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Professional Experience

Linfield University  

June 2020 to Present

Hired as the first Chief Information Officer while Linfield transitioned from a College to a University.   

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) provides leadership and vision for information technology in a rapidly changing higher education environment.

  • Chair of the Technology Advisory Council.  
  • Co-chair of the Data Governance Committee.   
  • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee. 
  • Co-chair of one of three teams for the new Strategic Plan.   

University of Portland

January 2013 to June 2020 

Was the acting Director of Academic Technology Services & Innovation in the Fall of 2012 and was Promoted to Director in January of 2013.   

University of Portland  

September 2010 to December 2012

Hired as the Academic Technology Specialist and Trainer at the start of the 2010 Academic Year.  Left the position when I was promoted to Director.      

Salish Kootenai College

May 2003 to July 2010  

Started as the Webmaster in 2003 and was later promoted to Assistant Director of IT Services and then to Director of Administrative IT Services.   

National Indian Telecommunications Institute

June 2001 to May 2003

Started as the Systems Administrator and was promoted to Director of Technology.  

Salish Kootenai College

July 1999 to April 2001

Started as the PC Support Tech and was later promoted to Systems Administrator.   

All Nations Alliance for Minority Participation

Jan 1998 – Aug 1998

Internship – Assist the All Nations AMP in the production of newsletters, mailings and other duties as assigned. Special Assignment: Assisted with the 6th Annual National Science Foundation Alliance for Minority Participation Research Conference. The conference brought together 322 students, faculty and staff to compete in poster and oral competitions. The competitions were in the fields of Science, Math and Engineering.

US WEST

May 1997 – Aug 1997

Worked that summer as a Quick Response Engineer. Performs the Design Engineering portion of the capacity provisioning process for a defined geographic area. Designed hi-capacity (DS1, 56kb, 64kb, ISDN…) Jobs to satisfy orders, using standard equipment configurations. Performs engineering work to meet customer demands that cannot be met with standard design.

US WEST

May 1996 – Aug 1996

Worked that summer as a Manager in LNO. Performed a hardware and software inventory and developed several databases for the LNO department.

US WEST

May 1995 – Aug 1995

Developed and maintained a database consisting of 400+ records for the Network and Technology Services Mentoring Program.