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 SENIOR LEADERSHIP 

About Senior Leadership

Senior leadership in ODS not only leads the teams and acts as a liaison to university executives, but has many responsibilities such as:

  • Coordinating consolidation documentation to SACSCOC and the BOG,
  • Enforcing policy that provides guidelines when provisioning institutional data to external entities, thereby protecting the 鲍鱼tv brand and its data assets,
  • Ensuring accuracy and timeliness of regulatory reporting,
  • Supporting strategic renewal planning efforts
  • Leads data and information governance efforts, in partnership with Information Technology,
  • Facilitating faculty support for Academic Analytics and the Faculty Information System,
  • Supporting and participating in university strategic initiatives 鈥� Building a Digital Ecosystem, Faculty Success, and Graduate Student Success,
  • Facilitating academic planning internally with faculty and Academic Affairs and externally with the Board of Governors and our accrediting institution.
chisolm-teresaTheresa H. Chisolm, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Strategic Planning, Performance & Accountability
Tampa campus
(813) 974-2281
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Over 15 years of Academic Administration experience
  • Performance-Accountability Cycle
  • Academic Program Planning and Effectiveness

Education:

  • Ph.D., Speech & Hearing Sciences

Official Credentials:

  • Certificate of Clinical Competency-Audiology (CCC-A)
  • Florida Audiology license 
Valeria Garcia HeadshotValeria Garcia, M.P.A., Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
Tampa campus
(813) 974-6987
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Performance, Planning and Accountability
  • Policy and Process
  • Strategic Planning
  • Analytics and Data Reporting
  • Data/Information Governance

Education:

  • Ph.D., Leadership and Higher Education Administration
  • M.P.A., Public Administration and Policy
  • B.S., Special Education

 

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION

About Executive Administration

Our executive administration team is a full support service to not only the executives, but the entire staff of ODS.  They assist with managing finance, budget, scheduling, building maintenance, external contracts, hardware purchase, p-card and educational expenses, hiring and onboarding and are the HR contact for ODS. They are a critically important support unit for Decision Support.

desantis-jonnaJonna K. DeSantis, M.B.A.
Executive Administrative Specialist
Tampa campus
(813) 974-5567
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Administrative Support
  • Performance Based Funding and Preeminence Accountability Support
  • MOU/MOA Processing
  • Course Inventory Support
  • Academic Program Review Process 

Education:

  • M.B.A., Quantitative Analysis
  • B.B.A., Finance
reed-tammyTammy Reed
Executive Administrative Specialist
Tampa campus
(813) 974-2391
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Administrative Support 
  • Budget Oversight
  • Human Resources Representative
  • Committee Support

Education:

A.A., Business Administration /Accounting

 

brunkow-lauraLaura Brunkow
Fiscal and Business Specialist
Tampa campus
(813) 974-4084
email  

Areas of Expertise:

  • Administrative Support
  • Financial and Budgetary needs
  • Payroll and ALT Coordinator
  • Travel requests and expenses
  • Academic Program Review Financials
 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC PLANNING & OPERATIONAL REPORTING (APOR)

About Academic Planning & Operational Reporting

The ODS Academic Planning and Operational Reporting team includes three distinct areas of specialization: Academic Planning, Operational Reporting, and Web Applications Development.

The Academic Planning area coordinates new academic programs, including the five-year master academic plan, administers the intent proposal system, analyzes Burning Glass data, and coordinates analysis of curricular offerings, provides a central repository for University-level academic information.

The Operational Reporting team develops Student Information Systems (SIS) reports, manages Banner and SAP security, confirms employees鈥� FERPA compliance, and conducts and reports DAVID security.

The Web Applications Development team develops and maintains web-based academic applications for use by the University community.

For additional information, please go to the page.

brown-hernandez-cynthiaCynthia Brown Hernandez
Director
Tampa campus
(813) 974-1791
email  

Areas of Expertise:

  • Curricular Planning
  • Academic Program Data
  • Academic Program Application Development Oversight
  • MOUs/Articulation Agreements, Internal Agreements
  • Off-Campus Instructional Sites
  • Substantive Change Process
  • Policy/Regulation Compliance
  • Degree Program Development
  • Banner
  • Degree Works
  • Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Codes
  • Lightcast Workforce Data

Education:

  • B.S., Management

Jessica Harris

Jessica Harris
Academic Excellence Analyst
Tampa campus
(813) 396-0285
email  

 Areas of Expertise:

  • Banner
  • Degreeworks
  • Archivum
  • Curriculum Codes
  • Curriculum and Academic Policy Support
  • Platform-based Website and Form Development  and Maintenance
  • Policy/Regulations Compliance
  • Graduation Certification
  • Transfer Course Articulation 
  • Academic and Student Services 

Education:

