IN THIS ISSUE:
VOLUME 3
ISSUE 2
JULY 25, 2014
PGS. 1 - 3 EMPLOYEE NEWS
PG. 3 SEARCHES
I IT Employee Newsletter
PGS. 4-5 BUSINESS OFFICE NEWS
Employee News
Accolades
Good Luck, you will be missed….
There are several employees who have left in July or are leaving at the end of the month. Not all wished to have their
pictures in the newsletter; however, we would like to recognize them for their contributions to UITS and the University.
George Msaddi
Mindy Carpenter
Jim Mindek
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Debra Adam will be retiring from the University on Thursday, July 31 after 10 years of service. Debra has been
instrumental in providing first level customer support within the Help Center, her friendly voice will be missed. We
wish her all the best for a happy and healthy retirement.
.
Linda Baker will be retiring from the University on Thursday, July 31 after 25 years of service. Linda’s name is
synonymous with accounts and she is well known throughout the University Community. Her retirement is well
earned and we wish her all the best for a happy and healthy retirement.
Janice Bazzani is retiring as of Aug 1st after 27 years of service to the University. Janice has been with UConn since
1986 when she moved to Connecticut and received her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the
Neag School of Education. She started her career as a Personnel Technical Assistant/Recruiter for Human Resources
coordinating the hiring of all University temporary labor. Janice had a short break in service when she taught at
Windham Public Schools. In 1990 she returned to UConn working as a Financial Aid Officer for Student Financial
Aid Services where she counseled students, reviewed student aid applications, and awarded aid. In 1995 she
returned to HR as Personnel Services Officer/Recruiter as Project Lead for the Customer Service Survey
Team. Janice performed personnel needs assessments, conducted employee job audits and then went back to
Student Financial Aid Services as Assistant Director-Processing, supervising the processing operational units and
implementing training programs and workshops. In 1999, Janice joined the PeopleSoft project as Functional Lead
representing the Financial Aid office and when the need was identified for a PeopleSoft trainer, Janice was the
perfect person to fill this role. Janice has trained several thousand staff on the Student Administration System over
the past 15 years, and is well known throughout the university for her training, documentation, user support and
communications. She is a valued member of the PeopleSoft team and will be greatly missed. We wish Janice all the
best in her retirement years.
Mindy Carpenter has been working as a Special Payroll employee for 2 years. Mindy started off in UITS HR helping
to keep the organizational charts up to date and improving the HR database. Mindy’s last day was July 24th.
Ed Henry has been with the Connecticut Education Network for a little over a year. Ed’s last day at UConn was July
11th.
After over 27 years at UConn in various roles and just over 2 years at CEN, Jim Mindek has moved on to a new
opportunity. Jim has taken the role of Bureau Chief of Information Technology and IT Director at the State
Department of Education. Jim’s new e-mail address is James.Mindek@ct.gov. Jim’s last day at UConn was July
10th.
George Msaddi is packing up his belongings and moving to Nevada, his last day with us will be Thursday, July 31.
George has only been with us for 4 years, a relatively short period of time. He has provided desktop support to the
University Community and contributed positively towards the advancement of the area. We wish him success in all
future endeavors.
Connie Tomecko will be retiring from the University on Thursday, July 31 after for almost 32 years of service. We
wish her all the best for a happy and healthy retirement.
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Welcome new employee Seth Michalek
Seth Michalek comes to us from the Farmington
Company where he worked for six years as an SQL
Server applications developer.
He previously worked
as a LAN/Network specialist for JCPenney Logistic
Center.
Seth is part of the PeopleSoft team using his
SQL programming experience to support the Talisma
CRM product.
He will also be learning the
PS
technology. We are excited to have him join our team.
Seth works on the Depot campus in the Chaplin
building and his phone extension is 0862.
Seth Michalek
Searches
Search
#
Status
Anticipated Closing Date
Start Date
Data Base Administrator 2
2014393
Interviews complete
Summer
ETL Developer – Computer Technical
Support Consultant 4 – two positions
2014480
Offer declined-readvertising
Summer
Director of Networking &
Telecommunications
2014484
Offer declined; readvertising.
Summer
Posting
Closed
Information Systems Analyst 2 – REVISED,
Limited Search to current UITS employees
only
2014544
Interviewing
Summer
Revised
Posting
Financial Assistant 1 – CEN
2014555
Summer
Posting
Closed
Publicity/Marketing Administrator - CEN
2014556
Awaiting HR
approval to make an
offer.
Interviewing
Summer
Network Technician 1 – CEN
2014563
Interviewing
Summer
Computer Programmer/Analyst 2 – Senior
Computer Programmer/Analyst –
PeopleSoft/Oracle Developer
2014682
Advertising
Fall
Posting
Closed
Posting
Closed
7/30/14
Computer Programmer/Analyst 2 – Senior
Computer Programmer/Analyst –
PeopleSoft/Oracle Developer – Change
Management and Security
2014683
Advertising
Fall
7/30/14
Posting
Closed
Posting
Closed
Do you know a talented individual who is looking for a new and exciting opportunity? Direct them to the UITS Website
for more information: http://uitsjobs.uconn.edu/
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Business Office News
Accolades
Quick Review on Signature Authority
In order to remain in university compliance the only people authorized to sign a document of any type (statement of work,
contracts, leases, etc.) starts at the Assistant Vice Provost level. For a quick reference we’ve highlighted the key approval
information in the statement below dated April 27, 2012 and according to the chart, the only person presently in UITS with
signature authority is the CIO (Vice Provost).
However, the UITS Business Office recommends the department director initial every page of the document requiring a
signature. By initialing each page the CIO will know you approve the document. Once the CIO has reviewed and approved the
document, it can be uploaded into Kuali as a purchase order requisition attachment. Once the Procurement Department
receives the requisition, they will review the document and work directly with the vendor should any adjustments be required. If
any changes are made the Procurement Department usually contacts the Business Office for a final sign off. If the Business
Office is contacted, we will contact the UITS department director for final approval. Although this may appear to slow the
process, it does protect the department and UITS from entering into an agreement that doesn’t fully meet the state or university
requirements. The document becomes a legally binding document only after it is signed by an official university delegate.
If you have any questions please feel free to call or stop by and visit us anytime.
On April 27, 2012 the University of Connecticut President established a contract Signing Authority Delegation
$500,000 and up

