About Me

MIO was created in 1984 to provide computer services to the staff and students under the umbrella of Residence life and (sometimes) the division of Student Affairs. In 1996, the ResNet network was created to provide Internet access to students in their own room. At first it was perceived as a communication tool for advance computer users and hobbyist. It is now a network that connects 3000+ students and 95% of the rooms in the residence halls. Residence Life currently employees 2 FTE managers, 3 grad assistants, 5 senior leads, 5 web developers, 4 LAN/server administrators, 3 programmers, 4 PC technicians and 12 lab consultants.

We are responsible for the MIO data center, 250 department owned workstations throughout 10 buildings, 3000+ ResNet connections, 9 computer labs, 20 integrated databases and miscellaneous computing needs for a year round conference center. Our model allows students hands on experience in the areas of desktop support, database, web, server administration, multimedia development and management of campus networks. No other technical unit of the University has technical competencies in all of these areas. Our "residential computing" manages more aspects of IT than any other housing based IT operation in the UW system. Our EBI stats in technology are above average. Our biggest challenge and source of innovation is the turnover rate of student employees. We've managed to do quite well for twenty years.

Our successes are : A rapid registration and bandwidth management system for the residential network, a highly customized housing registration and management system (roster and hrs), a database driven facilities management maintenance request system, the first and only highly customized database driven student portal (portal.mio.uwosh.edu), a very stable network management implementation, a very stable data center (20+ server farm), a consistent and professional student based support model.Students enrolled in the MBA, MSIS, Computer Science, MIS or Education Degrees support our program. The average GPA is 3.3 with a 100% graduation rate. Our program is recognized by the College of Business Internship Program because it gives students real world, long term hands on experience, an "off-campus short-term internship" can't provide. The MIO's lead group is a student based advisory and planning team responsible for the implementation of policies, planning, purchasing and installation. No other IT team or department gives students this much say on their strategic planning. Our students impact the department not only in technology but also in business process and marketing. In the last 4 years, 3 students have been recognized as student employees of the year (Matt Dornfeld 2002, Eric Stephani 2003, Dan Beck 2005).

A large portion of our alumni and current employees pursuit graduate degrees after graduation. Among our recent master degree graduates and candidates we have: Victor Alatorre 2000, Jeff Sobieski, 2002, Jason Tienor 2002, Larry Baier 2003, Basil Haffar 2003, Matthew Dornfeld 2006, Eric Stephani 2005, Erick Alatorre 2005 and Bill Limberg 2006. In the spring of 2006 two other employees started their MBA's as well: Ismail Al Bulushi and Erion Omeri.

Embedded within our organizational culture is the constant pursuit of applied learning and self improvement. For this reason, we continue to be a center of excellence for Residence Life and UW Oshkosh.

I have been actively working with computers since 1991 or so. I still remember my first computer related job my freshman year. I worked at the "minority" lab. Minorities were encouraged to use the mac lab, however it was an open lab. They changed the name to the diversity lab because some people were concerned about the idea of segregation. Bruce Campbell was in charge, but he passed away a few years ago. For a year or so, I sat in front of a mac and supported a 10 mac lab. I'm now responsible for half of the computers on campus.

Purpose
This webpage has no purpose other than personal practice. Some people make webpages to feed their egos. Mine serves as an information resource to those people interested on computers, cars, airplanes and pretty places. A lot of my ideas eventually make it to other sites I support.

Check my resumé for more professional information about myself.

Spanish
Bienvenido a mi espacio en el internet. Trabajo para la Universidad de Wisconsin Oshkosh en el rol de Coordinador General de la Oficina de Administración Informatica y presupuestos (MIO). Tengo la oportunidad de coordinar a 40 empleados que cumplen varias funciones de informatica para el Departamento de Residence Life en esta Universidad. Oshkosh esta en Wisconsin (la tierra de la vaca lechera, la cerveza y las Harley's). Tengo mas de 16 a~os de vivir en los EE UU.

Soy originario de la ciudad de Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Tengo una Licenciatura en Comercio Internacional y una Maestria en Administración (MBA). Mi verdadera pasión siempre ha sido la aplicacion de tecnologia. No me considero un experto, ya que este negocio me mantiene bastante modesto. Las computadoras cambian tan rapido y el conocimiento tiene que ser reevaluado constantemente.

Aquí vas a encontrar lo que a mi me interesa. A su vez, es posible que encuentres una que otra cosa interesante. Dejame un saludo si te parece buena mi página. Saludos a la gente de monterrey.

French
Il m'est fort appréciable aujourd'hui de profiter de mon noveau statut de diplômé en tant que master en business admininstration (MBA). C'est une nouvelle sérénité que je trouve des plus appreciable un peu comme le plaisir du repos apreès l'effort. J'ai reçu mon diplôme en décembre 2000.

Qui Suis-Je?
Je travaille en ce moment à plein temps, en tant que <<IT coordinateur (MIC)>> dans le département de Residence Life. Le MIO (management information office) satisfait les besoin du départment de residence life. La finalitéde mon activité en tant que manager consiste à assurer la supervision de plus de quarante étudiants dans des domaines tels que <<LAN administration>>, développement de web ainsi que la supervision des laboratoires informatiques. Il est aussi de mon devoir et de ma responsabilité d'assurer le bon fonctionnement des systèmes informatique d'analyse et de design entre autres, <<resnet>> management avec support ainsi que le support des hardwares et des softwares, etc.