of service to Kansas State University, Deputy CIO for Strategy, Planning, and Enterprise Architecture will retire on June 2. As Deputy CIO, Draper’s work has included the planning for and coordination of strategic investments, managing the enterprise architecture, evaluating business processes, maturing business practices, overseeing the reporting and tracking of metrics, evaluating and developing the skills of the Division of Information Technology (IT) staff, and fostering an inclusive, networked environment. Draper joined K-State in 2016 as the Associate Vice Provost for Information Technology in the Office of the CIO and served for one year as interim Chief Information Security Officer. In 2019, she was promoted to Deputy CIO for Strategy, Planning, and Enterprise Architecture. Continue reading “Deputy CIO Betsy Draper to retire in June” →

Elsasser named deputy CIO for business intelligence and analytics

Posted on by Division of Information

Jan Elsasser has been named Deputy CIO for business intelligence and analytics. Most recently, Elsasser served as assistant vice president/director of technology & information services in Student Life supporting student success and enrollment management. Over the last 25 years, she has worked in various capacities in admissions, information management, and network technologies for K-State and the K-State Foundation.

Notable projects include:

  • Oversight for K-State 360, the co-curricular tracking application
  • Expansion for CampusNexus CRM

Currently, Elsasser is leading the project team to implement a university-wide Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) solution to improve the management of student relationships for recruitment, enrollment, and student success.

Elsasser earned a bachelor’s of science in social science from Kansas State and a masters of science in human computer interaction from Iowa State University. She will serve as one of the four Deputy CIO positions who along with the CIO will make-up the executive leadership team for Information Technology Services.

 

Betsy Edwards retires on June 30

Posted on by Division of Information

Betsy EdwardsElizabeth “Betsy” Edwards retires on June 30 after more than 40 years of professional service to Kansas State University.  

Throughout her career, Betsy has served as a friend and colleague to many K-Staters, including IT and communications staff.  All are invited to a reception honoring her career 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, in 146 Unger Complex (rooms G & H). Cards can be sent to the OME office, 146 Unger Complex.  Continue reading “Betsy Edwards retires on June 30” →

Deputy CIO position announcements

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Chad Currier, chief information security officer, has been selected as the IT chief
operating officer/deputy CIO for Enterprise Technology and Betsy Draper will serve as the deputy CIO for strategy, planning, and enterprise architecture.

Currier brings a wealth of experience in managing enterprise technology to this role and will help lead K-State through significant transformation in our technical infrastructure and customer support structure. For the time being, he will continue as chief information security officer or CISO.

In May 2018, Currier joined K-State as the CISO. Prior to coming to K-State, he served as manager of the Information Security Office for Novant Health where he oversaw a comprehensive cybersecurity program for the Cybersecurity Incident Response Center of an integrated health system consisting of 15 medical centers and more than 500 physician offices.

Currier has more than twenty years of experience in IT security and infrastructure related areas. He earned a bachelor’s degree in information systems from Strayer University and a graduate certificate in information security & privacy from University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Draper as the deputy CIO for strategy, planning, and enterprise architecture brings vast experience in enterprise architecture and strategy. She joined information technology services in 2016 as the associate vice provost for information technology where she led planning, portfolio and project management, served as interim CISO and worked across the university on business process analysis. She led the charge in operationalizing the IT Strategic Plan.

Prior to coming to K-State, Draper served as the chief enterprise architect and IT portfolio manager for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture with USDA in Washington, DC. Draper’s IT and higher education experience spans more than 35 years in positions ranging from instructional designer to assistant professor to chief information officer. Draper holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in management information systems from Iowa State University, a Masters of Business Administration from North Dakota State University and a Doctor of Education in adult and higher education administration from the University of South Dakota.

 

 

Deputy CIO for Emerging Technology and Innovation

Posted on by Division of Information

""The search committee for the Deputy CIO for Emerging Technology and Innovation has invited Mr. Scott Finkeldei to interview for the position.  Mr. Finkeldei will present an open forum on the topic of:  “Roadmap for the Development of True Technology Innovation in Higher Education” at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 5, in 146 G&H Unger Complex. You can also join the Zoom session.

Application materials and the position description are available on the ITS employment page.

A video of the presentation and a feedback form will be available on the Deputy CIO for Emerging Technology and Innovation Candidate Materials webpage.

If you have any questions, contact Kelly Moon (kmoon@ksu.edu).

Chief Information Security Officer candidate announced

Posted on by Division of Information

An open forum for the Chief Information Security Officer position in Information Technology Services will be on Friday, March 2 at 10:15 a.m. in 146G/H in the Unger Complex.

The first candidate is Sunil Singh, Director II at Iowa State University in the Department of IT Services Security and Policies.

Application materials for each candidate and a link to the candidate feedback form is available from http://www.k-state.edu/its/employment/ciso-search/index.html

K-Staters are encouraged to attend the open forum presentations. For those unable to attend in person, the open forums will be recorded and archived on the website.

Additional interviews are being scheduled.