Important organizational updates, employee milestones, and more were the focus of this month’s IT All Hands meeting. The materials and recording for the meeting are now available.
Important topics were explored during last week’s meeting, which embraced the theme of Cybersecurity Awareness month. A timely Cybersecurity Awareness Month and InfoSec update was delivered by Quint Smith, Assistant Director for Information Security.
A focus on our BJC partnership and specialty sprints and how the work of the Epic1 teams improves the patient experience and helps reduce physician burnout was offered by Kelly Morris, Manager, EHR Training, Provider Training, and Michael Kriemelman, Senior Director, Applications/Product Delivery.
For the final presentation of the packed meeting, Sarah Grantham, Application Developer Lead, provided information about the upcoming holiday donation campaign.
Next month’s meeting will open with an important presentation on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion from David Gomez, IT Learning and Development Specialist, and Joanna Kim-Keller, IT Project Manager III.
During the meeting, several staff members were recognized for joining our teams as new contractors and full-time employees.
| Welcome to our new contractor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jennifer Balicki | Business Analyst III |
| Brian Dillingham | Business Analyst III |
| Welcome to our new employees | Role |
|---|---|
| Kyle Brooks | Application Support Specialist I |
| Joy Streitz | IT Project Manager III (Conversion from Contractor to FTE) |
| Allison Webster | Information Security Policy Advocate |
| Jacob White | Senior Technical Support Specialist |
| Brandon Winkler | Switchboard Operator |
Additionally, the work anniversaries and milestones of several colleagues were celebrated.
| Celebrating 1 Year | Role |
|---|---|
| Christine Artega | IT Service Management Analyst II |
| Josh Ayers | Application Developer II |
| Brant Bockholdt | Technical Support Specialist I |
| Brittany Boyd | Accounting Assistant |
| Nick Collins | IT Communication Infrastructure Technician III |
| Patricia Dubitsky | IT Service Management Analyst I |
| Jax Fogle | Technical Support Specialist I |
| Rob Glenn | Computer Assembly and Logistics Assistant |
| Mohan Kolli | Application Developer III |
| Chris John Nicholas | Network Engineer I |
| Dan Schwarz | Technical Support Specialist I |
| Robin Watt | Systems Engineer III |
| Ryan Zust | Network Engineer II |
| Thank you for your years of service | Milestone |
|---|---|
| Theresa Buchanan | 5 Years |
| Jamie Kupferer | 5 Years |
| Dan Williams | 5 Years |
| Matt Androff | 10 Years |
| Congratulations on your promotion! | Role |
|---|---|
| Steven Clement | Moved from Systems Engineer II to Systems Engineer III within WashU IT Cloud Systems |
The meeting concluded with closing remarks from CIO Jessie Minton. Brian Chapman, Manager of Technical Services, and Ted Hines, Application Developer Lead, were the winners of attendance prizes, each receiving a $50 credit to the WashU Campus Store on the Danforth campus.