Jim Loter

Jim Loter

Associate Vice Provost for Community & Partnership Development at the University of Washington

Greater Seattle Area

Current
  • Associate Vice Provost at University of Washington
Past
  • Director of Computing Services, College of Engineering at University of Washington
  • Lecturer, Information School at University of Washington
  • Director of Information Technology, Law School at University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Team Leader, Electronic Services; University Libraries at University of Iowa
Education
  • University of Iowa
  • Wayne State University
  • Fordson High School
Connections
149 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Jim Loter’s Summary

I develop and manage information management partnership opportunities for academic and administrative units throughout the University of Washington.

Jim Loter’s Specialties:

Business and functional analysis, social networking technologies, IT governance, meeting facilitation, collaborative development frameworks, organizational development, information management


Jim Loter’s Experience

  • Associate Vice Provost

    University of Washington

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

    August 2007Present (1 year 2 months)

    Develop A Strong IS/IM Community – Bring staff with similar interests and needs together, and provide support to further develop their skills and expertise

    Maintain Presence and Visibility – Be constantly engaged in the broader UW IS/IM community in both formal and informal venues, and listen for and proactively seek out innovative ideas

    Analyze Projects and Processes – Assist with analyzing and aligning business processes, determining requirements and needs, and assessing the feasibility of proposed projects

    Enable Community Innovation – Advocate for community-developed solutions and work with OIM and C&C technical divisions to support a distributed development environment for the UW

    Coordinate Community Resources – Help partners identify resources that might be made available to assist with information systems development projects

    Identify Existing Solutions – Introducing partners to existing tools, applications, projects, and services that meet their needs

  • Director of Computing Services, College of Engineering

    University of Washington

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

    March 2004August 2007 (3 years 6 months)

    I managed the IT/IS staff, policies, budgets, and projects for administrative units, academic departments, and research centers & programs within the College of Engineering.

    My team supported a diverse server infrastructure of Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, and MacOS X systems that provided web, application, database (Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL), DNS, LDAP/Active Directory, and email services. We also developed web applications and provided business intelligence resources and reporting services.

    My staff also provided help desk support to over 150 staff and faculty, and managed student computer labs for two departments.

  • Lecturer, Information School

    University of Washington

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

    January 2007March 2007 (3 months)

    Taught undergraduate course in Informatics -- Web Tools and Development. Course covered HTML, CSS, and Javascript; object-oriented design patterns using PHP, database fundamentals (MySQL), application security, data privacy, application and interface design, usability and accessibility principles, and REST architectures. Students designed and built a basic web application and completed written essays on security/privacy and usability/accessibility.

  • Director of Information Technology, Law School

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

    September 1998February 2004 (5 years 6 months)

  • Team Leader, Electronic Services; University Libraries

    University of Iowa

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

    May 1996September 1998 (2 years 5 months)


Jim Loter’s Education

  • University of Iowa

    MA, Communication Studies (Film Studies), 19931996

    Focused on film theory and semiotics, and Irish cinema.

  • Wayne State University

    BA, Film Studies, 19881992

  • Fordson High School


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Jim Loter’s Groups:

ITLP, Obama for America

  •    Obama for America
  •    IT Leaders

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