Biography

Bridget Nettesheim is a member of the ATP Finance team where she has been working with the General Ledger team as a business analyst helping to design future state processes for accounting transactions and the Foundation Data Model. Prior to ATP, Bridget worked for UW-Madison Business Services on the ShopUW+ implementation and in Research and Sponsored Programs. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, baking, hiking and spending time with her family.

2024 Session

Efficiency through collaboration: Building the Foundation Data Model mapping solution

Biography

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2024 Session

Static Web Hosting in AWS with OpenID Connect

Biography

I am a Research Cyberinfrastructure consultant at the Department of Information Technology. One of the main goals of this position is to help the researcher with public cloud technologies at UW-Madison. I am trained as an atmospheric scientist, have researched and analyzed meteorological data (field and model data), and have worked on modeling efforts to understand the hydrological cycle. I spent many years in the private industry (for-profit and non-profit) as a software engineer, building commercial websites and statistical software and managing clinical trial management systems. I was an infrastructure and middleware (managed web application servers and deployed/troubleshot applications) admin for the state government and the university. I designed and maintained infrastructure and supported the applications.

I published articles and presented at conferences and user group meetings. As a volunteer, I reviewed books and live books for Manning.com and helped with the UW data carpentry. I also served as a mentor for academic staff for two years.

Over the past few years, I have contributed to developing the UW-Madison cloud community. This group serves as a platform for researchers and UW-Madison staff to exchange ideas and foster a dynamic learning environment for cloud computing and operations. I am also a member of the Machine Learning community organized by the UW-Madison Data Carpentry group, following my passion for collaborative learning and innovation.

2024 Sessions

Using large language models in meteorological fact-finding

Building cloud community at UW–Madison

Biography

Scott Prater is the Digital Library Architect for the UW Madison Libraries.  He has been in the library technology field for thirty years, working where systems, infrastructure, software development, project management, and library IT strategy overlap.

2024 Session

Museums and libraries: A roadmap for collaboration

Biography

Mark Rickenbach is the interim vice chancellor for research policy and integrity. In this role he oversees financial and institution conflicts of interest, research security, and export control. He is also the research integrity officer handling allegations of research misconduct and fostering responsible and ethical conduct of research. He is a professor in the Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology focused on the intersection of policy and practice in forest and related ecosystems. He has served as a department chair and as an associate dean.

2024 Session

Understanding the New Federal Requirements for Research Security

Biography

Kelly Rivera is the Lead Cloud Engineer of the UW Madison DoIT Public Cloud Team. She graduated from Madison College with a degree in Web Software development. After graduation, Kelly worked in private industry for a local software company as a Cloud Engineer where she honed her skills in cloud management, automation, and infrastructure as code including Terraform. 

When she was looking for her next opportunity she wanted to find an organization which would allow her to make a positive difference in the world using technology. The University’s commitment to research and educating the next generation drew her to take a position on the Cloud Team at DoIT. 

As Lead Cloud Engineer, Kelly helps researchers, educators, administrators, and other university partners design projects in the cloud. With a background in training, she provides partners not only a solution but also the tools necessary to educate themselves about cloud. She empowers researchers to use the cloud as a tool to enable their research and make changes in the world around us.

2024 Session

Enhancing cloud security: From basics to advanced strategies

Biography

Jay Scholz is the System Engineer for the Aquatic Sciences Center. He has worked at UW Madison for 12 years, his first job being the IT Manager, and sometimes-beleaguered facility/building manager, for Science Hall. For a number of years he supported the amazing folks in the Geography Department, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and the State Cartographer’s Office.

Jay earned his Bachelor of Science degrees in Criminal Justice and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin Platteville. While attending UW Platteville Jay worked for ResNet supporting student technology in the residence halls and discovered a passion for teaching and demystifying technology for people of all technological skillsets. He has been recognized for providing exceptional technical, and occasionally psychological, support for his family, friends, and UW Madison colleagues. 

Jay’s hobbies include spending time outside doing anything with his family and friends, fishing, kayaking, playing on his ham radios, and inventing dad jokes, often unsuccessfully. 

2024 Session

AI: The cause of—and solution to—all of life’s problems