Larry Hughes

Email: lehughes5@wisc.edu

Address:
_________
Integration Team Lead

Biography

[to be added]

2024 Session

Efficiency through collaboration: Building the Foundation Data Model mapping solution

2022 Sessions

Efficiency through collaboration: Building the Foundation Data Model mapping solution

Bret Huisenga

Credentials: (He/Him)

Email: huisenga@wisc.edu

Address:
Division of Information Technology
Software Engineer

Biography

Bret Huisenga is a Software Engineer for the Web and Mobile Solutions (WaMS) team within DoIT at UW-Madison, where he solves campus problems through the development of web-based solutions. With over a decade of experience, Bret transitioned to IT after earning his Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from UW-Madison in 2012. He is dedicated to driving technological innovation and enhancing user experiences on campus through automation and thoughtful design. Outside of work, Bret enjoys a variety of nerdy hobbies, including role-playing games, video games, 3D printing, and painting miniatures.

2024 Session

Efficiency through collaboration: Building the Foundation Data Model mapping solution

Hussein, Hallah

Hallah Hussein

Email: hallah.hussien@wisc.edu

Biography

[tbd]

2024 Session

Enhancing cloud security: From basics to advanced strategies

Imamura, Tomomi

Tomomi Imamura

Credentials: (She/Her)

Email: tomomi.imamura@wisc.edu

Address:
Division of Information Technology - Office of the Chief Technology Officer
Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect

Biography

Tomomi Imamura is the Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect at the Office of Chief Technology Officer at UW-Madison. Her role focuses on assisting with strategic efforts in architecting enterprise cybersecurity infrastructure for institutional projects. To support her strong desire to serve the campus and higher education community, she engages with national higher education community groups to learn about strategic cybersecurity initiatives and best practices from around the country. She also offers her expertise in cybersecurity in higher education community to help improve cybersecurity posture in higher education. Before her current role, she led the Security Testing and Cyber Defense team at the Office of Cybersecurity at UW-Madison. She led the team that supports campus cybersecurity services such as vulnerability management, endpoint protection, network firewall security consultation, data loss prevention, and penetration testing. Tomomi is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT) and Network Penetration Tester (GPEN). She also holds AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certifications. She completed the Big Ten Academic Alliance Information Technology Leaders Program (ITLP) in 2015. She is fluent in both Japanese and English. In her free time, she loves to cook Japanese food and enjoy biking.

Jochimsen, Phil

Phil Jochimsen

Credentials: (He/Him)

Email: phil.jochimsen@wisc.edu

Address:
Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
Enterprise Internet Services (EIS)
Application Infrastructure Services (AIS)
DevOps Engineer

Biography

Phil Jochimsen has worked at the University for the past 19 years in various capacities dealing with web servers and web technologies. He has a passion for all things DevSecOps and loves the challenge of trying to continually ask better questions.

2025 Sessions

Getting Started with Gitlab CI, Gitlab Runners and Ansible

Networking and Games

2024 Sessions

DNS and you: A primer on website names

Quit holding it in: How to have productive conflict in your conversations

2023 Sessions

Intro to AWS Billing
AWS WAF Lessons Learned (aka: How to use data driven decision making when All The Bots Are Out To Get You)

2022 Sessions

Development, Security and Operations Working Together for UW Madison
How to use Qualys Cloud Agent’s VMDR Dashboard
Securing Your AWS Web Resources

2021 Sessions

Why DNS Automation is Amazing (with Live Q&A)
Considering the True Cost of Every Website/Webapp (with Live Q&A)
Lunchtime Communities of Practice (CoPs) Drop-In Session

2020 Sessions

Intro to Terraform and Infrastructure As Code
AWS Logs/Metrics/Alarms Oh My! (Flash Talk)

2019 Sessions

How to WP SES in AWS to win at DMARC
Value Chain Mapping: Visually Planning System Improvements

2018 Sessions

IT Isn’t Wrong #2
Up your Game: Leveraging Models and Concepts to Increase your Effectiveness (15 mins)

Johnson, Julie

Julie Johnson

Credentials: (She/Her)

Email: julie.v.johnson@wisc.edu

Address:
Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
Office of Cybersecurity
Security Analyst - Testing and Cyber Defense

Biography

I earned BA in communication in 1989, MA in Journalism in 1991. In 2015 I returned to school and earned an Associates in Network Security. My first IT job was a Security Administrator at WEDC, followed by a Help Desk role at American Family Insurance. My current title is Security Analyst II in Testing and Cyber Defense.

