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The OACS Organization
The Office of Academic Computing Services (OACS) provides the
computing, networking, and information technology needs of the College of
Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) at the University of Maryland. OACS
maintains approximately 2,500 user workstations in several campus buildings,
and operates 100 Workstations across 5 Open Workstation Labs in LeFrak Hall.
Dan Navarro brings over 11 years of
diverse IT experience to the OACS operation. Prior to joining OACS in June
2006, Dan was Director of Technical Solutions at USAC. Other past positions
include Senior Product Manager at Thomson Financial and Director of Operations
at SmartRevenue. He is a 1992 University of Maryland BSOS graduate, and holds a
M.Sc. from the London School of Economics as well as a degree in Information
Systems from UMUC.
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Marie Gates manages web and applications
programming projects within OACS. She graduated from the University of Maryland
with a B.S. in Computer Science and has over twenty years of experience in
applications development and management.
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Bernie Khoury graduated from the University of
Maryland in 1993 with a double degree in Physics and Astronomy. Bernie has over
10 years IT experience, with an emphasis in IT security and network design. He
comes from Holy Cross Hospital where he managed the Network Engineering
department for 7 years.
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Asdie Kasnadi is OACS' System Administrator. He
has worked for BSOS for over 10 years in various IT roles, such as application
developer, web programmer, and database analyst. Asdie graduated from Institut
Teknologi Bandung with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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Michael Pie has been a member of the OACS team since
2001 in a variety of roles including lab assistance, helpdesk technician, and
classroom support assistance. Currently, he manages the helpdesk operation,
maintains the BSOS open lab hardware and installations, and assists the network
team in managing user accounts and the GWGuardian spam filtering system.
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Johnny Haid joined OACS in November 2007 as a Senior
User Support Technician. Johnny's responsibilities include the imaging of new
desktop and laptop computers, the installation of new hardware and software,
the creation of new user accounts and providing knowledge and assistance to
BSOS users.
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Amanda Pickles joined OACS as an hourly student
in January 2006 and became a fulltime member of staff in November 2007. Her
responsibilities include maintaining the front office, distributing and
verifying payroll, distributing software, and assisting customers.
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Adam Singh has been working at the Office of
Academic Computing Services since 2005. A University of Maryland computer
science graduate, Adam oversees the lab operations in Lefrak Hall as well as
manages the BSOS division of the campus' Classroom Support program.
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Dimitri Luzin has been working at
the Office of Academic Computing Services since 2003. His responsibilities
include network oversight, infrastructure deployment, specialized user support
and network equipment maintenance.
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