Tadd Smejkal has been selected as Director of DoIT’s Systems Engineering & Operations (SEO); Joe Tarter has been selected as Director of DoIT’s Application Infrastructure Services (AIS).
Tadd Smejkal, SEO director
Tadd will lead the SEO department, which provides a core set of IT services including virtualization (private cloud), critical infrastructure, application hosting, systems administration, enterprise storage, backup and archive, data center services, IT service and incident management, public cloud engineering and provisioning, 24/7 operations, and digital publishing and printing services.
“I’m excited to be joining the Systems Engineering and Operations team, particularly during this transformative time of cloud technologies, hybrid IT concepts and ‘DevSecOps’ culture gaining traction,” Tadd said. “We have incredible opportunities to partner with campus, UW System and DoIT to develop the next generation of IT infrastructure solutions. Systems Engineering and Operations will be a key participant in that transformation.”
Read the full announcement about Tadd’s selection.
Joe Tarter, AIS director
Joe Tarter will lead the AIS department, which provides infrastructure, platforms and services necessary to build, manage, host, discover and interconnect applications and websites within campus and with the broader community.
“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to assume the permanent role of Director of Application Infrastructure Services,” said Joe. “This is an incredible time of rapid change on campus and across the IT industry. I’m eager to contribute to a cultural transformation, striving to empower all to lend their voices and their actions towards a user-centric approach to innovative technology in support of UW–Madison.”
Read the full announcement about Joe’s selection.
Congratulations Tadd & Joe!