Subject: RE: MSCTC IT Advisory Meeting Invitation
From: Haugen Andrew M <HaugenAndrewM@johndeere.com>
Date: 2/12/2012 3:18 AM
To: Tim Preuss <tim.preuss@minnesota.edu>

Yes, that’s no problem.

 

Enjoy,

Andy

 

From: Tim Preuss [mailto:tim.preuss@minnesota.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 3:42 PM
To: Haugen Andrew M
Subject: Re: MSCTC IT Advisory Meeting Invitation

 

Andy,

This is helpful, I really appreciate you taking the time to write. Right now, I am adding it to the mix of advice from others. I should ask, would you mind if I show this to those attending the meeting? I think the discussion would be interesting.

Thank you,

Tim


On 2/7/2012 9:50 AM, Haugen Andrew M wrote:

Hello Tim,

 

Thanks for the invite, I will be out of town that week. Here is some of my input on the agenda…

 

Educational relationship with _ might be a bad idea. Here at Deere, we use VMware, NetApps, and rumor has it that the big data center in Moline has some EMC in it. For me, dealing with NetApps are a new and foreign thing. Getting useful information from our SAN admins is like pulling teeth.

 

Formal change management…. Just like documentation seems to be lacking in many organizations. Here, the only group that appears to do it well is the group that manages the big corporate datacenter. All the other regional organizations have disjointed or completely missing processes for change management. This is something I am currently struggling with.

 

The DevOps is an intriguing idea. I currently feel a great deal of animosity towards some of our developers and I know the feeling is mutual.  This is interesting because I was a developer for at least half my career. I think there will always be contention between those who want to get the task done as fast as possible and those who want to make sure the tasks are organized and the right thing to do. Perhaps something like DevOps would help…not sure. For now, I plan to thicken my skin and just do the right thing.     So, maybe a class on how to reduce sensitivity to whining, insults, and whispered mutterings. ;)

 

Getting a job…  Not sure.

 

Current and future technologies…

Current: SAP, Oracle (on the way out), SQL Server (growing), DB2, NetApps, EMC, VMWare, MS Clustering, Linunx

Future: More SAP, HANA, More SQL Server

 

 

Hope this helps and entertains,

 

Andrew Haugen
ERP DBA
John Deere Electronic Solutions
701.499.7818
HaugenAndrewM@JohnDeere.com

 

 

 

 

 

From: Tim Preuss [mailto:tim.preuss@minnesota.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 5:07 PM
To: Haugen Andrew M
Subject: MSCTC IT Advisory Meeting Invitation

 

Information Technology Advisory Meeting
Spring 2012 Invitation

 

Dear Andrew,

The Information Technology faculty at M|State (Minnesota State Community and Technical College) invites you to our Advisory Meeting. The meeting will be held on February 27 @ 6:30 pm in room B150. Please contact us if you wish to have a campus map with the room numbers.

The Advisory Meeting consists of Information Technology professionals guiding the curriculum and instructional direction of our Information Technology programs. Our current program offering is Computer Programming – AAS, Information Technology – AS and Information Technology – Diploma. Please contact us if you wish to have a copy of any or all of our curriculum offerings.

We very much need your input to our programs. We would be grateful for a reply to this invitation, so we may accurately plan enough food for the meeting. You may extend this to other professionals you think would help us improve our curriculum and instruction. The meeting agenda is provided below.

We look forward to seeing you.

Yours,

 

Minnesota State Community and Technical College Information Technology Faculty

Chris Goltz, Computer Programming Instructor, Chris.Goltz@minnesota.edu
Deb Flaskerud, Computer Programming Instructor, Deb.Flaskerud@minnesota.edu
Dave Hjalmquist, Computer Programming Instructor, Dave.Hjalmquist@minnesota.edu
Randy Johnson, Microcomputer and Network, Randall.Johnson@minnesota.edu
Tim Preuss, Microcomputer & Networking Technology, Tim.Preuss@minnesota.edu

 

Agenda for Spring 2012

 

Advisory Member Functions (MSCTC Advisory Committee Guide)

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Tim Preuss
Information Technology Instructor
1900 28th Ave South
Moorhead, MN 56560
tim.preuss@minnesota.edu
www.minnesota.edu
218-299-6614
One College. Four Campuses. Online.