Les joined us in February. We are overjoyed to have him on the team, and he has been settling in wonderfully as he gets to know folks around campus–you may see him at your next tech appointment! He shares the following details about his time before coming to University of Portland:
My first paid computer job was as “professional staff” at Ball State University while pursuing an undergraduate degree in vocal music performance. I really enjoyed the mixture of tech and music while getting my degree. After moving to the Northwest, I ended up as a systems engineer at a fortune 500 company where I would wear many hats: desktop/server admin, software trainer, corporate national network engineer, and eventually IT manager over offices in Oregon and Alaska. I continued singing professionally the entire time, so when my daughter was adopted and IT was centralizing, I stepped away to spend more time with her, perform, and teach music. I’ve spent the last decade or so teaching voice at Concordia Portland, Willamette University, and Pacific University while performing a great deal in the Northwest, across the US and in Canada and Europe. I never lost my love of tech so the past two years of remote classes and technology solutions really set my interest buzzing, and I decided to change course yet again. I’m thrilled to bring my skills and learn new ones with an excellent IS team at UP. I’m grateful for the warm welcome I’ve received from everyone and look forward to meeting more of you in the months to come.