Jan Weller named as head network coordinator
Jan Weller has been appointed director of the Office of the Network Coordinator effective April 5, announced Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts and Sciences.
Weller will lead the design of the core backbone network that connects schools to each other and the Internet. She also will oversee the Office of Residential Computing, which provides networking and computing facilities in student housing, and the Software Library, which provides hardware and software programs.
In addition, she will provide technical leadership for the University and coordinate network-related activities such as management, network operations, addressing security, auditing and appropriate use.
Weller spent the past 15 years at the University of Kansas, the most recent five of them as director of networking and telecommunications services.
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