When making a living in Journalism proved difficult, and I begun to explore options in Information Technology, my interests were broad. At one point I created a spreadsheet to compare the value of each IT program offered by Madison Area Technical College. Network Security came out at 99.8%, and Web Developer came out at 99.7%! Obviously, that was a difficult decision, and I never lost interest in code, although I had to focus on security first.

Once employed, I continued to take MATC classes, eventually completing a second program, Web Development. That included a course in Agile Methodology, and I realized that way of thinking and managing workflows could apply to security, and many other areas.

One of the highlights of my time at MATC was an Honors Project titled Security for Developers, and I knew it was only the beginning of my focus on the subject. When I addressed a group of development students and showed them how secure development can prevent cybercrime, development instructor Paula Waite encouraged me to study the concept farther. This included a second Honors Project, titled The Fortress, which put secure design concepts into practice in code. My long-term goal is the CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional) which is in the same certification family as CISSP but focused on secure development.

2024 Session

Agile beyond software development: Understanding Agile’s versatility

2023 Session

Ethical Hacking – How it Helps IT Security

2022 Session

Development, Security and Operations Working Together for UW Madison

2021 Session

Ransomware – How it Works and How to Stop it (with Live Q&A)

2020 Session

Development and Cybersecurity – Parts of the Same Team

Kambs, Jill

Jill Kambs

Credentials: (She/Her)

Email: jill.kambs@wisc.edu

Address:
UW-Madison Libraries - UW Digital Collections Center
UW Digital Collections Production Manager

Biography

Jill Kambs is the project manager for the UW Digital Collections Center within the UW-Madison Libraries, where she leads project development, team and partner communications, and production operations for the Center. Prior to this role, Jill managed the Mellon Foundation grant project, “Coordinating Cultural Heritage Collections at UW-Madison” with the Libraries and the Chazen Museum of Art, and she also served as a technology and user experience consultant for the Madison Public Library.

Before transitioning to the library and information technology field, Jill had careers in art education and curation. She has more than a decade of teaching experience in higher education and several years of experience managing collections and curating exhibitions. This background in classroom teaching and design thinking inform how she manages projects and facilitates collaborations with different stakeholder groups.

2024 Session

Museums and libraries: A roadmap for collaboration

Kuzuhara, Carolyn

Carolyn Kuzuhara

Credentials: (She/Her)

Email: ckuzuhara@wisc.edu

Address:
Office of Human Resources - Talent Acquisition
Job Rotation Program Manager - IT Track

Biography

Carolyn Kuzuhara currently works within the Office of Human Resources as a Job Rotation Program Manager for the IT track. She has been in this role for a little over a year when the IT track was first added to the program. While being newer to campus in an employee role, she did graduate from UW-Madison with her Bachelor’s in Communications and Certificate in Southeast Asian studies. In her role, she helps support the JRP by actively recruiting IT rotators, welcoming and onboarding rotators every July, co-leading bi-weekly cohort meetings, meeting with rotators 1:1, and connecting with host units across campus. Prior to this, she worked at the State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration, where she did recruitments and hiring for IT divisions.

2024 Session

Job Rotation Program Information Session

Levesque, Henry

Henry Levesque

Credentials: (He/Him)

Email: levesquehenry@gmail.com

Address:
University of Cincinnati Graduate College
Presidential Fellow

Biography

Henry Levesque has a Bachelor of Science in Comprehensive Design from Indiana University and a Masters of Design from the University of Cincinnati. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Regional Development Planning at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) and a Presidential Fellow at the University of Cincinnati Graduate College. His research focuses on social impact design, equity, accessibility, technology, and sustainability. His current research is in how technology can enable accessibility in future smart cities. He works as a graduate assistant in the University of Cincinnati Digital Futures, Future Mobility Design Lab, and at the University of Cincinnati Center for DAAP Innovation and Research as well as working as an Adjunct Instructor of design at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.

2024 Session

I asked ChatGPT to write this presentation

Lin, Brian

Brian Lin

Credentials: (He/Him)

Email: brian.lin@wisc.edu

Address:
Center for High-Throughput Computing
Infrastructure Services Lead

Biography

Brian Lin is the CHTC Infrastructure Services Lead and has worked at the Center for over 10 years. He works on providing and expanding access to computational resources that allow researchers around the world to push the frontiers of human knowledge. His team is responsible for over 1300 servers, maintaining services for the national cyber infrastructure, and distributing a software stack for global research communities.

2024 Session

Operations at the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC)

2023 Session

Gap to the Future: Conducting a Gap Analysis to Identify Team Specific DEIB Strategies