Core Systems Architect, Washington and Lee University
Dirk has worked at Washington & Lee for over 20 years and has held a variety of roles in IT. He started as Desktop Support for the School of Law, then transitioned to the role of Student Computer Coordinator and manager of the Help Desk. He moved back to the School of Law as the... Read More →
Research Librarian & Peer Student Manager, Hamilton College
Glynis Asu is the Research & Instructional Support Librarian at Hamilton College. In addition to exploring new teaching and learning methods (with new or old technologies), she specializes in supporting mathematics and the sciences, and in heading up the information literacy initiative... Read More →
Director of Research & Instructional Support, Mount Holyoke College
Megan Brooks is the Director of Research & Instructional Support at Mount Holyoke College's Library, Information, and Technology Services (LITS). She is passionate about the breadth and depth of expertise a brilliant group of librarian and instructional technology liaisons can... Read More →
Deputy Chief Information Officer & Director, Web Support Services, Reed College
Marianne Colgrove is the Deputy CIO and Director of the Web Support Services department at Reed. She is a past Board Member and Treasurer of the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges, and is currently on the Council of the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium.
Outreach & Education Coordinator for Library & Information Technology Services (LITS), Bryn Mawr College
Andrew Mantuano is the Outreach & Education Coordinator for Library & Information Technology Services (LITS) at Bryn Mawr College. He works to design educational programs and outreach initiatives for current and upcoming LITS services and resources. In addition to the Email/Calendar... Read More →
A presentation, and discussion of when it may or may not be appropriate to outsource a service to a cloud provider. Also, the different types of "cloud" and where some outshine others.
I'm an accomplished system administrator with 10 years of professional experience, 20 years of personal experience. I've been building, designing, and maintaining systems since before it was ever a career.
John O'Keefe is the Vice President for Information Technology Services and CIO at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. As Lafayette's first CIO, he led the completion of the College's IT Master Plan, expanded instructional technology, created a new college-wide IT governance process... Read More →
In early 2015, the Alma College ITS Department presented a disaster recovery (DR) project proposal to college administration. The plan leveraged resources unique to Alma’s technical environment enabling the recovery of critical systems and services offsite in the event of a disaster at the primary data-center. As work began, it became clear these resources could be leveraged to provide much more than just disaster recovery without additional capital investment.
We will be presenting an overview of our DR project, including the solutions considered, the design ultimately selected, and various ways the project evolved beyond its initial scope. By using our DR initiative as a case study, we hope to inspire others to think creatively about ways to leverage their unique campus resources to solve IT challenges, and to encourage in-house ownership of project design and outcomes.
Christian Gilbert joined the Alma College ITS Department as a Systems Administrator in 2015. He is responsible for the administration of the college’s server infrastructure, and has been involved with the design and implementation of disaster recovery, single sign-on authentication... Read More →
Kyle Warner has been with Alma College for five years. He currently serves as Director of Systems and Networking and is responsible for technical infrastructure at the college.
