University 2.0 The New World of Work
Bringing Business Benefits from SOA, Web 2.0, EA and Lean Administration in a University Environment
With the new ways of work that are facing every individual and organisation, change is being introduced at a rate never seen before. This change is breaking down organizational and technology barriers. Cardiff University have taken steps to meet the challenges brought about by this change by pushing forward a University led programme of work called the Modern IT Working Environment (MWE). The aim of this session is to explain the process that Cardiff University has gone through to create an SOA based environment which will offer services (both internal and external services) for all its members of Staff, Students (Current, Potential and Alumni) and Researchers. The MWE vision is to deliver individually-tailored secure and seamless access to information and applications that a person needs to perform their University role at anytime, from anywhere and via any supported device. |
Speaker: Simon Vaughan
A graduate of the University of Wales, Simon is an experienced, business focused, IT professional with extensive public and private sector IT management expertise. Simon joined Cardiff University in May 2005. As Programme Director for the Modern IT Working Environment , he has played a leading role in the implementation of this major IT enabled change programme. He also manages a team of over 60 IT professionals who are responsible for the development and delivery of all corporate information systems within the University (finance, HR, payroll, student records, Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard) and the library management systems). Simon is also member of the JISC JIEE committee and provides input at a sector level on developments around the e-framework and other important sector level initiatives. Before joining Cardiff University, he was Global IT Services Director for a multinational US manufacturing company and prior to that, he spent 10 years in a variety of IT roles at Sony Manufacturing. Married with 2 children, he is a passionate follower of Liverpool Football Club and Welsh rugby! Speaker profile last updated 12th November, 2008 |
