The Department of Information Technology congratulates its staff members honored at HSPH’s recent Celebration with the Stars.
Honorees included:
Left to Right: Alex Garcia-Rangel, Brian Pedranti, Deane Eastwood and Sarah Bearse
Velex Desir began working as a co-op in early February and will work part-time through May as part of his program at Roxbury Community College (RCC). He received a Certified Computer Networking Associate (CCNA) in the Cisco Certification Program in January 2014. He is a candidate for an associate of science degree in computer science with an anticipated graduation date of May 2014.
Velex is fluent in French, Spanish, Creole and Latin! He is our sixth co-op in the HSPH-RCC partnership coordinated by the HSPH Office of Human Resources.
Velex Desir, Roxbury Community College Co-op
Velex will work Monday – Thursday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Please join us in welcoming Velex to the Harvard School of Public Health!
Helton Alves began working as a co-op on January 16 and will be working 10-12 hours each week through early May as part of his program at Roxbury Community College (RCC). He is a candidate for an associate degree in network administration with an anticipated graduation date of May 2014.
At RCC, Helton is a team leader for the “Find My Fine Application” academic support group. One of this group’s recent accomplishments was to create a helpdesk ticketing application using the .NET technologies.
Helton Alves, Roxbury Community College Intern
Helton is our fifth co-op in the HSPH-RCC partnership coordinated by the HSPH Office of Human Resources.
Please join us in welcoming Helton to the Harvard School of Public Health!
We are pleased to welcome two new additions to the Department of Information Technology, Lina Ji and Thomas (TJ) Porter. Both Lina and TJ are Northeastern University students and will be working for 6 months full-time as co-ops at HSPH as part of their degree program. They replace Anastasiya (Stacey) Gudoshnik and Joe Horrigan, who completed their assignments with great success.
Lina Ji is a candidate for a bachelor of science in industrial engineering and will graduate from NEU in May 2015. Her last co-op was with Agricultural Bank of China in Shanghai, China, where she was a systems engineer responsible for building LINUX servers.
Lina is fluent in Mandarin and is a Northeastern Student Ambassador, which helps new international students become acquainted with the campus.
She will be working the 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM shift.
Lina Ji, Northeastern Co-op
Thomas (TJ) Porter is candidate bachelor of science in business administration. He will graduate from NEU in May 2016.
His last co-op was with New England Baptist Hospital as a General Stores co-op, where he helped stock operating rooms. While there, he discovered annual cost savings opportunities in the amount of $9000 in their supply ordering chain.
For you gamers, he is a published contributor to Alienware as an arena writer! He is also a referee and scorekeeper for the Hudson Youth DekHockey League.
He will work the 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM shift.
TJ Porter, Northeastern Co-op
Please join us in welcoming Lina and TJ to the Harvard School of Public Health!
We are pleased to announce that Erin Provensal, an instructional technologist in Media and Educational Technology Services (METS), was selected as one of HSPH’s first A.C.E. Award recipients.
Mike Kan, Executive Dean for Administration, congratulates Erin on the A.C.E. Award
Erin was selected for her outstanding work supporting new educational initiatives, including:
Deane Eastwood (left), Erin Provensal, and Taso Markatos (right)
Please join us in congratulating Erin!
About the A.C.E Awards
Acknowledging Commitment and Excellence (A.C.E) recognizes those who go “that extra mile” in any of a number of ways. Once a quarter, up to 5 employees will be awarded a gift card through A.C.E. to be delivered by an HSPH Senior Leader.
For more information on recognition programs at HSPH, please visit the Office for Human Resources website.
Ian Tosh, HSPH’s new manager for Media and Educational Technology Services (METS), had an eventful Halloween. Ian’s year-and-a-half old son Nolan shares his father’s enthusiasm for audio-visual devices and loves to play with an old microphone around the house. An idea for a unique Halloween costume was hatched as his son also bears some resemblance to NPR’s OnPoint host Tom Ashbrook, a family favorite.
Halloween costume!
When the costume was a big hit in his neighborhood, Ian decided to send Tom a photo of the young broadcaster. This led to two NPR blog posts, hundreds of Facebook “likes,” and a gracious invitation to tour the NPR studio and meet Tom.
