University of New Mexico Chief Information Officer (CIO) Bill Adkins has announced three new appointments associated with a recent reorganization of Project LINK.
“With this reorganization, we’re hoping to have a broader, more accurate view of Project LINK’s overall health so as to have more responsive and responsible management that extends beyond the implementation level all the way up to the institutional level,” he said.
Adkins said Bonnie Young, who last September was named as the Director of the LINK Human Resources/Payroll Project, was recently identified in a search process to become the Project LINK Executive Director. As LINK Executive Director, Young will have oversight of the three LINK projects— Student/Academic, Financial Aid, and HR/Payroll—that are still in various stages of implementation. The LINK Finance Project went “live” in July 2004.
“In her new role, Bonnie has been charged with managing those three LINK project implementations at the institutional level and collaborating with the individual project directors to ensure consistency and overall success of the project implementations,” Adkins said.
The CIO’s announcement complements another recently issued story by Associate Director of Human Resources Helen Gonzales stating that Fred Youberg will join Employee and Organizational Development (EOD) to “work on a number of EOD initiatives including implementation of Plateau, our new Learning Management System.”
Until recently, Youberg had served as Project LINK Coordinator. “Fred’s organizational skills will be missed in Project LINK, but his leadership in supporting the implementation of the Plateau software system will ensure the success of that project,” Adkins said.
He added that John Ortiz, who has been working on the Student/Academic Project, has been selected to succeed Young as Director of the LINK HR/Payroll Project. Before coming to UNM, Ortiz led IT organizations at the Public Service Co. of New Mexico and State Farm Insurance.
Adkins also announced the appointment of David McGuire as Project Director/LINK Technical Infrastructure. Until recently, McGuire as served as Associate Director, Information Technology, CIRT Administrative Information Systems.
“David will report to Bonnie and will collaborate with the LINK project directors and with CIRT to ensure that we have a coherent, robust technical infrastructure to support application development, maintenance and use of Banner modules,” Adkins said. “He’ll also work on budget issues and have direct responsibility for the technical functionality of all Banner modules and applications, among other duties.”
Adkins said the new appointments, “will ensure that the Project LINK implementations are consistent with the institution’s overall goals and directions as they are described by the University’s leadership.”
Posted by scarr at August 17, 2005 12:21 PM