President’s Chief of Staff
Contracts $500,000 to $999,999.99

Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
must be presented to BOT as subsequent

Executive Vice President to Administration & CFO
information agenda items AFTER

Any Vice President
execution.

Chief Financial Officer, Storrs & Regional Campuses

Controller, Storrs and Regional Campuses

Director of Athletics
$100,000 – up to $499,999.99 (except

President’s Chief of Staff
those covered below)

Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Senior Vice Provost & Vice President for Research

Executive Vice President to Administration & CFO

Vice President for Student Affairs

Chief Financial Officer, Storrs & Regional Campuses

Executive Director, Office for Sponsored Programs

Director of Athletics
$50,000 –up to $99,999,99 (except

Anyone listed in above Section
those covered below)

Any Vice Provost

Any Vice President

Any Associate Vice President

Any Dean

Director, Procurement Services

Controller, Storrs and Regional Campuses

Director, Office of Technology Commercialization
Contracts with a value of $1,000,000 or
greater must be approved by the BOT
PRIOR to execution.
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Up to $49,999.99 (except those covered

Anyone listed in above Section
below)

Any Vice Provost

Any Associate Vice Provost

Any Assistant Vice Provost

Any Vice President

Any Associate Vice President

Any Assistant Vice President

Any Senor Associate Director of Athletics

Deputy Director of Athletics

Any Dean

Directors of Regional Campuses

Director, Procurement Services

Controller, Storrs and Regional Campuses

Associate Controller, Storrs and Regional Campuses

Director, Office of Technology Commercialization
Contracts for the provision or receipt of

Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
academic research or related services

Senior Vice Provost & Vice President for Research

Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Programs

Director, Office of Technology Commercialization
All Professional Design; Professional

Director, Procurement Services
Services; pre-construction or construction

Executive Vice President for Admin & CFO
related contracts or amendments

Director, University Planning

Associate Vice President of AEBS

Director, Procurement Services