Athan first moved from New York City to Atlanta in 1998.

Athan moves into the role of Blackboard Educational Analyst, where he will support the Blackboard application as well as its instructional technology tools. He will work closely with faculty, students and academic staff to inform them of the capabilities of the Learning Management System. He comes to Faculty Services after spending 5 years at the UTS Service Desk, where he was a Service Desk Analyst.

Before coming to Emory, he worked at Lodgenet Entertainment where he supported over 1000 hotels internal wired and wireless infrastructure. Before that, Athan did wireless work at StayOnline.Com

A graduate of Morris Brown College, Athan first moved from New York City to Atlanta in 1998. He and his wife Simone Smith-Gillette have an 8-year-old son named Jayden and a newborn named Justin. Athan loves music, going to the gym, and is a huge New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns.

You can reach Athan at athan [dot] gillette [at] emory [dot] edu.