  • B.F.A., Fine Art 

Emily BlackEmily Black
Academic Planning Assistant
Tampa campus
email

 Areas of Expertise:
  • Curriculum Research and Support
  • Curriculum Codes Operation
  • Website Auditing and Research
  • Lightcast Workforce Data

Education:

  • Currently Pursuing: B.S., Biomedical Sciences;  B.S. Aging Sciences; and a minor in Psychology

 Robert Horchak

Robert Horchak
Senior Applications Developer
Tampa campus
(813) 974-0183
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Web Application Development
  • .NET
  • Angular
  • Programming Languages
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Relational Database Management and Development
  • Data Integration / ETL
  • SQL
  • Server Configuration and Management

Education:

  • B.A., Bible

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Braden Seidl
Applications Developer I
Tampa campus
email

 

Areas of Expertise:

  • Web Development
  • Programming Languages
  • E-commerce
  • Web Analytics
  • SQL
  • Selenium
  • Power BI

Education:

B.S., Computer Science

AudreyAudrey (Eaindra) Tin Latt
Data Management Analyst
Tampa campus
(813) 974-8166
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • OASIS and SQL Queries for Oracle Databases
  • Power BI Dashboard Development and Data Modeling
  • Power BI Report Builder and Dynamic Reporting Solutions
  • SAP Report Analysis and Integration
  • Data Integrity and Quality Assurance
  • Star Schema Design and Data Warehouse Architecture
  • Workflow Automation with Power Automate
  • High-Volume Data Management 

Education:

  • Currently Pursuing: M.Sc., Computer Science (Focus: Machine Learning) 
  • B.Sc., General Studies (Focus: Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering)

Nikhil KachamNikhil Kacham
Applications Developer Graduate Assistant
Tampa campus
email

Areas of Expertise:
  • Web Application Development
  • React
  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • .NET
  • SQL
  • Node.js
  • MongoDB

Education:

  • Currently Pursuing: M.S., Business Analytics and Information Systems
  • B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering

KrishnaKrishna Koushik Unnam
Applications Developer Graduate Assistant
Tampa campus
email

 Areas of Expertise:

  • Web Application Development
  • Angular
  • TypeScript/JavaScript
  • .NET Framework
  • SQL
  • Azure
  • Programming Languages

Education:

  • Currently Pursuing: M.S., Computer Science
  • B.Tech., Computer Science

 

FACULTY DATA REPORTING & ANALYTICS (FDRA)

About Faculty Data Reporting & Analytics

Faculty Data Reporting & Analytics provides faculty data to the University and the University community.

The team supports regulatory reporting, national benchmark surveys, and as needed reporting to support the growing data needs of the University.

The constantly changing landscape of higher education provides an ever-growing challenge for leaders, and our team allows those leaders to make meaningful decisions to support the 鲍鱼tv Strategic Plan.

For additional information please go to the Faculty Hub page.

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Adam Caskie, Ph.D.
Director
Tampa campus
(813) 974-6418
email

 

Areas of Expertise:

  • Faculty Data, FAIR
  • Academic Analytics
  • Faculty Information System
  • Student Assessment of Instruction

Education:

  • Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, Higher Education Administration
  • M.A., Educational Leadership
  • B.S., Business Management

Official Credentials:

  • Graduate Certificate in College Teaching
  • Post Master鈥檚 Leadership in Higher Education Graduate Certificate
  • Professional Scrum Master
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner
hoffman-lauraLaura Hoffman, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Sarasota-Manatee campus
(941) 359-4237
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Student Data Analysis & Reporting
  • Federal & State Reporting
  • Regional Accreditation
  • Survey Methodology
  • Evaluation

Education:

  • Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Measurement and Research
  • M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Measurement and Research
  • B.A., Sociology
jain-chiragChirag Jain, M.S.
Sr. Data Management Analyst
Tampa campus
(813) 974-5614
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Faculty Data, FAIR
  • Student Assessment of Instruction
  • Programming languages
  • Relational Databases and Server Management
  • Data Analytics and Reporting

Education:

  • M.S., Management Information System
  • B.S., Computer Science
abdullah-umarUmar Abdullah, M.S.
Sr. ERP Analyst
Tampa campus
(813) 974-8955
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Data analytics
  • Data visualization
  • SQL Server
  • Predictive modeling
  • Finance

Education:

  • M.S., Business Analytics & Information Systems
  • B.B.A., Management 

Official Credentials:

  • Data Analysis with Python
  • SQL & Relationship Algebra
prefontaine-gabrielGabriel Prefontaine
Sr. ERP Analyst
Tampa campus
(813) 974-0394
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Faculty Data, FAIR
  • Faculty Information System
  • Faculty Reporting
  • Business Analysis

Education:

  • BCSc., Computer Science

Official Credentials:

  • Certified Scrum Master
ule-anthony-picAnthony Ule
Sr. ERP Analyst
Tampa campus
(813) 974-1950
email

