Strategy & Partnerships

Led by Isaac Mankita, Business and Finance Analyst, an Agile Collaborative Team (ACT) is a cross-functional team charged with exploring a critical strategic challenge that will transform the way we work and/or deliver services. ACTs advise the Executive Leadership Team (ExLT) on emerging priorities and provide a mechanism to better support the campus's strategic goals.

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Casey Hennig is the One IT Program Manager, overseeing the Campus One IT Strategic Plan by connecting IT and IT-adjacent Units across Berkeley to build community, increase collaboration, and improve IT services coordination and efficiencies to provide the best possible service to all. Areas of focus:

• Guide the strategic planning process.
• Host One IT events including the monthly CIO Open Forum.
• Promote professional development and other learning opportunities to the One IT community.
• Manage the UC Berkeley MOR Leaders Program (MLP) and theUC-systemwide program: Lead From Where You Are.

Rita Rosenthal, Director of Communications, leads this team to help connect our campus community to our services, communicating change, sharing news, and promoting events. We build community and more collaborative networks by engaging with campus partners through our One IT movement and committees we are members of on-campus, UC-wide, and in key higher ed spaces. Services include:

• Communications Strategy - We work with internal clients and campus partners to develop integrated strategic marketing and communications plans when there is a need to reach a campus-wide audience. 
• Online Presence - We promote IT services, communicate changes in technology and new features as well as share news and events through the Technology@Berkeley website. We manage the IT Service Catalog, collaborating with service owners to keep their content updated in both the catalog and in the Knowledge Base. 
• Writing & Editing - We offer writing services for the Office of the CIO with a multi-channel marketing approach in mind: email communications and e-newsletters, print collateral, infographics, news features, social media, and other online content. 
• Graphic & Web Design - We help visually communicate and simplify complex or technical info for the campus community by providing graphic design services. From presentations to our online presence (e.g., buttons, banners, infographics, or fully designed Web pages), and related print materials (e.g., posters, handouts, brochures).
• Event Promotion - We help to promote events planned by Berkeley IT units, IT staff organizations, and other campus partners.
• Print Collateral - We are available to consult with Berkeley IT units on print pieces that may be needed as part of a larger communications campaign or one-off flyers and handouts.

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Bill Allison is UC Berkeley's Chief Technology Officer with responsibility for leading the University's overall technology architecture strategy. He leads cross-functional initiatives with IT directors that simplify, modernize, standardize, and evolve the University's technology infrastructure and IT roadmap. He is also the convener of the Berkeley IT Architecture Review Board and co-chairs the campus IT Architecture and Infrastructure Committee. Areas of focus:

• AI at UC Berkeley | AI Community
• Cloud Center
• CTO Resource Center
• Data Center & Cloud Services Strategy Roadmap

Robin Pappas is the IT Governance Program Manager who collaborates with stakeholders and IT partners to envision and implement planning and prioritization processes that ensure IT investments are aligned to and advance the missions and strategy of UC Berkeley. Key functions in this role:

• Strategic Alignment - Ensure that IT supports University and campus strategies, initiatives, and business needs.
• Process & Policy Oversight - Maintain structures, policies, and activities that increase the value of IT.
• Resource Prioritization - Link IT activity to campus outcomes through effective resource distribution.

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 Jenny Bombasaro Brady is the IT Policy Program Manager leading multi-party engagement in crafting IT policy that meets institutional imperatives while protecting and reflecting UC Berkeley’s values. Key functions in this role are to support:

• Strategic Alignment - Convene and lead campus stakeholders in authoring, revising, and rescinding campus IT policies that support University and campus strategies, initiatives, and business needs.
• Policy and Process Oversight - Create change management processes to support education and policy implementation, both UC-wide and at UC Berkeley.
• Communications Strategy - Lead cohesive and coordinated IT policy communication and adoption strategy across IT's responsible offices. 

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