Shifting to Institution-wide IT Support Model

Shari Baraniuk

University of Saskatchewan

Shari has been with the University of Saskatchewan for over twelve years. Prior to embarking on the role of Chief Information Officer within Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Shari was the Director, Client Services in ICT. She also held the positions of Director, Systems Support and Development with Financial Services for a number of years as well as the Associate Director, Information Technology with Facilities Management. Before joining the University of Saskatchewan, Shari worked for a number of organizations including the City of Saskatoon, LGS Group Inc., Canadian Pacific Rail System, SHL Systemhouse and Andersen Consulting. Her roles have always been focused on quality assurance, business analysis and operational effectiveness. Shari holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Operations Research Management from the University of Manitoba and an MBA in Information Technology Management from Athabasca University.

Gary Brunet

University of Saskatchewan

Gary Brunet has held the role of Director of IT Support Services within Information and Communications Technology (ICT) at the University of Saskatchewan for approx. 2 years.Prior to this position, he was Director of The College of Arts and Science IT for the past twelve years. Gary has worked in the retail, and mining sector in a number of different capacities before joining the University of Saskatchewan.

Abstract

Working with College senior leadership, the University of Saskatchewan moved to a centralized IT support model, merging all decentralized IT units into ICT. The presentation will talk about how this was accomplished and the... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Shari Baraniuk (University of Saskatchewan)
  2. Gary Brunet (University of Saskatchewan)

Topic Area

Leading and Partnering: Change leadership

Session

D3-S2-01 » Wednesday Session 2 - 1 (09:45 - Wednesday, 20th June, DFA)

Presentation Files

The presenter has not uploaded any presentation files.