Cindy Kraft joined the UIS Project Management Office as its newest project manager from the CU Boulder campus. In her new role, she will focus primarily on initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of projects as well as integrating timelines with other projects in the overall UIS portfolio. Cindy will serve as a mentor, when assigned, to UIS employees who are leading their own projects, assisting them in understanding and moving through the project process.

Nathan Smith joined UIS as a Business Operations student assistant. In his role, he helps the Business Operations team support UIS with recruiting, meeting scheduling and organizing, procurement and special projects. Nathan is working on new employee onboarding process improvements and will help organize data as part of the New Services Framework project within UIS.

Jorge Vega joined UIS as a Business Operations student assistant. In his role, he helps the Business Operations team with recruiting, meeting scheduling and organizing, procurement and special projects. Nathan is also working new employee onboarding process improvements and will help organize data as part of the New Services Framework project within UIS.

Budy joined UIS as an HCM developer. In this role, he will review and analyze maintenance and enhancement requests, analyze complex processes to define system enhancements and modifications, and provide technical application support to system end users. He will also code, test and implement batch and online computer software and provide technical support to other internal staff.

Larissa Armand joined the UIS Enterprise Content Services team from the CU Boulder campus. In her role, she will design, build and maintain technical environments, support system rollouts, respond to and troubleshoot escalated operational issues while managing internal and external customer relationships, inform/advise project managers and stakeholders about project plans and implementation, conduct technical analysis and produce recommendations.

Tim Thomas has been promoted from a Tier II technician to a system administrator within UIS’ Infrastructure team. In this role, Tim will help with the planning, implementation, administration and operational support of the university's enterprise infrastructure. This includes daily issue resolution, regular maintenance work, advisement and contribution to project initiatives. This includes participating in the definition, implementation and support of best practices used by the team with a focus on continual improvement.

Keith Carpenter has accepted a new position as the assistant director of Grants IT Services. In this role, Keith is responsible for implementing and maintaining functionality within the PeopleSoft Grants Suite modules and other Grants-related components to support Post Award Management activities at all CU campuses. He will work closely with campus stakeholders, campus IT partners and UIS internal teams to align campus business requirements to the PeopleSoft Grants suite’s capabilities.

Nick Boyles has been promoted from a Service Desk technician to an application administrator. In his new role, Nick will work directly with service owners to ensure reliability and sustainability of supported applications. He will participate in and lead high-visibility projects with the goal of improving operational effectiveness and creating design solutions for new business applications.

William has been promoted from a System Administrator on the ECS Infrastructure to Sr. IT Manager of System Administration Services. In his new role, William will act as an escalation point for service troubleshooting and customer service-related issues. His job duties include overseeing support and delivery of enabling technologies and desktop support across System Administration as well as overseeing special projects within System Administration. William and his team will proactively research problems, provide technical solutions, and oversee ongoing service delivery and improvements for System Administration and UIS customers.