Kudos & Congratulations
UIT staff recognized for their excellent work
Congratulations to Emily Rushton (Project Management Office) for winning the last prize drawing!
I've worked with a lot of network guys and they're all really nice, and Brad Zumbrunnen is right there at the top of my list when it comes to him helping me with a lot of the Campus PeopleSoft network requests we deal with. He is always very patient, helpful, responsive, and kind. I really appreciate his help, especially during these times not seeing everyone as much in person anymore.
~ Mathew Leatham, CTO organization
Recently I was helped by McKenzie Spehar, UIT Help Desk agent. She was exquisitely patient and helpful and uncovered the source of the problem. She is remarkable and overlooked my surliness and frustration to be wonderfully helpful. If I could, I would send McKenzie chocolates and flowers.
~ Dr. David Grunwald, professor of Human Genetics
A big thank you to Irvin Allen! He has been working regularly at the DDC and on campus, handling shipping and receiving for packages from both places. He has been picking up at the Shipping and Receiving department for multiple people. He has also been pushing forward on installation of machines for all the projects. This has saved time for many of the CHPC staff.
Kudos to Martin Cuma for his work on getting the CHPC Open OnDemand service running for users, and for use in classes. One professor reported to us: "Martin was terrific to work with. He obviously put a lot of time into figuring out how to make this as transparent as possible for the students." Thank you, Martin!
~ Julia Harrison, Center for High Performance Computing
I'd like to recognize Irv (Irvin) Allen from The Center for High Performance Computing for his outstanding efforts. "Mister all-around" has been doing it all from installing numerous servers in support of the CHPC mission to improving our data center workspace with new tables and shelving. By re-arranging the limited floor space that we have, Irv has allowed us to sustain safe social distancing when we have been challenged with the addition of more projects and more people working in the same vicinity. In addition, he has continued to perform his normal duties including desktop support to our valued customers and his fellow workmates. Great job, Irv!
~ Alan Wisniewski, Center for High Performance Computing
Vijay Kammili is my hero!
~ Aaron Bailey, Care Navigation Center
A special thanks to River Griffin and Connor Hoffman from the ISO SOC for jumping in and helping me with some recent security assessments. Their help has been outstanding and invaluable.
~ Dustin Udy, Information Security Office
Specific thanks to Rob Birkinshaw and Zach Zitterkopf from the database team during and post-SailPoint IdentityIQ upgrade. They sacrificed
their weekend to help us troubleshoot issues without a word of complaint and their
continuous enthusiasm really kept everyone going.
~ Tina Nguyen, Information Security Office
In a recent Planning, Design & Construction (PDC) monthly meeting, serval PDC employees gave Mary Smithing a shoutout for her excellent customer service and quick responses to their needs.
I just wanted to pass that along and to echo those statements. Josh Keener and Mary have been so critical for us here at U Facilties, and we couldn’t ask for a better team!
~ Sarah Miller, Facilities Management
Julia Harrison [in UIT Communications Infrastructure] — you're the best! I appreciate your help every time I contact you and I can't thank you enough for the support you have provided me and my team over the years.
Thanks for your contributions to making this a great place for our patients and colleagues!
~ Jennifer Landers, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Thank you to the Strategic Communications team (Cassandra Van Buren, Larrisa Turner, and Jesse Drake) for your always amazing help in improving our communications. You always think of things we miss, and you always make them better than we would on our own. It's a pleasure and a great relief to us to have communications professionals guiding us through these critical steps.
Thank you, StratComm, and kudos for excellent work!
~ Chris Stucker, Information Security Office
I want to send kudos to Claire Ashdown on my team. Claire is proactive in making the team better and looking for ways to improve the ServiceNow platform. She is a supportive team member who is always willing to lend a hand. Recently, she assisted by creating reports to help us better understand our workflow as a team. She is also active in looking for ways to help our delegated developers work more efficiently and easily. Thanks, Claire, for all that you do!
~ Jasmine Haywood, CTO organization
Anyone at the U can submit an item for Kudos & Congrats!
Anyone at the U can submit an item for Kudos & Congrats!
Submit your kudos and the UIT employees you commend will be entered into a monthly prize drawing. UIT employees who submit entries will also be entered in a separate prize drawing.
UITL members, directors, and associate directors are not eligible for prizes.
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