Marie Riley Named as Research Technologies Liaison
Marie Riley transitioned to the IT Services research and academic technologies team as a research technologies liaison on Nov. 1. In this role, Riley will assist IT leadership in developing and implementing organizational effectiveness, business process review, and talent development strategies. She will also communicate research technology support services available to the research community.
"Marie's role will provide a dedicated focus on communication and outreach to the research community regarding research technologies services," Ian Czarnezki, associate chief information officer of research and academic technologies, said. "We are excited to have her join the team."
Riley has more than 20 years of experience leading teams of application administrators and end-user support professionals at the University of Arkansas. She has established governance, security and support standards for applications such as SharePoint, OUCampus, Adobe, Lynda.com (now Linkedin Learning) and Office 365. She recently assisted with the implementation of the IT asset management process, which includes procurement and property accounting integration as well as operations and infrastructure process alignment. Riley won the U of A HR Employee of the Quarter award in 2016.
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Rachel Gerner, content strategist
Information Technology Services
479-387-3824,
rgerner@uark.edu
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