Shelley Amator

Assistant CIO

Degrees and Certificates

AAS in Business Education from San Juan College; MCSE in Windows NT, CCNA, BCMSN

Where I have been…

I moved to Farmington, NM in 1989 and began attending San Juan College in 1992. While attending college I began working in what is now known as Business and Industry Training. I left SJC in 1997 to work for First Place Financial Corporation which was the holding corporation for First National Bank. I began as a Help Desk Technician and worked my way up to Network Administrator. I left FPFC in 2000 to work for Dial Oil Corp. as a Network Administrator and in 2001, when the opportunity arose, I began working at San Juan College as the Network Services Coordinator. In July 2006, I began working for Sungard Higher Education and in December 2006, I became the Assistant CIO.

I worked my way from an Admin Assistant to a Network Administrator in less than five years and I am a firm believer that anyone can achieve their dream if they have the drive and are willing to work hard. I hope that I can be an inspiration to others that the technology industry is open to anyone and that they should not be intimidated.

I love working for San Juan College and having the opportunity to assist users in doing their jobs more securely and more efficiently. Technology is my passion.

Interests and Hobbies

I love any cool new technology. I spend my extra time golfing, playing softball, bowling and playing with my grandchildren.

Current OTS Projects

Datatel Release 18 Upgrade – Administrative Services are testing the Release 18 environment of Datatel for conversion in early August.

Voice over IP (VoIP) – Network Services are in the initial planning phases of a replacement of our current 3Com VoIP system with a new Cisco system. Phase 1 of this project will completed this fiscal year and the final phase to be completed 2008-2009 fiscal year.

Networked Projectors – Media Services along with Network Services are working to network all 132 projectors on campus. This will allow the projectors to be controlled for the Media services office, allowing monitoring of items such as bulb life and usage. The software will also allow projectors to be shut off remotely saving on bulb life. This project should be completed by the end of November.

Online Courses – Online Services is working diligently on placing 10 new courses online this year. Some of the major projects include CDL Training, Anthropology 110 and CAAT 110 online for Fall 07 and Online Student Orientation.

Computer Replacements – User Services is working on replacing over 500 computers this year. The labs that are up for replacement will be done first and finished in time for the Fall semester. The technicians will be contacting end-users whose computers are up for replacement to schedule times to make the change.

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