I would like to welcome Amanda Fratticcioli as our new Director of Operations. Amanda will ensure that our organization runs in concert with university strategy and aligned with our priorities, streamline our business practices and project management processes, develop our communication strategy, and serve as a thought partner and leader for me and the senior leadership team. She will report directly to me in this role and will oversee our communications, finance, HR, and project management practices.

Amanda joins us from Northeastern University, where she was the Head of the Office of the CIO, IT Operations, and the Global Network. During her time at Northeastern, Amanda lead enterprise-wide initiatives, orchestrated alignment of CIO strategic priorities and roadmap across the organization and critical business partners, led large scale IT M&A projects, and was instrumental in digitally transforming Northeastern and its global network.

While Amanda has only appreciation for cats, she is a dog lover! Amanda is the proud parent of Stash (4 yr. old mini Aussiedoodle) and Bronte (2 yr. old Bernedoodle), who she assures us are spoiled regularly. While Amanda is looking forward to the Texas heat, these two are not. You will have to share your tips on how to keep these puppies cool in the Austin summer!

Please join me in welcoming Amanda to our team! We are happy that she has chosen to work with us, and I look forward to advancing the overall operations of the Office of the VPT and CIO. I know Amanda will fit in with our team and I hope all of you take a minute to introduce yourself. Amanda will be relocating to Austin and will begin on June 3, 2024 and her office will be in UTA.