Information Technology Services

About ITS

We are a team of over 40 talented individuals dedicated to providing the best technological experience for you and the entire campus community.

Our mission is:

To enable the UW-Whitewater community, its academic and administrative units and members (students, their families, faculty, staff, alumni and friends) to fulfill their educational, research, learning, organizational, administrative and public service objectives through the use of technology.

We live that mission by:

Supporting technology used by students, staff and faculty throughout campus.
Assisting with all your technology needs.
Helping ease challenges faced by UW-Whitewater students, staff and faculty through technological solutions.
Identifying and implementing exciting new technology on the UW-Whitewater campus.
Aligning campus technology with the university's mission and strategic plan.

IT Services' main driver is the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Information Technology Strategic Plan.

Meet the Team

Sara Deschner
Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer (CIO), IT Services

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Aaron Axelsen
Deputy CIO

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Katie Kowalkiewicz
Administrative Manager

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Kirsten Mortimer
Strategic Services Manager

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Elijah Grall
Data Engineer

Josh Crawford
UC Business & Dining Sys Admin

As experts in emerging web technology, the web team provides website design, development and consultation services to UW-Whitewater departments and organizations. This team manages an easy to use content management system (Ingeniux) so users are able to make changes and updates to their site themselves. The knowledgeable team is available for consultations on website information architecture, writing for the web, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and training on the content management system.

Dan Smith
Web Operations Supervisor

Kevin Behringer
Web Content Specialist

Antonio Ponce
Full Stack Web Developer

Chris Skrandzius
Web Front-line Quality Assurance

The Administrative Information Services (AIS) team provides programming and application development services to support administrative and academic systems, to meet the university's enterprise and departmental needs. These services include WINS/PeopleSoft programming, Web programming and application development, report creation, project management, and providing student data from WINS to 3rd party applications. Requests for work are prioritized by a campus steering committee, based on timing, value added, and productivity gains by students, staff and faculty.

Bryon Hobbs
IT Business Analyst

Ryan Wright
Business Analyst

Mike Miller
Comprehensive Services Specialist

Mike Olson
Senior PeopleSoft Developer

User Environment Technology (UET) provides implementation and support of distributed technology across the UW-Whitewater campus.

Services include software and hardware purchasing, Help Desk staff, General Access Labs support, Lab / classroom tech upgrades, and workstation management.

Jacob Baldridge
User Support Technician with Security Emphasis

Nick Brasch
AVCT Integration & Support Technician

Mike Cesar
Workstation Software Engineer

Anthony Keisler
Desktop Support Technician

Javier Martinez
User Support Technician

Bridget Slamann
Help Desk Supervisor

Ben Wagnitz
Help Desk Technical Lead

Alex Wood
User Support Technician

The Network Operations group provides the technology foundation and departmental computing services across the UW-Whitewater campus.

Services include: Wired and wireless networking services across campus, voice (phones) and video communication, physical network connectivity and cabling, servers and storage services, management of the Data Center and other critical facilities, departmental-specific services, testing scoring and evaluation.