I am excited to announce that I am promoting Tom Vincent into the role of Compass Technology Team Manager. Tom has covered this role on an interim basis for the past three months while also serving as technical lead on the Tools upgrade project. Feedback on his role during this time has been extremely supportive […]
Rich Mendola (Enterprise CIO and Senior Vice Provost for Library Services and Digital Scholarship) and a few members of his leadership team announced a significant restructuring of Library and Information Technology Services (LITS) at an “all-hands” meeting held in the WSHCAB Auditorium yesterday. Speaking to an audience in excess of 350 employees, Rich carefully described the […]
Emory’s Financial Online Reporting Services (FORS), the service that “gives you the ability to generate standard reports quickly and easily by selecting reporting criteria from drop-down menus,” was a recent finalist for the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Business Intelligence/Analytics Innovation Awards. Nominated in the mid-size enterprise category, FORS was hailed by Greg Boyd, TAG […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been four-and-a-half years since PeopleSoft Financials (Compass) went live. During this time, no upgrades have been performed other than swapping out physical servers for VMs. We are still on the same Oracle 10g database and have the same PeopleTools release as when we went live. We are way overdue for […]
The Manager position for the Compass technical team has been open since August, so while the search for a candidate continues, Tom Vincent has agreed to step into the role of Interim Manager. The team is in the middle of a large tools upgrade and is preparing for an application upgrade in the fall. Tom […]
Tanya joins the Enterprise Applications team after spending seven years with Emory Temp Services as an accounting administrative assistant, working primarily in the Controller’s Office and Compass Support. Before coming to Emory, she spent 16 years as a credit investigator for Credit Data Services. Born in Boston, MA and attending West Roxbury HS, Tanya moved […]
Tom Armour (UTS) recently received the DXCC Certificate for ham radio operation. This certificate, which stands for the distant contact century club, is awarded to operators who have confirmed contacts with over 100 geographic entities (or countries) around the world. There are currently 340 accepted DXCC entities which are composed of countries and geographically separate places (for example: Hawaii […]