Workshop 9: Career Skills Workshop: It's Not the Tech That Makes Senior Admins, It's the Experience

Workshop
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 9:00am-12:30pm

Jackson

David Parter, University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Sciences Department

Abstract: 

This workshop will focus on career skills. Participants will engage in a number of exercises and share their experiences of situations and tools that work—and don't work—for different situations we encounter at work in our career. Topics may include:

  • Communication skills—in different formats and for different purposes and people
  • Effective and clear decision-making
  • Process improvement
  • Time management and setting priorities
  • Interviewing and being interviewed
  • Customer service
  • Teamwork and team roles
  • Other topics of interest to the participants

David Parter, University of Wisconsin–Madison Computer Sciences Department

David is the IT Director for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Sciences Department, where he was a senior system administrator and Associate Director. In addition to IT leadership within the CS Department, he is an active participant in campus-level IT leadership and governance. David was Program Chair for LISA '99, and served on the SAGE Executive Committee and the LOPSA Board of Directors. He is also a hockey player and referee, and a private pilot.

BibTeX
@conference {208677,
author = {David Parter},
title = {Workshop 9: Career Skills Workshop: It{\textquoteright}s Not the Tech That Makes Senior Admins, It{\textquoteright}s the Experience},
year = {2015},
address = {Washington, D.C.},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = nov
}
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