Hotspot: People in the Zone

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Welcome to Hotspot, a small spot online where UNT computing and information technology professionals and associated staff can rave about themselves, their geekiness and contributions to transforming UNT into a nationally prominent university. This is the good news area – the place to learn about colleagues in action, their roles and how members of the IT community are raising the benchmarks of excellence!

Nominations: Nominate a person in the zone today by sending the name of your nominee to Benchmarks Hotspot.

2018

November
Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, distinguished research professor, Department of Physics, College of Science

August
Scott Belshaw, professor of criminal justice, Department of Criminal Justice, College of Health and Public Service
Daniel Griffith, cross functional IT support specialist, AITS
Janice Hauge, professor of economics, associate chair, Department of Economics, UNT College of Liberal Arts and Social Science

May
Rebecca Cagle, senior project program coordinator, UNT WISE
Nicole Lyssy, communications student from Austin, Texas
Ravi Vadapalli, director, Research IT Services, University IT

February
Jonathan Piott, college/department web manager, Administrative IT Services, University Information Services

2017

December
Sharon Huang, university web developer/programmer, Administrative IT Services, University Information Services
Dan J. Kim, professor, Information Technology and Decision Sciences, College of Business

October
G. Andrés Cisneros, associate professor and computational chemist, Department of Chemistry, College of Science

August
Matthew Berry, IT specialist, Administrative IT Services
Ram Dantu, professor, computer science and engineering, College of Engineering

June
Clarissa Hutkowski, administrative specialist, Exam and Research Data Services, UIT
Jacob Stein, IT specialist II, Administrative IT Services

April
Michele Hindman, senior web architecture manager, College of Arts and Sciences IT Services
Oscar Montero, IT specialist IV, Administrative IT Services
DaMiri Young, computer systems manager IV, High-Performance Computing, UIT

February
Leah Atinda, IT specialist III, Administrative IT Services
David "Deke" Isaac, manager, Microcomputer Maintenance Services, UIT
James Strawn, student computing manager, Student Computing Services, College of Arts and Sciences IT Services 

2016

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