The Spring 2025 IT Pro Forum was held on June 11 and 12, 2025.
Sessions
The Access Rights Management (ARM) project team is working to create an easy-to-use access management system that efficiently facilitates requests, approvals, provisioning, certifications, and governance …
An overview and update on the current features/capabilities of Zoom’s AI Companion and Microsoft Teams Copilot/Teams Premium. About this event: Presenters: Michael Cervone, Product Owner, …
Mike Kimmel, Systems Engineer, Apple …
Spring update on macOS, iOS and AppleTV at Illinois. Mike Kimmel, our campus Apple System Engineer, will be on hand to answer questions. About this …
Join us for an engaging two-part workshop designed for individuals with little to no technical background. This workshop will introduce you to the powerful automation …
Discover how the Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) improved efficiency and user experience by automating previously manual processes using TeamDynamix (TDX) ticket workflows, forms, and automation …
This presentation highlights a project where our team needed to automate the integration of an Excel file stored in SharePoint into SQL, refreshing the data …
cPanel Hosting for Mission Critical Sites is officially open for business. Meet the admin team, learn about the basic implementation details, differences between standard cPanel …
Change management is a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state. This change management session …
The Web Implementation Guidelines Group (WIGG) has been working collaboratively as a cross-campus collaboration for years to facilitate and promote consistent website design templates for …
This presentation provides an overview of the AITS Enterprise Reporting Services, highlighting key tools and systems that enhance data accessibility and usability for Illinois users …
The Enterprise Service Management Office (ESMO) was created to support a more strategic, consistent, and user-focused approach to service delivery on the Illinois campus. In …
We will discuss Technology Services updated Classroom AV Cores and the change in vendor for AV over IP solution. We will also be looking for …
This session has been cancelled …
Strategic Planning has identified the need for IT Governance on campus. But what do we mean when we say governance. In the presentation we aim …
The Greg Gulick Service Excellence Award is awarded annually to two IT professionals at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The award honors campus IT professionals …
Hands On with TDX Reporting workshop will explore the TDX report builder v12.0 (with new UI). We will cover frequently used reports and the use …
Find out what Kubernetes is, why you would or wouldn’t use it, and how the Graduate College is hosting its various workloads and applications in …
You applied for a job and landed an interview! Now it’s time to prepare for that interview and knock it out of the park. Following …
Allison (Al) Payne, Ashley Hetrick, Cordelia Geiken, Ginger Hundgen, Jyotika Sirohi, Sheena Bishop, Spring 2025, Tara Sadler
In this session, I’ll walk through Introduction to Data Literacy, a course developed to help university staff and faculty build a foundational understanding of data …
IPv6 – you’ve been hearing it is coming soon for years now. Some of you have it turned on for your networks, and some of …
David Seidl …
This interactive two-hour workshop explores Power Skills, essential abilities and behaviors that facilitate effective collaboration and contribute to professional success. Attendees will gain insights into …
Join us to go over the successes (and failures) we’ve encountered in leveraging MECM as Unit IT Pros. Topics will include: Leveraging Task Sequences Collection …
This session is a technical deep-dive into the details of preparing and deploying IT services in a modern way. Example services include Printing, File Shares, …
Managed Systems & Services (MSS) provides Linux, Windows, and cloud infrastructure management services, and we have some exciting new and improved service offerings to announce! …
IT Partners at the College of Education has long struggled with how we list our college offerings on our website. We’ve gone through several iterations …
This session will walk folks through the different kinds of questions you should have answers to before you sign with a vendor. We will cover …
Short presentation of current research data storage options provided out of NCSA for Illinois researchers via the Illinois Research Storage services followed by discussions centered …
As organizations grow, so do the challenges of maintaining agility, alignment, and fast delivery. The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) offers a structured approach for extending …
It can be frustrating for both users and IT professionals when a user starts seeing 400/431 errors in their browser without a clear indication as …
Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is a necessary part of authentication at the university every day. The IAM team at Urbana will review our progress with MFA …
One of the major goals of the new IT strategic plan is changing how we work together in the IT community. For the last two …
Privacy isn’t just a legal or compliance issue, it is daily practice that every IT Pro plays a role in upholding. In this session, we’ll …
Over the past few years, endpoint management has seen transformative changes, and the Endpoint Services team has been hard at work on new solutions and …
Welcome to “Two Truths and an AI,” an engaging mix of game show and informational presentation. Part 1 The Game Show: We’ll explore if AI …
From writers to designers, outside stakeholders, front-end/back-end developers, user experience, accessibility, SEO, and QA experts, these projects pass through a lot of hands before they …
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities are proliferating at an unprecedented rate, making it increasingly difficult to determine where to focus remediation efforts—and whether those efforts are truly reducing …
Learn from the Website Management Center of Expertise (WCoE) at the IT Pro Forum! With a year of hands-on experience and the successful support of …
With the transformative changes to where and how people work fresh in our minds, learn about what it means to provide and support productivity from …
