ITS Organization & Contacts
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CIO’s Office
CIO’s Office
The Office of the Chief Information Officer develops and implements strategies to provide a coherent and coordinated approach across the many domains of information technology for the entire university. The office promotes information technology solutions that improve teaching, learning, research, and administrative efficiencies. The CIO:
- reports to and works closely with the Provost and other university leaders, advising on matters of information technology strategy, investment and security
- acts as a catalyst for both short- and long-term planning, continuously assessing and re-balancing the appropriate mix of people, processes, and technology to advance university priorities and driving many of Humboldt’s technology projects and initiatives
- provides day-to-day leadership and administration of the six major units within Information Technology Services and an $8.9 million annual budget
- represents the information technology needs of Cal Poly Humboldt at the CSU level
Chief Information Officer (Acting): Cade Webb
Phone: (707) 826-3815
Accessible Technology
Accessible Technology
The California State University (CSU) is committed to making information technology resources and services accessible to all students, faculty, staff, and the general public, regardless of disability. This commitment is guided by the Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI).
The ATI Coordinator leads our campus efforts in three key areas:
- Instructional Materials
- Web Accessibility
- Procurement
The Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) supports faculty and staff in ensuring digital documents meet ATI requirements. ARC offers the following services:
- Processing digital documents, including PDFs, to ensure ATI compliance
- Scanning and converting hardcopy documents to digital formats
- Assisting with closed captioning projects
Location: Library 111H
Accessible Technology Initiative Coordinator:: Jeanne Wielgus 707-826-4206
Accessibility Resource Center: Jacob Hoback
General phone number: (707) 826-4200
General email: ARC@humboldt.edu
ITS Administrative Support
ITS Administrative Support
The Administrative Support team takes care of:
- all requests for access to Humboldt information systems by university employees
- financial transaction management for the campus Pay-for-Print system
- general business support functions for ITS departments and staff
Key points of contact:
- Budget Management, Contracts & Software Licensing: Rachael Gipson (707) 826-6126
- Access Requests, Campus Operator & Pay-for-Print Refunds: Jen Celotto (707) 826-6183
- ITS Personnel, TNS Key Advisor, Pay-for-Print Revenue: Elsa Haraldson (707) 826-6110
- Purchasing: Sonia Santana (707) 826-6104
Location: Van Matre Hall, Room 200
General phone number: (707) 826-3815
Information Security
Information Security
The information security team oversees information security on campus:
- Security awareness training
- Protecting data
- Managing cyber risks
- Mandatory compliance activities as required by federal and state laws as well as CSU policy
The team works to prevent unauthorized access, detect and respond to cyber threats, and maintain the integrity of the university's digital infrastructure, ensuring the campus community remains safe from cyber risks.
Information Security Officer: Tom Lukins (Interim)
Security Analyst: Brennen Rose
General phone number: (707) 826-3815
Send security incident reports and questions to: security@humboldt.edu
IT Infrastructure Services
IT Infrastructure Services
The IT Infrastructure Services group consists of 2 teams of 12 full time employees responsible for the hardware and software systems that comprise the foundation of Information Technology services provided to the university.
Interim Director and Acting Chief Technology Officer: Duncan Hughes
Phone: 707-826-3815
Systems Administration
The Systems Administration team is responsible for campus data center servers and services, which may be physically present on campus or in the cloud. Wherever possible, data center resources are integrated to support the mission of the campus in the most efficient manner.
The team is tasked with providing redundancy, scalability, and high availability of data center resources thus ensuring accessibility around the clock. To make certain everything runs smoothly, the team conducts continuous analysis, research, and proactive monitoring.
The Systems Administration team also works closely with other teams managing the Identity and Access Management infrastructure for services on campus and in the cloud.
Lead: Sam Mosher
Telecommunications & Network Services
Telecommunications & Network Services (TNS) is the group that manages the campus phone system, the wired and wireless networks, and other communications equipment. They also install and maintain the cabling infrastructure that interconnects the various systems.
The Networking team’s mission is to provide and maintain highly available high performance wired and wireless networks with as much redundancy as possible. Additionally they are responsible for maintaining a high bandwidth, low latency network for research.
