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IT Newsletter. June July 2016

IT Newsletter. June July 2016

 

June / July 2016

BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

F rom the desk of Tony Hunter Upcoming Events
May is here, and graduation is right around the corner. Just as
many of our students will be making adjustments for the coming  Summer Work Days:
school year; we too will make some adjustments in our department Begins: 6/13/16 Ends: 8/12/16
for the 2016‐2017 school year to achieve the following objective:
 7/4/16—Of ice Closed
Align our job functions to provide everyone a better opportunity to
be successful in delivering the best customer service possible to all  CIO Advisory Council Meetings:
district staff, teachers and students. July 25
August 29
We have done a phenomenal job thus far, and I am hopeful the realignment will September 26
position us to continue down our path to success. For information regarding the
department’s realignment and other timely/meaningful information, please visit the IT Happy Birthday!
SharePoint site located at:
6/3 Gordon Widgeon
https://browardcountyschools.sharepoint.com/sites/InformationTechnology. 6/8 Horacio Del Castillo
6/11 Michael Easler
Speaking of SharePoint; we will start to transition all departments and schools from 6/12 Sandra Ferguson
CAB conferencing to SharePoint during the 2016‐2017 school year. As a reminder, all 6/12 Bill Lawrence
CAB E‐Mail and content currently in CAB conferences will remain in place for at least 6/15 Jean Guy Etienne
one year. A special thank you to Jason Greenberg, Jacques Menasche and Randolph 6/22 Matthew Rahing
Dukes for the many hours spent thus far preparing us for the transition to 6/24 Donna Flores
SharePoint. 6/26 Daniel Rodriguez
6/26 Tamara Cartledge
As always, thanks to each of you for the job you do each day.  6/28 Lili Quintero
6/28 Jeff Stanley
CTACE Internship Day 6/30 Cleveland Strachan
7/1 Randy Thompson
  7/1 Jose Suvillaga
Broward County Public Schools hired 33 student interns for 7/3 Aleeza Heeman
the summer, consisting of incoming juniors and 7/6 Kathryn Preston
seniors from various high schools throughout the District. 7/7 Timothy Beasor
Through the Career, Technical, Adult & Community 7/13 Josef Robinson, Jr.
Education Department (CTACE), the paid interns went 7/18 Drew Demme
through the of icial hiring process, including ingerprinting, 7/21 Maria Castiglione
and receiving employee badges. 7/22 Darryl McFarlane
7/24 Joseph Otero
The interns will be assisting Network Integration in 7/25 George Maheras
performing a Windows 10 operating system upgrade. They 7/26 William Bowens
have been trained, and the upgrade will continue through 7/29 Paul Wire
July 15, 2016. 7/29 Brian Sullivan
7/29 Angela Davis
7/29 Michael Hurley
7/31 Carmelita Kiley Resh
7/31 Andrew Hooker
7/31 Myra Piper

Tony attended the CTACE
Internship Day to welcome
the interns.

 

DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT
  Technology Planning and Policy

Myra Burden, Director



The newest unit in I&T brings 20 plus combined years of experience in the area of project management.
There are 6 employees and 3 consultants that currently make up this unit: Myra Burden (Director), Lois Greene, Maria
Wagner, Robert Sanders, Jeanine Gendron, and Daisy Rodriguez; Consultants: Tony Nonog, Eddora Redwine‐Farrel &
Randolph Dukes.

Technology Planning and Policy (TPP) is responsible for planning the roadmaps of various technology initiatives
throughout the District. One of its goals is to assist in overcoming obstacles and hurdles that may be encountered during
the duration of a task. Director Myra Burden says, “To make sure the project doesn’t lose momentum and that everyone is
staying on track, it’s important to rally the teams together – so that people aren’t working in silos to achieve a common
goal.” There are many active projects this team is currently managing, and ranking at the top of the list are:

 The Single Sign‐On E‐Portal

 Of ice 365

 Implementing the Learning Management System (in conjunction with the Academics Department).

As with any project, managing and measuring are imperative for accountability and proof of progression. Each director in
I&T has projects that TPP helps to implement. Each project manager logs project details into Eclipse (a software used to
help track projects throughout their lifecycle), so that at any given time, they can see their initiatives come to fruition. At a
glance however, in Myra’s of ice hanging on the wall, is a colored coded whiteboard that shows all on‐going projects. The
colors indicate completion and areas of concern, if any.