 Areas of Expertise:

  • Business Analysis
  • External Data Request process
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Jira
  • Confluence

Education:

  • B.S., Business Management

Official Credentials:

  • Professional Scrum Product Owner I
  • Certified Product Owner

TBDAnh Tran
Statistical Data Analyst
St. Peterburg campus
(727) 873-4269
email

 

 Areas of Expertise:

  • Data analytics
  • Data visualization
  • Predictive modeling

Education:

  • Doctor of Medicine
  • M.B.A
  • M.P.H, Maternal and Child Health

Official Credentials:

  

INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS (IE)

About Institutional Effectiveness

Institutional Effectiveness fosters a culture of continuous improvement throughout the University.

The team serves as 鲍鱼tv's liaison to our institutional accreditor (SACSCOC) and to the SUS Board of Governors (BOG) for accreditation and assessment; centers and institutes; educational partnerships; and other substantive changes.

We also facilitate the assessment of student learning outcomes and the academic program review process.

For additional information, please go to the Accreditation page.

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Christopher C. Combie, Ph.D.
SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison and        Sr. Director
Tampa campus
(813) 974-7953
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Academic Program Review
  • Institute and Centers: Establishments, Terminations, Reporting
  • Regional and Specialized Accreditation Coordination
  • Planning and Outcomes Assessment
  • Program Evaluation and Quality
  • Assurance/Regulatory Compliance
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Logistics and Event Administration

Education:

  • Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction (Higher Education Administration and Leadership)
  • M.M., Music Therapy (Geriatrics)
  • B.A., Spanish Studies & Music (Voice, Organ, Trumpet)

Official Credentials:

  • Graduate Certificate in Evaluation
  • Graduate Certificate in Leadership in Higher Education
  • MT-BC, Music Therapist, Board Certified
  • FL Notary Public, No. FF 997376

Michelle MaddenMichelle Madden, Ed.D.
Director of Accreditation Strategy & Enhancement
Tampa campus
(727) 873-4197
email

 

Areas of Expertise:

  • Strategic Planning 
  • Institutional Effectiveness and Improvement
  • Policy and Process
  • Institutional and Specialized Accreditation
    Academic Program Planning and Effectiveness
  • Program Evaluation and Quality

 

Education:

  • Ed.D. School Improvement
  • M. Ed. Early Childhood Education
  • B.A. Psychology

Rebecca GibbonsRebecca Gibbons, PhD.
Assistant Director, Assessment
Sarasota-Manatee campus
(941) 359-4505
email

 

Areas of Expertise:

  • Academic and student services learning outcomes assessment
  • Psychometrics and educational measurement
  • Regional and specialized accreditation
  • Program development and evaluation; continuous quality improvement
  • Student affect and development
  • Scholarship teaching and learning; evidence-based instructional practices

 

Education:

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, Education Research
  • B.S., Chemistry
boyd-joeJoe Boyd, M.A.
Assistant Director, Faculty Affairs
St. Petersburg campus
(727) 873-4104                                       email

 Areas of Expertise:

  • Assessment & Planning
  • Regional and Specialized Accreditation
  • Analytics & Data Visualization
  • Survey Research

Education:

  • M.A., Political Science
  • B.S., Criminal Justice & Criminology

Official Credentials:

  • Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics
  • Lean Six Sigma 鈥� White Belt

loganMichael Carroll
Assessment & Compliance Analyst      Tampa campus
(813) 974-6881
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Student learning outcomes assessment
  • Student Affairs assessment and improvement
  • Survey accessibility and design
  • Crisis management, triage, and logistics
  • Design thinking/Human Centered Design

Education:

  • M. Ed. Counselor Education - Student Affairs
  • B.S. English

 

  

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES PLANNING (SIP)

About Strategic Initiatives Planning

The Strategic Initiatives Planning (SIP) team works with executive leadership and unit directors to provide the following:

  • Planning and managing strategic direction and enterprise relationships,
  • Facilitation of continuous improvement within ODS,
  • Leading data alignment efforts within ODS,
  • Facilitation of portfolio management for units within ODS,
  • Guidance in the execution of projects,
  • Definition and maintenance of ODS standards for documentation and project management.

It is through these efforts that SIP ensures alignment with the 鲍鱼tv Strategic Plan and the ODS Mission and Goals.

JayJay Unnikrishnan                                        Sr. Director
Tampa campus
(813) 974-7521
email

Areas of Expertise:

  • Strategic Planning and Road mapping
  • Platform Modernization
  • Portfolio Management
  • Data Governance and Literacy
  • Business Intelligence, Warehousing and Analytics
  • AGILE Methodologies

Education:

  • M.S., Electrical Engineering
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering

Official Credentials:

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner - CSPO

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Sarah Thomas, M.S.E., PMP