The Telecommunications team’s mission is to provide and maintain highly available and high quality phone services for the campus using analog, digital, and VOIP devices as well as software phones.
Acting Lead: Ronald Hornidge
Phone: (707) 826-3815
Contact the Technology Help Desk for TNS support issues.
Information Systems
Information Systems
The Information Systems group manages campus information systems, which covers:
- application development and design
- the Humboldt identity management system
- the myHumboldt portal
- the Humboldt sections of the CSU-hosted PeopleSoft systems (Student, Human Resources, Finance)
- database administration
- feeds to a growing number of cloud applications
- our ever-expanding data warehouse
Application Development and Design Lead: Ken Thrift
Enterprise Data Management Lead: Troy Butolph
General phone number: (707) 826-3815
Support: help@humboldt.edu
Customer Care
Customer Care
Customer Care is the first stop for staff, faculty, and students looking for help with technology support needs, including:
- Computing hardware
- Software support and installation
- Phones
- Network and other connectivity issues
- Video conferencing
- Technology purchasing
Simple, convenient, and customer-friendly, we offer a single phone number to access all these services. Just call (707) 826-HELP (4357) or submit a support request.
Director: Breck Robinson
Locations: Gist Hall Rooms 209, 211, & 213/Library 101
General phone number: (707) 826-HELP (4357)
Email: help@humboldt.edu
Client Technology
Client Technology configures, secures, and updates campus Windows and macOS computers, as well as updating the application sets and computer images used to deploy these systems. They configure and maintain Humboldt’s vLab and other Azure based computing solutions for students, staff, and faculty. Through continuous process improvement, Client Technology helps to enable Humboldt academics with secure, up-to-date, technology.
Lead: David Pearson
(707) 826-5874
Direct Support
Direct Support provides technical assistance to faculty and staff, supporting university-owned computers, tablets, networked printers, and software. They manage computer labs and instructional spaces, coordinate software installations, deploy instructional hardware and computer refreshes, and oversee the safe disposal of outdated equipment, ensuring reliable and efficient campus technology.
Lead: Emily Oparowski
(707) 826-3538
Help Desk
The Technology Help Desk is your initial point of contact for the Information Technology Services department. If you are having difficulties accessing Cal Poly Humboldt systems, need your password reset, have a telephone issue, networking problems or issues with your computer, the Technology Help Desk is here to help! We are just a call, email, or visit away.
Location: Library 101
Lead: Drew Meyer
General email: help@humboldt.edu
General phone number: (707) 826-4357
When the Technology Help Desk is closed, urgent problems with the university voice or data networks should be reported to the University Police Department at (707) 826-5555.
Housing & Dining Support
Housing and Dining support is responsible for administering the student resident management platform, development of the myHousing portal, the campus commerce and meal plan management platform, department workstations, and residence hall wired and wireless networks known as "ResNet."
Housing and Dining support also delivers efficient, reliable support to all dining and retail outlets as well end user support for the various needs of Chartwells food service group staff.
Lead: Erik Mendes
(707) 826-5529
Specialized Support
Specialized Support provides faculty and staff with expert consultation on technology specifications, software licensing, research technology, and larger technology initiatives. They offer technical assistance with student-specific technology support, hardware purchasing, computer lifecycle management, refresh planning, asset management, and support escalations from Direct Support
Lead: Warren Hardison
(707) 826-6106
Research Infrastructure
Research Infrastructure
Research Support
The Research Support team is part of the Humboldt High Performance Computing Center, responsible for supporting faculty and students as they explore grant opportunities to further research, creative activities, and program development. These projects may require high performance computing (HPC), storage, code review, or software purchases. In addition to research resources, we offer limited support for instructional needs that require HPC.
The team members are tasked with providing the following research assistance to faculty:
- Pre-award consultations
- Hardware review
- Code review
- Building custom containers
- Parallel computing
- Software recommendations
- Storage
Lead: Ravi Chalasani
Phone: 707-826-6164
For More Information: https://its.humboldt.edu/research/high-performance-computing
ITS Project Office
ITS Project Office
Working with project sponsors and stakeholders across campus, the Project Office defines and delivers information technology services and solutions in alignment with the university’s goals and priorities. The Project Office also keeps campus informed about IT-related activities and maintains the ITS website content to ensure information is current and relevant.
