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WS Wednesday, March 2. 2011 The Clackamas Print 3 arey takes reign as tech chief By John Simmons Copy Editor ■though not the most visible department of Clackamas Inunity College, the Information Technology Services [tment provides many necessary services to the col- [Unfortunately ITS has had to deal with being under- Ld since July, when the dean and one of the adminis- L left to work for another company. lat was when Kimberley Carey, who had been work- I the director of administrative computing, was hired I interim dean and Chief Information Officer. After Is of searching for someone to take the job, the ■ of Education approved Carey as the new CIO on [he first time when it was open, I had not applied, and when it was open again I chose to,” said Carey. “A lot I reasoning was making sure I was fully supported in Hing a new position here on campus, and during the p, I really felt like I was by both the executive team faff here.” [urtney Wilton, vice president chairman of college les and chief financial officer of CCC, said that I was hired because she was the most qualified for ■sition. He said she is doing an excellent job so far [handling challenges well, challenges such as being ¡staffed and managing the myriad things ITS has Ion at one time. le have a lot of things going at once ... and it’s a lot mage.” said Wilton. “We’re upgrading our payroll n... and going to this online time-keeping system, ¡is more reliable. We’re looking at a different type of [scheduling system and hoping that we can automate La larger degree. We’re also looking at a software Lt (Analytics) which will allow us to better utilize a the information that is in the system right now which k available to managers and staff as it should be, so ■ng to allow us do a better job of providing informa- Istaff who really need it.” [th Carey’s new position come some benefits, such Ire control over the processes as well as an increase I a pretty big position, definitely something I Ito think over before I jumped into it,” said Carey. I’re a lot of reasons why I like this position. I think Iks would be not just thinking about things opera- | but also strategically. I like, being involved in Lithe brainstorming ... and helping guide some of Idecisions; that was a big draw of why I applied. It pne with a raise). Deans are on a different pay scale [director level.” [with that increase in pay comes an increase in abilities. Carey’s salary is now in the level 15 meaning that she annually makes $81,315-108,300. [has 15 ITS staff that she supervises and several ks that she oversees. | have our desktop support, we have our network- nip and we also have our support for myClackamas, Nathan Sturgess Clackamas Print Kimberley Carey was recently promoted to Chief Information Officer of Information Technology Services. She says she is ready for the responsibilities that her new position will put on her and is excit ed for her new job here at CCC. as well as Datatel (CCC’s main administrative system); I’m overseeing all of that right now,” Carey said. “That wouldn’t normally be all under a CIO — obviously it would be under the umbrella of CIO, but the day-to-day management of it wouldn’t have been all under the CIO’s supervision. “A lot of it is just looking strategically at what technol ogy is out there, what our needs are on campus and trying to fit that so we’re not just worried about the day-to-day but also what can we be doing better and take advantage of some of the technology that’s out there.” Mary Collins, software applications specialist, has known Carey since being hired a little over two years ago and is excited that she’s been promoted. “It means my department has a chief, and that’s very important for us,” said Collins. ‘I’m looking forward to what she does with that. I think there hasn’t been a good defining challenge for her yet that you can point to and say, ‘Yeah that’s why we hired her,’ but those are coming up. I have full confidence in her and she’s going to be great.” Collins pointed out that a major task for Carey will be to keep the ITS team working together and to keep them informed of each other’s projects despite being spread out throughout the Barlow building. With budget cuts on the horizon, another task will be finding ways for ITS to become more streamline. “As Courtney has presented, there are different ways of approaching it, from cutting expenses to generating revenue,” said Carey. “We’re not a revenue-generating department, but there are always ways we can try to cut costs, it’s just a little more difficult in IT because a lot of it is contractual arrangements that we have with vendors that we’d then have to renegotiate. We can try and pres ent that before our exec team and. see if that’s acceptable, because whatever we cut in IT will have an impact for what we do. “I met with all my staff one-on-one to get their ideas if we want to look at restructuring. I think we want to make sure that we’re efficient and responsive to needs. I don’t like to change just for change’s sake, but if there’re ways we can become more efficient and communicate better with each other then I’m for it. We had two different direc tor positions under the CIO, so as a cost-saving measure maybe one of those positions would be eliminated. If we did ... obviously we’d have to look at some structural changes with that” Although she steps into the shoes of CIO at a time of trial for Clackamas, Carey’s coworkers are confident in her ability to lead the department effectively and better the school as a result “Congratulations to Kim and good job to the people who hired her; it was a smart decision,” said Collins. LITARY: College working towards giving veterans credit Continued from Page 1 I’re also working with the business department what we could do in the area of project man- bt because a number of (military positions) [with that. Also a number of those positions Iback with knowledge of water quality. You [mobile unit, you put it somewhere and what Ido to make sure the water quality is what you [or drinking water? What do you do with waste [Those are the three areas that we are specifi- [argeting right now. But the desire is that we beyond that,” he said. [the US Military’s training might not match ling that the courses at CCC provide and that jeded for full credit. That is one of the biggest Iges that this project faces. [ere’s another piece to it. What if you met 8 |l0 outcomes but not the other 2? Part of what ■working with departments on is to identify Is it (veterans) would have to do to get those land making those modules available to the Its so they don’t have to go through the entire |e the automotive department is the clos- logram to being ready according to Moller, By, department chair for automotive technoi lworking on how to cover the gaps of missing ■hat military training doesn’t cover for the ■field. I’ve been working with the college transcrip- fr military service and looking at their MOS ■y operations specialist) numbers and the con- id hours of the courses. And then trying to see ■ can take components of our regularly sched- ■urses, classified as a bridge course, to fill in ■content and hours they need to qualify for the full credits in our program to help them graduate,” said Bradley. As each department analyzes the needs and gaps of veterans, it’ll help to create a comprehensive bridging class to get veterans caught up. “At this point we’re evaluating every veteran on a case-by-case basis and comparing their military tran scripts and everything else they have with our course content. So when someone comes in with a particular MOS we know that every single person that comes in with that same number course on their transcript they will need X, Y and Z to equate to the 7 credit course we offer,” said Bradley. Moller is also leaving it to the respective depart ments whether or not they will have an aptitude test in order to be awarded credit, something that Bradley is planning to do. Currently there are no specific lim itations on which generations of veterans are eligible but Moller said that he felt that some veterans may not be able to use their previous experience for credit towards a degree based on technology changes. “Most of these are technical pieces that they are learning about. Say my department was computer science and someone came in says ‘Yes, I did all of these things’ in a programming language that we are no longer using. It doesn’t really take the place of current programming language,” said Moller. “But exactly at what point does that happen? Again we would work with individual departments who are familiar with the technology that is in question.” Student Brandon Duval spent eight years as military police in the United States Army and feels that Clackamas’s service to veterans is superb but wouldn’t mind to see his service experience covered by this project. “There are so many different MOS’s in the mili tary so I know for a lot of people it’s going to vary depending on what their specialty was in the mili tary. For example I was military police, so it would be a short jump, to a criminal justice degree. But I know that very little of my criminal justice experi ence from the military actually transfers over.” Brandon Duval works on his assault rifle in his apartment. As a veteran, Duval is a certified armorer. He can do basic repairs to pistols, rifles and machine guns. Getting college credit for his service would help Duval further his career.
