Leadership Team
The Financial Systems Modernization Leadership Team is responsible for the day-to-day oversight and leadership of the project. Each team member manages one or more workstreams (subprojects), ensuring they are achieved on time and in collaboration with all other workstreams. The leadership team reports directly to Mark Schulz in his role as the Project Manager for the overall modernization project.
| Name | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|
| David Gutierrez | Director | System Enterprise Applications-Business Intelligence |
| Lallah Howard | Senior Director | System Enterprise Applications |
| Scott Johns | Software Applications Develop IV | FAMIS Services |
| Marc Moore | Director | Enterprise Software Initiatives |
| Mark Schulz | Deputy Chief Information Officer | System Enterprise Applications |
| Freda Strzelec | Director | FAMIS Services |
| Terry Tatum | Executive Director | Office of Information Technology |
Executive Sponsors
The Executive Sponsors are the voice of the project. They provide the key message to our members on the business reason we are doing this project. Our primary sponsors, Joseph Duron and Mark Stone will be key to ensuring our members embrace the change and understand the impact.
Each of our Executive Sponsors are actively engaged in the project and committed to it’s success. The executive sponsors:
- Participate in periodic meetings
- Provide feedback and guidance on high level decisions and issues
- Provide advice and direction on training and communications
- Provide advice and direction on Phase III – Modernization plans
- Establish a commitment to change management
- Actively advocate for the project
- Clearly articulate the business case for the project
- Present updates at strategic meetings
- Present at other functions across the System
- Review and sign high level communications to be broadly distributed across the A&M System
| Name | Title | Member |
|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Carter-Horn | Senior Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer | Prairie View A&M University |
| Lori Beaty | Vice President for Finance and Administration | Tarleton State University |
| Bea Blomquist | Business Coordinator for President and Provost | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
| Todd Lutz | Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer | Texas A&M University-Central Texas |
| Joseph Dunn | Assistant Vice Chancellor | Texas A&M Engineering |
| Chesney Cote (Ex Officio) | Internal Audit | A&M System |
| Joseph Duron | Executive Director, Budget and Account | A&M System |
| John McCall | Associate Vice President and Controller | Texas A&M University |
| Vic Seidel | Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance & Operations | Texas A&M AgriLife |
| Annette Shenkir | Associate Vice President, Research | Texas A&M University |
| Mark Stone | Chief Information Officer | A&M System |
Project Team
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Alicia Meza | Software Applications Developer; TAMUS |
| Dan Hargrove | Assistant Director, Office of Information Technology; TAMUS |
| Dewayne Kessner | Assistant Director, Office of Information Technology; TAMUS |
| Edward Bodiford | Software Applications Developer; TAMUS |
| Gene Wisniewski | Software Applications Developer; TAMUS |
| Gregory Nolen | Software Applications Developer; TAMUS |
| Jesse Olivarez | Software Applications Developer; TAMUS |
| Kristin McCarty | Software Applications Developer; TAMUS |
| Rick Nace | Database Administrator; TAMUS |
| Scott Johns | Software Applications Developer; TAMUS |
| Susan Pate | IT Manager; TAMUS |
AFR Project Team
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Adam Velas | Senior Financial Systems Consultant; EGP |
| Brad Berryman | Project Manager; EGP |
| Damaris Estrella | EGP |
| Jason Kaber | Director; Black Diamond |
| Jiying Yu | Financial Analyst III; TAMUS |
| Joe Tomlin | Director; Black Diamond |
| John Sheldon | President; EGP |
| Jun Binghay | Black Diamond |
| Kathleen Kissam | VP, Managing Director of CPM Solutions; EGP |
| Lallah Howard | Senior Director; TAMUS |
| Mark Schulz | Deputy CIO; TAMUS |
| Rob Snelson | Manager; Black Diamond |
| Teresa Edwards | Controller; TAMUS |
| Tracy Crowley | Associate Director, Financial Reporting; TAMUS |