Jacob Chandler
Director Information Technology - Enterprise Services
chandler@shsu.edu
936-294-3160

Current tasks include database design, implementation, and maintenance as well as web programming using primarily PHP. Jacob has been employed by SHSU since June 2001. Jacob received a Bachelor of Science degree (Chemistry major, Math minor, Computer Science Minor) in August of 2000 and his MS in Computer Science December 2004.

LaDonna Pesek
Administrative Coordinator
lsw003@shsu.edu
936-294-4035

Jim Gross
Senior ERP Analyst
jfg009@shsu.edu
936-294-3063

Jim comes from Texas Tech University, where he implemented Cognos and SunGard Banner. He work with the departments across campus to see how he could improve their business by utilizing technology. In short, Jim is a programmer that can speak to regular folks. His focus is reporting and business process refinement.

Daniel Mendoza
Programmer Analyst III
djm016@shsu.edu
936-294-4145

Daniel received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University Of Kansas and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma. He graduated from the Electronic Data Systems’ Systems Engineer Development Program and has worked as a mainframe programmer for EDS, City of Arlington Texas, Tenneco Business Services, and as consultant at JP Morgan Chase, Fidelity Investments and at the Texas State Comptroller’s Office. Daniel programs in COBOL for the Nell SHSU menu system.

Michael Burns
Programmer Analyst I
STDMRB18@shsu.edu
936-294-3267

Casey Campbell
Programmer Analyst IV
casey@shsu.edu
936-294-1691

Creates and maintains COBOL programs on Nell for Faculty and Staff. Casey's primary responsibility is the University Payroll system. Casey has worked for Information Technology since 1997 and has a degree in computer science with a minor in business.

Eric Amason
Programmer Analyst I
eea004@shsu.edu

Kelly Bentsen
Programmer Analyst II
ucs_klb@shsu.edu
936-294-1863

Main responsibilities include converting Nell Administrative Programs to a Graphical Interface for the Sam Menu and maintaining programs that are currently on the Sam Menu. Kelly is working towards her Bachelor's degree in CS at Sam. Kelly started at the University in 2002.

Suzette Kohers
Software Development Coordinator II
skohers@shsu.edu
936-294-1854

Suzette has worked for the University since 1987. She worked as a student programmer/analyst for a year and then went full-time in June of 1988. She received her B.S. degree in May of 1988 in Computer Science and Mathematics.
She got her MBA in December of 1991. She was awarded Staff Excellence (voted on by fellow workers across campus) in 1999. She also served as the chair of the Administrative Issues Committee on the Staff Council from September 2003 through August of 2005 (the first two years of the Staff Council's existence at SHSU). Suzette is the team leader for the administrative programming team that writes programs/systems for the Nell SHSU menu system (Dec Cobol - VMS). She leads several full-time programmers and a few student programmers. The main areas on campus that she currently deals with are the student receipt system and business office/admin accounting office financial software programs/systems. She also helps to maintain the student registration system among many other Registrar office functions. She is a backup for the payroll system and the financial aid software system (among others).

Angela Whitlock
Programmer Analyst IV
ucs_asw@shsu.edu
936-294-3952

Angela is responsible for creating and supporting adminstrative applications on Nell. Her primary area of focus is the financial aid system. Angela has been working for Information Technology since 1997. She has a BS in Computer Science.

Robert Koog
Programmer Analyst II
ucs_rhk@shsu.edu
936-294-4881

Robert handles most requests of information from our system requested by sources outside the University via Buckley requests from the Registrar's office. He also handles requests from Property, Institutional Research, Criminal Justice for Veterans, and requests for information about graduating seniors. Robert has been working for Information Technology since 1998. He has a BS in mathematics and is working toward a MS in Computer Science.

Michael E. Taylor
Database Development Coordinator I
ucs_met@shsu.edu
936-294-4753

Mike is a COBOL programmer. He started as a student employee. Mike received his bachelor's degree from SHSU and is working on his Masters.

David Combs
Database Administrator II
dfc002@shsu.edu
936-294-3953

Matt McKnight
Database Administrator II
mtm002@shsu.edu
936-294-1175

Matt is a PHP programmer supporting SamWeb applications. He started as a student worker at the Helpdesk in July 2006, received his Bachelors degree from SHSU in 2007, started working in administrative programming in May of 2007 as a student worker, and joined full time in August 2007.

Brian Tipton
Software Development Coordinator I
ucs_bmt@shsu.edu
936-294-3139

Brian (Tip) is a programmer supporting and creating PHP applications. He started in the department as a student operator in 2000, received his Bachelor's degree from SHSU in 2002, and joined the fulltime staff in January 2003.

Elizabeth Pratt
Programmer Analyst IV
ekp002@shsu.edu
936-294-2351

Colt Ramsden
Programmer Analyst II
ctr002@shsu.edu
936-294-4488

Colt is working towards a degree in Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration. His primary responsibilities include planning, developing, and maintaining web programs and also providing technical support to the end-users of those programs. Additionally, Colt is mentoring of and providing assistance to our PHP student workers.

Brent Campbell
Programmer Analyst II
bjc005@shsu.edu
936-294-3951

Brent is working with Cobol programs, and is a May 2006 cum laude SHSU Computing Science graduate.

Qiyu (Robert) Li
Database Administrator II
qxl001@shsu.edu
936-294-2699

Qiyu (Robert) joined Information Technology at SHSU in May of 2009, he is currently working as a client servant for Institutional Research and Assessment Office. His interests are Data Mining and Business Intelligence for institutions.

Andrew Pilling
Programmer Analyst I
aap006@shsu.edu
936-294-4146

Maintain and modify Dec Cobol programs. Assisting with the conversion of programs from Dec Cobol to the sammenu which involves converting the program code to acucobol and/or sp2.
Andrew Pilling started working for Information Technology as a student worker for the systems area in April of 2001. He started full-time as a Computer Systems Technician for the adminstrative programming area in October 2006. He is currently working on his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Management Information Systems.