Monthly Archives: October 2014

Khalid Sharif, IT Desktop Consultant I, Enterprise Services

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Khalid Sharif recently was promoted to the position of Desktop Consultant I. Before this promotion he spent over three years as a Service Desk Analyst II at the Service Desk. Prior to coming to Emory, he was a contractor for Cox Communications, where he helped complete the Cox Windows 7 migration project. Born and raised in […]

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Update from HR

Promotions and Conversions: Amy Allison, Associate Director, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, reporting to Sandra Franklin, started her new position on 10/1/14. (…more on Amy) Tatianna Rochester, Call Center Comm Spec I, reporting to Bonita Russell, converted to regular status effective 8/18/14. (…more on Tatianna) Khalid Sharif, IT Desktop Consultant I, reporting to Jason Cook, started his […]

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Chili Cook-off and Dessert Bake-off needs you

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Last week, we announced the date for the LITS Annual Chili Cook-off and Dessert Bake-off. Held this year on Thursday, October 30 (with a rain date of Friday, October 31), the Cook-off/Bake-off is one of the most anticipated events of the year. We would love for you to participate as a contestant or just as our guest […]

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Amy Allison, Associate Director, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library

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Amy Allison is the new Associate Director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, effective October 1, 2014. Amy has 15 years of professional experience, with 6+ years in a leadership role. She received her Master of Library Science degree from Clark Atlanta University in 1998 and is currently working on an MPH from Emory with […]

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Sriram Chari, Middleware Director, University IT Services and Research Solutions

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Sriram Chari (pronounced SHREE-rahm CHAH-ree) joins LITS as the new Middleware Director, where he will direct the Identity Management, Integration, Dev Ops and Database Administration teams. Before coming to Emory, he was the Director of Integration Technology at Elavon for three years and an enterprise tools architect for two years at Suntrust. Sriram also spent many years […]

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Larry Knotts, Sr. Information Security Specialist, Enterprise Security

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Larry Knotts joins the Security Team with a broad background in IT security. His main role will be monitoring compliance to certification and accreditation standards, which fall under Federal Information Systems Management Act (FISMA). Before coming to Emory, Larry spent eight years doing security contract work at the CDC for Lockheed Martin, Unisys, and Northrup […]

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Brent Wiggins, Service Desk Analyst II, Enterprise Services

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Brent Wiggins joins the Service Desk after spending almost a year at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution doing technical support of their digital offerings. He spent a year at DEXIS doing service desk support and worked for Apple doing IOS support. Born in Lithonia, GA, Brent went to Lithonia HS then attended Omnitech Technical Institute in Decatur, […]

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