The staff shared that they are sure that in the beginning, people were not quite sure as to what their purpose was in I&T.
Myra says, “…it’s sort of like The Wizard of Oz, there are several people traveling to the same place—they have one
common goal. My staff and I are like Dorothy. We put together a plan on how to get there, and together we achieve what
we set out to do—successfully.” Myra and her staff are located on the 2nd loor. Stop by and witness for yourselves the
amazing things TPP is doing for our district!

I&T CIO Advisory Council

The CIO Advisory Council consists of two members from each department within Information & Technology (I&T). The

Council’s mission is to receive input from their departments, and share this information with the Council to
develop strategies for improvement within I&T. Council members will be elected every 6 months, and cannot serve more

than 2 terms.

Current members of the CIO Advisory Council:


Chair—Josef Robinson


Business Applications Computer Operations Financial Services
Alex Raywood Leslie Hewel Towana Bonaparte

Carmelita Kiley Resh Latoya Thompson Lisa Collins


Network Integration School Applications Technology Planning and Policy
Brenda Markley Josef Robinson Robert Sanders
Willie Turner Wendy Fortune Daisy Rodriguez


Technical Support Services
Jason Greenberg

Dennis Widgeon


Council members will share information with their unit from the monthly meetings.  
Stay tuned for information from your council members, and be informed!

 
 

 

  Welcome to the I&T Family Recognizing Excellent
Service in the I&T Department


I&T would like to welcome the following new Network Integration
employees. Stop by to say hello and welcome! Sandra Martinez, Customer Service Specialist
“It was wonderful working with you and your AMAZING team!
I truly can't thank you enough for making this
deployment so smooth. I'm looking forward to seeing you all
again later this summer for the rest of the computers.”
Daveon Cole ‐ Sheri Rausseo, MicroTech,
System Support Specialist II Hollywood Hills Elementary
Network Integration
Computer Operations
John Moore, Customer Service Analyst II
Jeffrey Rand I am writing to let you know how happy I am with the service
Senior Programmer and support that John has provided during my short tenure
School Applications with the District. He is prompt in returning and responding to
requests for help and always very courteous...John’s helpfulness
and paƟence has been refreshing to say the least, and very
Lolanda Herrera much appreciated.
Senior Programmer ‐Rose M. Hall 
School Applications Director, Compensa on & HRIS 

Good News & Congratulations!
Jeanine Gendron
Senior Process Analyst
Technology Planning and Policy Brannon Smith — Brannon was promoted from
Customer Service Specialist in Network Integration to
Customer Service Analyst I in Computer Operations.
Congratulations!
Mark Newell
Leadman, Electronic & Mike McCutcheon — Mike’s son is in the U.S. Army, and is
Business Machines Equipment returning home from a tour in Afghanistan. Mike also recently
Network Integration celebrated his 38th wedding anniversary.
Great News & Congratulations!

Andrea Barton — Andrea’s son, Darnell, just completed his
Nick Monte irst year of law school at
Systems Analyst III UNT Dallas College of Law,
Computer Operations and received a summer
internship appointment.
Way to go!


 

 

  WELCOME  

         Vincent Vinueza
  New Director of Technical Support Services

 
I&T’s newest addition, Vince Vinueza, couldn’t be more thrilled
to start his tenure with the Department. As the new Director of
Technical Support Services, Vincent is eager and
optimistic to be a part of the future of technology within our
District. With over 17 years of technology experience,
directing infrastructure, and application development, he looks
forward to continuing to make a positive impact at Broward
County Schools.

Vince stated “I look forward to keeping innovative while

maintaining and creating opportunities to learn…transparency, integrity, and being
open‐minded is extremely important”. After hearing how passionate he is about his
professional career, the question arose “do you do anything else besides work?” He
laughed. Staying active is de initely on his list of priorities, which is not hard to do with
two young children. Sarah, 8, and Ethan, 6, keep him busy and up‐to‐date on the latest
trends, including the new Pokemon craze! Vince practices the martial art, Jujutsu. He
explains that it is not as hard as people think, “or maybe it is, but hey, once you put your
mind to it, you can tackle anything!” His wife, Maria is 2 classes away from attaining her
Master’s degree at Nova Southeastern, so of course, “the support and encouragement for
her goes without saying.” Crediting his career to his parents, he explained that he now
takes care of them in their elderly age.

It may seem that Vince has a lot on his plate, and does. He explained that “obstacles are
going to come and they are going to go, but the key to it all is that it takes teamwork to
tackle it. It takes productivity and a positive outlook. It can and will be done ‐ nothing is
impossible.”


Welcome Vince!

 

 

 





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