IT Organization

Associate Vice President for Information Technology (CIO)

Ray Ford Associate Vice President for Information Technology (CIO) Professor of Computer Science Social Science 126 Phone: (406) 243-2964 Fax: (406) 243-6379 ray.ford@umontana.edu Resume - long form	Ray Ford without beard	Ray Ford with beard

UM Briefings & Presentations

• Montana University System networking report, November, 2009
• Rich Schiesser campus visit and public lecture, September 11-12, 2008
• Web 2.0 presentation
  This presentation covering various aspects of "The Social Web" was delivered to the Information Technology Council January 23, 2008.
• Middleware Roadmap
  Last spring, central IT formed a Directory Services group under the direction of Gary Trethewey to focus on development and support of central directories and middleware services. One of the group’s first actions was to define a roadmap for UM’s deployment of local, multi-campus and global directory and middleware services. The initial version of the roadmap is now available online.
• Internet2 CEO Douglas Van Houweling lectures at UM, Sept. 17-18, 2007
• 2007 Administrative Retreat IT Update (PowerPoint, 08/07)
• FY08 IT Project Overview/Preview (Word, 08/07)
• FY07 Student Computer Fee Equipment and Employment Allocations
  Memo sent to deans, directors and recipients of student computer fee funds April 2, 2007
• Connection between CyberInfrastructure, Bandwidth, and SCAUIDs (PowerPoint, 01/07)
  A briefing to the College of Health Professions and Biomedical Science Retreat outlining how local efforts to increase the external bandwidth to/from campus and standardize accounts on use of SCAUIDs relates to national efforts involving "cyberinfratructure."
• Connection between CyberInfrastructure, Bandwidth, and SCAUIDs (PowerPoint, 12/06)
  A briefing to the Executive Officers and Academic Officers outlining how local efforts to increase the external bandwidth to/from campus and standardize accounts on use of SCAUIDs relates to national efforts involving "cyberinfratructure."
  • Campus Network Evolution diagram (PDF, 11/06/06)
• SCAUID Password Expiration/Reset (11/06)
  • Account/Password Management Evolution diagram (PDF, 11/28/06)
  • Account/Password Management Successes/Failures diagram (PDF, 11/28/06)

Northern Tier Networking Reports and Contributions