Effective Oct. 1, 2023, Purdue IT implemented the following changes for the former Daniels School of Business, College of Liberal Arts, Libraries, and Education IT Teams:
Effective November 1, Cindy Oneal will assume leadership of the newly integrated Academic Solutions Team consisting of the above list of custom developers and system administrators. Kenny Wilson and Jeff Ello will directly report to her. With the long-term vision to create an Innovation Center, this team will first assess the needs of all four academic areas in scope. From a higher vantage point, the combined skillsets of this new team may gain synergies with other existing groups within ITES. They will look for collaboration opportunities, determine the team’s portfolio scope and, if needed, will work with IT Directors to shift solutions, resources, and assignments around to better meet the needs of our customers.
Other moves and changes are as follows:
To finalize the transitions for these four units, Bob Evans will report to Dwight Snethen effective 11/1/2023. In the immediate term, Bob will help to define Dean level advocacy for the four transitioned colleges (Education, Liberal Arts, Business, and Libraries). The teams will stay engaged with the work on the long-term organizational structure & design efforts underway with Aaron Walz and the academic units reporting to Gerhard. This structure change allows us to pilot the advocacy model, understand how it works, and adjust or pivot as necessary given the data and feedback collected.