UNIVERSITY ANALYTICS AND INSTITUTIONAL REPORTING

Education: BS in Business Management, BS in Accounting and MPA all at the University of Utah
What is your role in the Budget Office and how long have you been here? 21 years in the Budget Office; first as a Manager and then Director.
What is something that you’ve done but will never do again? Help first graders learn numbers.
When did you first know you loved numbers? First grade when I helped others learn numbers too.
What household chore do you like the least? Dusting since it comes right back.

Education: M.Ed. Educational Leadership and Policy (University of Utah), BS Psychology (Saint Leo University)
What do you do for OBIA? Support the Student Data Warehouse and work with partner colleges by creating dashboards, student lists, and compiling data for custom requests.
What’s the best thing about the U? The energy that the students bring to campus is one of the best things about working here.
Where is your dream travel destination? Lake Como, Italy
Who would you go see in concert over and over again? Tim McGraw! He’s amazing!
If you had to delete all but 3 apps from your smartphone, which ones would you keep? Google Photos, Smith’s, Instagram
How long have you worked for UU? 10 years

Education: BS, Economics, University of Utah, 2010
How long have you worked with OBIA?:I have lived in Utah for over 20 years and love it here! I have been with OBIA since March 2016 but I have been employed at the U almost continuously since July 2006.
What do you do for OBIA? I use data to tell the stories of groups across campus and try to provide insights to help decision-makers in their process.
When did you first know you loved data? Age 6. Due to poor vision, I struggled learning to read. The thing that finally clicked was looking at sports box scores in the morning newspaper.
Where is your dream travel destination? Normandy, France
What was your favorite TV show when growing up? Home Improvement

Education: B.S. Consumer and Community Studies (University of Utah)
Where are you from? Grew up in Western NY State; Started with OBIA in 2018.
What do you do for OBIA? Consult with University partner colleges to provide student lists, descriptive statistics, and dashboards utilizing the University’s Student Data Warehouse in order to support decision-making and strategic initiatives.
Where is your dream travel destination? Morocco If you could eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be? Anything with black bean and sweet potato.

Education: Ph.D. University of Utah
Hometown: Hometown: Vancouver, WA
What do you do for OBIA? Data-driven consultations on strategic planning/decision-making, statistical & predictive analyses. Provide guidance on data utilization, data governance, and data best practices.
What’s the best thing about the U? I’ll take the breakfast buffet, anytime, anyplace.
When did you first know you loved data? That’s Private.
If you had to delete all but 3 apps from your smartphone, which ones would you keep? ? One app is sufficient: The Woodshop Widget.

Education: B.A. University of Wyoming
What do you do for OBIA? Research enterprise-wide data sources, design new data models structured for reporting and analysis, and lead OBIA's database management team.
When did you first know you loved data? The day I learned to speak PeopleSoft’s query language. It rocked my world and I’ve never looked back.
Where is your dream travel destination? The forest surrounding my childhood family cabin in Star Valley. It’s where all my summers were spent as a kid, with a moose pond in our front yard, wild huckleberry and strawberry patches in the woods, and endless hours spent exploring the forest on foot and four-wheeler.

Education: Bachelor of Music – Utah State University
What do you do for OBIA? My role is to manage the OBIA database, and to prepare and transform data for reporting.
What are a few things you love? Indian and Middle Eastern food; hackey sack (although I never get to play anymore!); and of course music and dance. I also love birds, and have kept cockatiels as pets for almost 25 years.

Education: MS in Math and BS in Math (Western Illinois University). BA in Psychology (University of South Florida)
What do you do for OBIA? I build and maintain database objects used by our analysts for state/federal reporting, institutional surveys, and internal/external analytics projects. I develop processes to audit and improve the integrity of data elements brought together from different systems.
What is your favorite Star Trek series? Deep Space Nine. Hands down. If you like Star Trek but not DS9, you need to binge DS9 from the beginning and reconsider.
What’s your favorite band? Reel Big Fish!

Education: MBA, The College of Saint Rose, NY
What is your role in the Budget Office and how long have you been here? I was born and raised in upstate New York. I came to Utah for a job (well, really to ski) and I like here so much (especially when it snows) that I’ve stayed for over ten years.
What do you do for OBIA? Reporting for state and federal agencies, accreditation and state program reviews, reporting to ranking agencies like U.S. News, create public dashboards, provide analyses for decision-making.
What’s the best thing about the U? The U has such a broad reach that its impact is huge. It seems like everyone has a connection to the U and from a data perspective, it’s really fun to work on such a wide variety of projects and data sets.
When did you first know you loved numbers? The first time I was able to answer a question based on data was an eye-opening moment. It’s rewarding to be able to prove or dispel anecdotal evidence and contribute to decision-making based on data.
Where is your dream travel destination? The top of any mountain where there’s snow. Heli-skiing in Alaska is on my bucket list.