Get To Know Your CAIT Team

"I lead the strategic planning for Information Technology here at CalArts, as well as work with the Directors to oversee operations on a daily basis. I collaborate with my colleagues in Institute leadership on a number of projects, big and small, tech-related and otherwise." 

"My job is a little like making books, I don't mean writing books, I make the paper... the binding. I don't write the words but I give them a place to live. A conduit by which to transport Art. A canvas for expression, except my canvas are made from electrified spaghetti and angry yelp reviews. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

"I lead an amazing group of individuals on the Enterprise Apps team who work hard to support many of the software applications at CalArts. I also laugh a lot, right around 3pm. It feels great. You should try it."

Manage implementations of systems that interact with Colleague, interact heavily with Administrative offices, manage data and produce reports.

"The man, the myth, the legend. The inaugural 'Bingo King' at CalArts. I put the person in personality. Leader of the fearless CalArts IT Customer Care Team, and a revered #GirlDad. Jason.

I'm responsible for taking the pulse of the CalArts community and it's issues and then responding with an efficient and progressive technological solution. Allegedly, I am awesome."

"I'm responsible for implementing and improving new and emerging technologies for instruction. I provide Learning Management System support, assistance in use of educational technology, and training to staff and faculty. I'm passionate about digital humanities and have actively worked to incorporate technology into my teaching and scholarship since receiving my PhD in history in 2017. As I've migrated out of the classroom, I consider it my most important job to empower faculty, students, and technology partners on a variety of technology-enabled projects to support excellence in teaching and learning."

"I manage IT projects by developing project plans and task lists, creating and updating project schedules and timelines, gathering and creating documentation, communicating with project teams and stakeholders, and transitioning projects to operational support. I hope to always provide whatever skillset a project team needs in order to deliver great improvements to CalArts operations."

"When I started at CalArts I worked in Customer Care where I would regularly engage with the community and help resolve technical issues on daily basis. I now maintain the CalArts network infrastructure while implementing new technology to insure an accommodating and supportive customer experience within our community."

"CalArts Datamancer, I work my way through the labyrinthian depths to procure and provide accurate data. My hunting grounds are SQL, Excel, Tableau, Business Objects, Informer, and Synoptix."

"I'm on the enterprise applications team where I help maintain existing and implement new technologies that support the institute."

'Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.' - Dumbledore

"I'm on our enterprise applications team where I help to implement new technology that will be used to support the institute. Also, when things break, I press some buttons and hope they start working."

"I started working with data when I was in the manufacturing world. I moved into High Ed about 10 years ago. I love 'Playing in Data', writing SQL code, investigating data, and creating dashboards."

"I work for the IT helpdesk so I assist faculty, students and staff with any computer or tech issues they may be experiencing."

"I help out with everything from fixing printers and setting up meeting rooms to building new systems to deploy laptops and improving our general cybersecurity. Everything that we do is in service of helping students create new art, so I love helping people work with technology as seamlessly as possible."

"I work in Customer Care so I help Students, Staff, and Faculty with their computer and technical issues whether that be mapping a network drive or installing a printer or just getting them connected to the wifi."