New Leadership Positions in ISC
Robin Beck, associate vice president, ISC, will assume responsibility on August 1, as Deputy Vice President for Information Systems and Computing. The senior staff of ISC will report to Ms. Beck and she will have overall responsibility for planning, personnel, and budget in ISC.  
Mike Palladino, executive director of ISC Networking, will be promoted to associate vice president, Information Systems and Computing, as of July 1. Mr. Palladino will become chair of the Network Planning Task Force and will have expanded responsibility in the areas of networking and telecommunication for the University.  

 The realignment in ISC comes at a time when Vice Provost for Information Systems and Computing Jim O'Donnell has accepted the opportunity to serve as Visiting Professor of Classics at Yale University for the academic year 2000-2001. Dr. O'Donnell will continue in his capacity as Vice Provost, involved in strategic issues in an advisory capacity to both Provost Robert Barchi and EVP John Fry. Dr. O'Donnell will travel back and forth to Penn and will also "telecommute" on a regular basis while at Yale. He will remain particularly involved in issues involving academic policy or practice.

"We have made great strides in building ISC into an IT organization that ranks with the best," said Dr. O'Donnell. "The challenges are, first, to keep it that way and to keep improving; and, second, to help Penn now move aggressively to rethink itself as an institution of the information age. The expanded roles for Robin and Mike recognize their extraordinary contributions to our achievements of recent years and position them and us for continued leadership, innovation and service delivery in the years to come."


Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 32, May 9, 2000

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