About ITS
We are a team of over 40 talented individuals dedicated to providing the best technological experience for you and the entire campus community.
Our mission is:
To enable the UW-Whitewater community, its academic and administrative units and members (students, their families, faculty, staff, alumni and friends) to fulfill their educational, research, learning, organizational, administrative and public service objectives through the use of technology.
We live that mission by:
- Supporting technology used by students, staff and faculty throughout campus.
- Assisting with all your technology needs.
- Helping ease challenges faced by UW-Whitewater students, staff and faculty through technological solutions.
- Identifying and implementing exciting new technology on the UW-Whitewater campus.
- Aligning campus technology with the university's mission and strategic plan.
IT Services' main driver is the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Information Technology Strategic Plan.
Meet the Team
Sara Deschner
Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer (CIO), IT Services
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Aaron Axelsen
Deputy CIO
Katie Kowalkiewicz
Administrative Manager
Kirsten Mortimer
Strategic Services Manager
As experts in emerging web technology, the web team provides website design, development and consultation services to UW-Whitewater departments and organizations. This team manages an easy to use content management system (Ingeniux) so users are able to make changes and updates to their site themselves. The knowledgeable team is available for consultations on website information architecture, writing for the web, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and training on the content management system.
Dan Smith
Web Operations Supervisor
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Kevin Behringer
Web Content Specialist
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Antonio Ponce
Full Stack Web Developer
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Chris Skrandzius
Web Front-line Quality Assurance
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The Administrative Information Services (AIS) team provides programming and application development services to support administrative and academic systems, to meet the university's enterprise and departmental needs. These services include WINS/PeopleSoft programming, Web programming and application development, report creation, project management, and providing student data from WINS to 3rd party applications. Requests for work are prioritized by a campus steering committee, based on timing, value added, and productivity gains by students, staff and faculty.
Bryon Hobbs
IT Business Analyst
Mike Miller
Comprehensive Services Specialist
Mike Olson
Senior PeopleSoft Developer
User Environment Technology (UET) provides implementation and support of distributed technology across the UW-Whitewater campus.
Services include software and hardware purchasing, Help Desk staff, General Access Labs support, Lab / classroom tech upgrades, and workstation management.
Jacob Baldridge
User Support Technician with Security Emphasis
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Nick Brasch
AVCT Integration & Support Technician
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Mike Cesar
Workstation Software Engineer
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Anthony Keisler
Desktop Support Technician
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Javier Martinez
User Support Technician
Bridget Slamann
Help Desk Supervisor
Ben Wagnitz
Help Desk Technical Lead
Alex Wood
User Support Technician
The Network Operations group provides the technology foundation and departmental computing services across the UW-Whitewater campus.
Services include: Wired and wireless networking services across campus, voice (phones) and video communication, physical network connectivity and cabling, servers and storage services, management of the Data Center and other critical facilities, departmental-specific services, testing scoring and evaluation.
Joe Uselding
Network Operations Director
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Chris O'Connor
Storage and Systems Supervisor
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Chris Finch
Wireless Network Engineer
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Jimmy de la O
Network Technician
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Noah Anderson
Network Integration Specialist
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Beth Drexler
ERP Administrator
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Elliot Kan
Windows System Engineer
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Joel Koszyczarek
Systems Administrator
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Eric Murray
Network Cable Technician
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Rajen Patel
Senior Network Engineer
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Jason Pummer
Network Operator Technician
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