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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
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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.