Enjoy the articles below!
Read more about it on NPR
Host Tom Ashbrook shows Nolan where to stand in order to reach the studio’s mic. (Jesse Costa / WBUR)
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We are pleased to welcome two new additions to our IT staff, Sherrell Pierre and Joe Horrigan.
Sherrell Pierre began working in September and will be working 10-12 hours each week through early December as part of her program at Roxbury Community College (RCC). She is a candidate for an associate of science degree in information systems technology. Sherrell manages and teaches at a computer laboratory at the Grove Hall Apartments and has formerly worked for RCC as a computer lab assistant.
Sherrell is our fourth coop in the the HSPH-RCC partnership coordinated by the HSPH Office of Human Resources.
Sherrell Pierre, Roxbury Community College Intern
Joe Horrigan also began working in September as a contractor and will be with User Services through early December. Joe has been working in IT for nearly 10 years and brings excellent computer and communications skills to the department.
Both Sherrell and Joe will be providing computer support to the community at the Helpdesk, as well as in the field, with support and training provided by our User Services team.
Joe Horrigan, User Support Technician
Please join us in welcoming Sherrell and Joe to the Harvard School of Public Health.
The Department of Information Technology is pleased to announce that Laurie Sutherland has been promoted to Senior SIS Programmer and Application Developer.
Laurie has met each new challenge in the SIS project head-on and delivers superior results, such as the online registration checklist, which was built from the ground-up and implemented ahead of schedule.
We thank Laurie for her continued contributions and commitment to improving the Student Information System at HSPH.
Laurie Sutherland, Senior SIS Programmer and Application Developer
Please join us in congratulating Laurie on this well-deserved promotion!
The HSPH Department of Information Technology welcomes new hire Ian Tosh. Ian will work as manager of a newly reorganized and renamed team called Media and Educational Technology Services (METS). METS includes Sarah Bearse, Christopher Riley, Mike Demarco, and Erin Provensal and will provide technical oversight of HSPH’s audio-visual infrastructure, student computer classrooms, iSites and Harvard learning management ecosystem (LME), HarvardX, and studio productions.
Ian Tosh, Manager of Media and Educational Technology Services
Ian joins us after 13 years at Rule Broadcast Systems where he was most recently employed as Director of System Integration. At Rule, Ian was the project manager for more than 200 audio-visual projects in academia (Harvard, Boston College, Babson), government (City of Boston, US Navy), and corporate settings (Hill Holliday, Procter & Gamble). He was promoted several times during his tenure at Rule.
In 2010-11, Ian collaborated with Sarah Bearse and Jon Barkan of Communications for Learning, in designing and installing the HSPH Leadership Studio, one of the most state-of-the-art rooms at Harvard University. More recently, Ian and Sarah designed the HSPH distance learning studio in Kresge LL19-h. Ian has also worked on a number of Decision-Making: Voices from the Field and Forum at HSPH production teams.
Ian has outstanding training skills, and he will offer training sessions for technical and non-technical users on the latest and greatest in audio-visual equipment.
Ian is a graduate of Emerson College, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications with a focus on film production.
Please join us in welcoming Ian to our technical staff and to the HSPH community!
Interesting fact: Ian is a board member and treasurer for Somerville Community Access Television (SCATV).
The HSPH Department of Information Technology welcomes new hire Bill Dantowitz. Bill will work as a user support specialist in our User Services Group providing helpdesk, desktop, classroom, and media services support to the community.
Bill is a graduate of The Ohio State University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in English. While a student, Bill spent a year working at OSU’s IT Helpdesk, the main IT support group for one of the largest public universities in the country. Bill supported the President’s Office and other administrative groups.
Most recently, Bill worked as a Help Desk Administrator at TechTarget, where he won a departmental award for automating and streamlining tasks.
Bill Dantowitz, User Support Specialist
We are excited about Bill’s technical and customer service skills. He brings great support experience to HSPH.
Please join us in welcoming Bill to our technical staff and to the HSPH community!
Interesting fact: Bill is a fan of rugby and played for the OSU Rugby Football Club.