Monthly Archives: January 2015

Raj Garrepally, Applications Integrator, Enterprise Applications

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Raj Garrepally begin working in Enterprise Applications on December 1, 2014 as a PeopleSoft (PS) Administrator. Before coming to Emory, Raj was at Georgia Regions University in Augusta, GA where he spent six years as a PS and database administrator. He also worked at Adesa in Indianapolis, IN as a database and applications administrator for […]

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Jason Hood, Systems Engineer II, Infrastructure

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Jason Hood began working as a systems engineer on December 8, 2014 on the Windows systems team. Before coming to higher ed, Jason spent thirteen years working in the airline industry, where he rose through the ranks via a series of promotions. Starting with ASA (a subsidiary of Delta Airlines at the time), Jason began […]

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Meet Katherine Ellis Starratt

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Laura Starratt (MARBL) gave birth to Katherine Ellis on October 20, 2014. Born at Emory Midtown Hospital, weighing 7-pounds, 4-ounces and measuring over 20 inches, Katherine is the second child for Rick and Laura. Their son Tommy celebrated his third birthday yesterday. “Katherine is pretty cool,” said Laura. “She sleeps very well!”

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Optimizing Emory’s utilization of resources by finding your inner data scientist

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Welcome to 2015. Beginning this month, my senior leadership team and I will be writing a monthly column for our LITS newsletter. My hope is that these columns will give all of you a better understanding of the important issues facing our organization, our plans for moving forward, and what you can do to contribute […]

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ITIL Intermediate training gets creative

The December 2014 5-day ITIL Intermediate Capability course, taught by Nicole McFarland, was an exercise in the application of ITIL knowledge. A departure from the lecture format of the foundational ITIL coursework offered by ITSMO, this class required twelve hours of outside study so that the students could do activities to apply their knowledge. Some examples […]

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Jason Lowery, Assistant Director of Development, University Library

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Jason Lowery is the new assistant director of development for Emory Libraries and Alumni Relations. He brings to Emory a wealth of fund raising experience – most recently as the development and special events director of the Santa Fe Community Foundation in New Mexico and also as the manager of marketing and development for Sheltering […]

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Alex Tudor, Middleware Administrator III, Integration Operations and Development

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Alex Tudor comes to Emory from SunTrust Bank, where he supported the software of commercial accounts as an integration engineer. Before that he worked as an IT team lead and project manager for Panasonic for two years. He also worked in the oil industry in Houston, Texas, and has over 15 years in the IT […]

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