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Sharon Blazevich

Executive Assistant

Office: Wean 5216

Phone: (412) 268-4062

Fax: (412) 268-7458

Responsibilities: Executive assistant to the Director and Deputy Director of ISR as well as several faculty members.

Emanuel Bowes

Systems Technician

Office: Wean 5301

Phone: (412) 268-3369

Email: drats@cmu.edu

Responsibilities: Member of the ISR IT Services team. Provides support for ISR systems and computer operations, in partnership with SCS Computing Facilities, including end-user support, technical procurement, and distance education. Contact via the ISR ITS Ticketing System.

Chris Dalansky

Systems Manager

Office: Wean 5113

Phone: (412) 268-7138

Email: dalansky@cmu.edu

Responsibilities: Leader of the ISR IT Services team. Responsible for overall IT environment strategy for ISR. Contact via the ISR ITS Ticketing System.

Bernadette Dayak

Research Administrator

Office: Wean 5212

Phone: (412) 268-5329

Email: bmdayak@cs.cmu.edu

Responsibilities: Member of research administration team. Provides support to Monika DeReno in proposal and budget preparation and related activities.

Monika De Reno

Assistant Director - Research Administration and Special Projects

Office: Wean 5215

Phone: (412) 268-9822

Email: monikade@andrew.cmu.edu

Responsibilities: Leader of the research administration team. Responsible for ISR research processes, including proposal and budget preparation, close-outs, and related activities. Oversees other research administrators. Monitors faculty discretionary accounts. Acts as business office liaison to CASOS, VLIS, MBA-Technology Leadership, and CUPS IGERT academic programs.

Nick Frollini

Deputy Director

Office: Wean 5220

Phone: (412) 268-5359

Fax: (412) 268-2338

Email: nfrollini@cmu.edu

Responsibilities: Overall department operations, including finance, facilities, and human resources. Contact with questions related to university forms, SSPs, office space concerns, operating budgets, purchasing policies (particularly procurement cards), and other issues that can't be resolved through other channels.

Helen Higgins

Employment Processes Manager

Office: Wean 5109

Phone: (412) 268-1335

Email: hhiggins@andrew.cmu.edu

Responsibilities: Responsible for all employment processes within the department, including new position creation, job postings, payroll, and immigration/OIE issues. Contact with questions related to HR issues or to initiate the new hire process.

Agustin Medici

Financial Analyst

Office: Wean 5313

Phone: (412) 268-9308

Email: amedici@cs.cmu.ede

Responsibilities: Assists the business office team with a variety of work, including the forecast cycle, year-end closing, monthly and quarterly reporting, trend analysis, and other items. He works closely with Monika and Nick on regular reporting to many ISR units.

Tom Pope

Assistant Systems Manager

Office: Wean 5301

Phone: (412) 268-8615

Email: tpope@cs.cmu.edu

Responsibilities: Member of the ISR IT Services team. Responsible for CourseCast video system and ISR website. Contact with CourseCast/website related issues/questions via the ISR ITS Ticketing System.

Victoria Poprocky

Reappointments and Promotions Coordinator / Administrative Associate

Office: Wean 5125

Phone: (412) 268-3063

Email: poprocky@cs.cmu.edu

Responsibilities: R&P process Coordinator. Provides support to Doctors Aldrich, Eppinger, Herbsleb and Shaw.

Vlora Selimi

Assistant Manager, Research Administration