Tech Revealed

Today's guest is Brett Bendickson. Brett is an Enterprise Architect in Digital Experience Technologies at the University of Arizona. He considers his role as that of a developer with a strong emphasis on integration. Brett has a long history with the University beginning as a student worker who created the university’s first official web homepage (UAInfo). He also was the principal developer of the precursor to UAccess Student, Student Link. Now, a 28-year veteran of University Information Technology Services, Brett is sought after for his ability to bring teams together and find solutions to application integration needs.

Today's guest is Doug Hester. Doug is the University of Arizona’s Business Intelligence Architect and he leads the UAIR Systems Architecture & Security team. In 2008 he selected as the technical lead supporting the university's central Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) system and since 2015, is the UAIR BI Architect. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering and has worked in IT at the University of Arizona since 1997. Doug has presented on data warehousing and business intelligence topics at national conferences and for other university leaders.  He occasionally consults for other higher education business intelligence and institutional research departments. 

Today's guest is Jessica DeStefano Woodworth. Jessica is the Microsoft Technologies Architect team lead for the University of Arizona. She started her journey at the University in the fall of 1996 as student in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, majoring in Anthropology.  She was so excited to return to the UofA in the spring of 2006 as a full time employee on the Windows Systems Administration team in the CCIT department ( now called University information Technology Services). Over her nearly 18 years with the university, she has had the opportunity to learn, grow and expand her role and scope to where she is now one of its top technology leaders.