This two-part presentation explores what Identity and Access Management (IAM) is and how it supports the institution by enabling electronic resources to leverage IAM and …
In his first year as Director of Illinois Computes, Chuck Thompson has encountered a wide range of descriptions of the initiative —many at least partially …
The campus network is attacked thousands of times per day. Join the Cybersecurity Engineering team as they give an overview of how they leverage network …
Spring 2025 Presenters
IT Specialist, Swanlund IT …
Data Engineer, Office of the CIO …
Assistant Director TAM, AITS System Office …
IT Specialist, Swanlund IT …
Senior Web Developer, College of Education …
Network Engineer, Technology Services …
Desktop Support Lead, Prairie Research Institute …
Senior Technical Program Manager, NCSA …
Director of Illinois Computes, NCSA …
Senior Application Services Specialist, Technology Services …
Senior Endpoint Services Specialist, Technology Services …
Program Director, Website Management Center of Expertise, Office of the CIO …
Senior Web Application Developer, Library IT …
Assistant Director, Networking, Technology Services …
IT Solutions Architect, IT Partners @ Gies …
Lead User Experience Design Specialist, Technology Services …
Manager, Endpoint Services, Technology Services …
Privacy Analyst , Ph.D. candidate,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign …
Manager, Managed Systems & Services, Technology Services …
Identity and Access Management Architect, Technology Services …
Lead Endpoint Management Specialist, Technology Services …
Software Developer, Library IT …
Lead Business Process Improvement Analyst, Technology Services …
Privacy Analyst, Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign …
User Experience Design Specialist, Tech Services …
Lead Storage Engineer, NCSA …
ASST DIR, IDENTITY&ACCESS MGMT, Technology Services …
Assistant Director of IT, School of Information Sciences …
Assistant Director, Service Management & User Support, Office of the CIO …
Manager of Identity and Access Management, Technology Services …
Executive Director of Engineering IT Shared Services, Grainger College of Engineering …
Senior Application Services Specialist, Technology Services …
Senior Technical Service Analyst, Office of the CIO …
Desktop Support Lead, Prairie Research Institute …
Principal Application Services Specialist, Technology Services …
Lead Strategic Program Manager, Technology Services …
Training Development Manager, Illinois Human Resources …
Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, Technology Services …
Lead Endpoint Management Specialist, Technology Services …
Web Services Manager, The Grainger College of Engineering …
Data Analyst, IT Partners, Gies College of Business …
Assistant Director of Application Development, College of Education …
User Experience Design Specialist, Tech Services …
IT Specialist, Swanlund IT …
Technology Architect, Technology Services …
Project Manager, Technology Services …
Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, Technology Services …
Senior Data Breach and Incident Analyst, Tech Services …
Product Owner, Technology Services …
Software Engineer, Graduate College …
Director of Application Development, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation …
Associate Director for Computing and Data Services,Prairie Research Institute …
Senior Software Developer, Student Affairs Technology …
Senior Endpoint Specialist, Technology Services …
Cybersecurity Engineer, Privacy and Security, Tech Services …
Lead Application Services Specialist, Technology Services …
Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, Technology Services …
Data Reporting Specialist, IT Partners …
Associate Data Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer …
Manager, Enterprise Teaching and Learning Technologies, Tech Services …
Sr. Privacy Analyst, Privacy Team, Office of the Chief Information Officer …
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer & Software Developer, Technology Services …
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Technology Services …
Front-end Developer and UX Liaison, Strategic Communications and Marketing …
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer & Software Developer, Technology Services …
SR. Project Coordinator, AITS System Office …
UI Foundation Administrator, UI Foundation …
PMO Manager, Technology Services …
Executive Project Coordinator, AITS …
Lead Service Management Analyst, Office of the CIO …
ASST DIR, IDENTITY&ACCESS MGMT, Technology Services …
Spring 2025 Sponsors
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors:
- CDW
- Cohesity
- Gies IT Partners
- Office of the Chief Information Officer
- PIER Group
- American Webs Master
- Facilities & Services
- Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES)
Spring 2025 IT Pro Forum Committee
Ashley Valentijn – Chair
Technology Services
Matt Macomber – Vice Chair
Administration Information Technology Services
Prijo Andrews
Technology Services
Travis Ashmore
Engineering IT Shared Services
Rob Bennett
Engineering IT Shared Services
Christy Blew
Disability Resources and Educational Services
Miranda Bullok
Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
Monica Campbell
College of Applied Health Sciences
Lindsey Conner
Technology Services
Michael CorvineTechnology Services
Amanda Covher
Technology Services
Turance Cobb
Illinois Human Resources
Krista DeLeeuw
IT Partners @ Gies
Nikkole Duda
Facilities and Services
Steve Fletcher
Technology Services
Debbie FligorTechnology Services
Ann FredricksenDisability Resources and Educational Services
Jess Greenlee
Technology Services
Lorenzo Kindle
Administration Information Technology Services
Mark McCarthy
Administration Information Technology Services
Luke Mesenbring
Administration Information Technology Services
Liam Moran
Applied Technology Learning Arts & Sciences
Joey Morton
Technology Services
Casey Myers
University of Illinois Foundation
Priyanka Pradeep
Technology Services
Trent Sanford
Technology Services
Joe Sebright
Technology Services
Amrita Sehrawat
Technology Services
Lindsey Sharp
Technology Services
Jessica Shortz
IT Partners @ Gies
Dena Strong
Technology Services
Katy Thompson
Office of Strategic Project Management