Tamara Closs Named Associate Vice President for Operations

July 30, 2008

Brian Roberts, CIO and Vice President for Information Technology announced Tamara Closs, M.A. has accepted the position of Associate Vice President for Operations, Information Technology Services (ITS). She starts in her new position on September 1, 2008.

“I am very pleased that Tamara will be joining us at The University of Texas at Austin. I am certain her knowledge, expertise and leadership in the field of higher education information technology management will help ITS achieve its goals of operational and organizational excellence.” She will be responsible for the major technical functions of ITS including networking, applications, infrastructure, and systems.

Tamara joins ITS after serving as Assistant Vice President, Communications & Systems Infrastructure in the Office of Information Technology at Duke University. In that position she was responsible for mission critical IT infrastructure resources and services. As a key member of the IT leadership team, she developed programs, goals, objectives, policies and agendas for all operations, programs, services and events. She was frequently called on to serve as a consultant on critical IT issues for the university’s Senior Leadership Team.

A graduate of The University of Maryland with a Master of General Administration, Financial Management, Tamara has worked in higher education information technology most of her career. She joins LB Brady, AVP, Business Services and Terry Tatum, AVP Customer Services to complete the senior leadership team for ITS.