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Leadership, Sponsors and Team Members

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.

Project Leadership
NameTitleDepartment
David GutierrezDirectorSystem Enterprise Applications-Business Intelligence
Lallah HowardSenior DirectorSystem Enterprise Applications
Scott JohnsSoftware Applications Develop IVFAMIS Services
Marc MooreDirectorEnterprise Software Initiatives
Mark SchulzDeputy Chief Information OfficerSystem Enterprise Applications
Freda StrzelecDirectorFAMIS Services
Terry TatumExecutive DirectorOffice of Information Technology

Executive Sponsors

  • Role
  • Responsibilities

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
Executive Sponsors
NameTitleMember
Cynthia Carter-HornSenior Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial OfficerPrairie View A&M University
Lori BeatyVice President for Finance and Administration
Tarleton State University
Bea BlomquistBusiness Coordinator for President and Provost
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Todd LutzVice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Texas A&M University-Central Texas
Joseph Dunn
Assistant Vice ChancellorTexas 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 ShenkirAssociate Vice President, Research
Texas A&M University
Mark Stone
Chief Information Officer
A&M System

Project Team

Team Members
NameRole
Alicia MezaSoftware Applications Developer; TAMUS
Dan HargroveAssistant Director, Office of Information Technology; TAMUS
Dewayne KessnerAssistant Director, Office of Information Technology; TAMUS
Edward BodifordSoftware Applications Developer; TAMUS
Gene WisniewskiSoftware Applications Developer; TAMUS
Gregory NolenSoftware Applications Developer; TAMUS
Jesse OlivarezSoftware Applications Developer; TAMUS
Kristin McCartySoftware Applications Developer; TAMUS
Rick NaceDatabase Administrator; TAMUS
Scott JohnsSoftware Applications Developer; TAMUS
Susan PateIT Manager; TAMUS

AFR Project Team

AFR Team Members
NameRole
Adam VelasSenior Financial Systems Consultant; EGP
Brad BerrymanProject Manager; EGP
Damaris EstrellaEGP
Jason KaberDirector; Black Diamond
Jiying YuFinancial Analyst III; TAMUS
Joe TomlinDirector; Black Diamond
John SheldonPresident; EGP
Jun BinghayBlack Diamond
Kathleen KissamVP, Managing Director of CPM Solutions; EGP
Lallah HowardSenior Director; TAMUS
Mark SchulzDeputy CIO; TAMUS
Rob SnelsonManager; Black Diamond
Teresa EdwardsController; TAMUS
Tracy CrowleyAssociate Director, Financial Reporting; TAMUS

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