Dear Members of the IT Board,

I am delighted to be able to announce that Elise Meyer has accepted the position of Associate Director of the Office of Information Technology. Elise has been at UCSB for twelve years, serving as the Director of Physics Computing Services for the last eight. She has been very active in campus-wide information technology affairs, as co-chair of the IT Planning Group, ex officio member of the IT Board, chair of the CalREN-2 implementation group, and member of a host of other committees.

The Associate Director will manage the operations and staff of the OIT; develop plans to maintain and upgrade the campus IT infrastructure and services; develop IT policies and priorities for consideration by the Director and the IT Board; work with the Director to coordinate those campus-wide IT services not under the direct control of the OIT; maintain contact with campus-wide and departmental IT service providers; co-chair the ITPG with the Director of Information Systems & Computing; and manage the finances of the OIT. Clearly, this is a huge job. However, I am confident that with the support of the ITB and the ITPG, Elise will perform it superbly. Elise was selected for the Associate Director position after an extensive search which attracted 57 candidates from both on and off campus. I want to thank the Search Committee for its thoughtful work, and Glenn Davis, the Chair of the Committee, for his superb leadership throughout the search process. I believe that the Committee has gotten the OIT off to a great start.

Bob Sugar

Search Committee for the Associate Director of the OIT