UW Information Technology

About the Year in Partnerships 2018

UW students on a campus lawn sitting in a circle.

At UW-IT, we are proud to partner with students, faculty and staff to enrich the student experience, support research, modernize business systems, improve IT infrastructure and enhance collaboration.

We help our partners leverage technology to advance teaching, learning, innovation and discovery at UW Bothell, UW Tacoma, on the Seattle campus or at other locations in Washington and across the globe. This series tells the stories of how we work together for the greater good. We invite you to read more.

Acknowledgments
Many thanks to the UW faculty, staff, students and subject matter experts who contributed their expertise and stories to the 2018 Partnerships series. They include:

  • Sarah Alamdari, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. Candidate
  • Anthony Arendt, Applied Physics Laboratory, Polar Science Center, Senior Research Scientist
  • Jeffrey Balaz, Foster School of Business, Assistant Director, Desktop Support
  • Dave Coffey, Office of Academic and Student Affairs, Academic Technologies, Instructional Designer
  • Helen B. Garrett, University Registrar and Chief Officer of Enrollment Information Services
  • Jose M. Guzman, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Acting Instructor
  • Deborah Kelley, School of Oceanography, Professor
  • Inhak Kim, Enrollment Information Services’ Academic Data Management Report Analyst
  • Friedrich Knuth, Department of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. Student
  • Wu-Jung Lee, Applied Physics Laboratory, Research Associate
  • Aaron Marburg, Applied Physics Laboratory, Senior Research Engineer
  • Jim Pfaendtner, Department of Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor
  • Ian Schnee, Department of Philosophy, Lecturer
  • Don Setiawan, UW Oceanography, Software Development Engineer
  • Valentina Staneva, eScience Institute, Senior Data Scientist

and UW-IT’s

  • Laura Baldwin, Academic Services, Academic Experience Design & Delivery, Program Operations Specialist
  • Kate Cormier, Organizational Development, Program Coordinator
  • Adam Davis, Business, Finance & Facilities, Assistant Director, Finance & Accounting
  • Rob Fatland, Research Computing & Strategy, Cloud & Data Solutions Director
  • Bill Ferris, Business, Finance & Facilities, Chief Financial Officer
  • Damien Koemans, Customer Service & Support, Technology Service Center, Director
  • Tom Lewis, Academic Services, Academic Experience Design & Delivery, Director
  • Colin McCarthy, Customer Service & Support, Technology Service Center, Senior Computer Specialist
  • Susan McCrary, Communications, Executive Assistant
  • Mary Mulvihill, IT Infrastructure, Service Management, Office Director
  • Nam Pho, Research Computing & Strategy, Director of Cyberinfrastructure
  • Matt Portwood, Information Management, Enterprise Information, Integration & Analytics, Technical Product Manager
  • William Stirling, Customer Service & Support, Technology Service Center, Enterprise Service Desk Manager
  • Omari Stringer, formerly a UW-IT Customer Specialist
  • Amanda Tan, Research Computing & Strategy, Cloud & Data Solutions, Cloud Research Lead Developer
  • Keith Van Eaton, Information Management, Enterprise Information, Integration & Analytics, Metadata Manager
  • Amber Walcker, Information Management, Enterprise Information, Integration & Analytics, Marketing and Communications Manager

Special thanks to the following for use of their digital assets:

Partnerships series team:

Editors
Cindy Brown, UW-IT Communications Director
Elizabeth Sharpe, UW-IT Assistant Director of Communications

Production
Project manager: Ignacio Lobos
Web editor and designer: Heidi Searing
Writers: Gretchen Konrady, Ignacio Lobos, Elizabeth Sharpe

Photography/Video
Ignacio Lobos
Heidi Searing

Copyediting
UW-IT staff