Director: Billie Herman (Interim) (707) 826-5283
Project Coordinators:
Phil Rouse (707) 826-5097
Kathy Hudson (707) 826-5658
Web support: Bruce Tiffee
Enterprise and Client Technology
Enterprise and Client Technology
The Enterprise and Client Technology (ECT) group consists of 22 full-time employees and a few student assistants across 5 separate teams:
- Application Development and Design
- Client Technology
- Housing and Dining Support
- Research Support
- System Administration
The ECT unit is responsible for the delivery of effective, secure, and reliable technology services that enable, promote, and support students, faculty and staff in pursuit of their goals. As a customer service group, our highest priority is to be responsive to the strategic IT needs of the campus.
The team offers leadership, consultation, and support in the advancement of technology by engaging the campus community and working in collaborative partnerships with Humboldt's schools, colleges, and administrative divisions.
Director: A Cade Webb
Phone: (707) 826-5229
Application Development and Design (ADD)
The Information Systems group manages campus information systems, which covers:
- application development and design
- the Humboldt identity management system
- the myHumboldt portal
- the Humboldt sections of the CSU-hosted PeopleSoft systems (Campus Solutions(CS), Human Resources(HR), Common Human Resources System(CHRS), Common Finance System(CFS))
- database administration
- feeds to a growing number of applications
- Perceptive Content Document Management system
- Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS)
Lead: Ken Thrift
General phone number: (707) 826-3815
Support: help@humboldt.edu
Institutional Research, Analytics, and Reporting
Institutional Research, Analytics, and Reporting
Institutional Research, Analytics, and Reporting (IRAR) consists of 8 full-time employees and 2-3 interns across two teams:
- Institutional Research
- Enterprise Data Management
Institutional Research, Analytics, and Reporting (IRAR) provides a broad spectrum of services to all internal departments and external bodies as necessary. IRAR is responsible for the official collection, analysis, and reporting of institutional data on topics such as enrollment, retention and graduation rates, faculty and staff characteristics, instructional and programmatic costs and productivity, financial peer comparisons, and other data for the purpose of providing accurate information to support transparent, evidence-based planning and decision making and a culture of assessment.
Director: Michael Le
Phone: (707) 826-5489
Institutional Research
The Institutional Research team consists of four full-time employees and 2-3 interns. The team is responsible for providing data to inform decision support and guidance to many entities on campus with the goal of evaluating the success of academic and co-curricular student-support programs and their role in retention and learning outcomes. The team responds to data requests from the campus community for compliance, for comparisons, for assessment of current strategies, and for help with formulating goals and objectives, analyzing data, planning and designing processes, and establishing performance metrics and benchmarks.
Lead: Gay Hylton
Phone: (707) 826-5340
Enterprise Data Management
The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) team consists of three full-time employees. The EDM serves as the custodian of the institution's data assets. Their primary purpose is to ensure that data is accurate, accessible, relevant, and secure to support effective decision-making, research, and operational efficiency.
To support a data-informed decision-making culture, the team is engaged in a five-year enterprise data transformation (EDT) project to bring Humboldt’s data strategy into modern architecture. The ultimate goal of the EDT Project is to successfully implement an end-to-end, reliable, robust, scalable, and repeatable enterprise data solution to support equitable and inclusive student success. Aligning with Humboldt's Strategic Plan (2021-2026), the EDT project comprises six subprojects. (1) Data Pipeline, (2) Business Intelligence, (3) People, (4) DataOps & continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD), (5) IT Governance and Data Governance, and (6) Evidence and Statistics to make decisions. These six subprojects or foundations will build the base upon which IRAR will build a mature modern data infrastructure which will include a focus on (1) Artificial Intelligence, (2) Machine Learning, and (3) Knowledge Science.
Lead: Sky McKinley
Phone: (707) 826-5334