Center for Information Technology Services

Infrastructure Services Group

The CITS Infrastructure Services Group manages the computing server infrastructure supporting UM enterprise campus applications.  Campus infrastructure management includes servers, operating system, system utilities, application installations and upgrades; capacity planning; backup and recovery; security monitoring; and performance tuning. Desktop Services provides support for central IT desktops and other UM entities.

The server infrastructure includes:

  • Campus e-mail services for students, faculty, and staff
    • MS Exchange 2007
    • myUM Mail
    • Blackberry Enteprise Server
  • E-mail delivery and protection to the campus network
    • IronPort
    • Anti-SPAM
    • Anti-Virus
  • Active Directory (umaryland  root and campus domains)
  • Oracle Enterprise Databases
  • Web and Media Services
  • Student Information System (SIMS & SURFS)
  • eUM PeopleSoft Systems
    • Human Resources
    • Finance
    • Portal
    • COEUS
  • MAXIMIUS (Effort Reporting System)
  • Blackboard Enterprise eLearning System
  • Questionmark
  • List services
  • Mediasite
  • Image Now
  • Archibus
  • REMARK Test Scoring
  • Accellion Secure File Transfer

Latest Addition of Computing Facilities
The University of Maryland (UM) acquired some much-needed computer room space at 300 W. Lexington St. A short distance from the campus, this building has high-speed connections to the campus fiber-optic network backbone and to its high-speed research networks. 

Approximately 3,200 square feet, the room will house equipment from overcrowded campus computer rooms, production systems, backup systems, school and departmental equipment, and equipment for high-performance computing. The room also will serve as a storage facility for faculty research projects and for continuity purposes. 

Two important advisory groups were formed to help with the development and use of this space. First, a faculty research computing support advisory group provides input regarding computing needs and requirements and helps create an implementation, use, and sustainability model so that the space can effectively support the needs of faculty research projects. 

In addition, an information technology advisory group discusses and reviews needs and requirements, develops space and makes technical design specifications and recommendations regarding the contemporary tools, technologies, and technical support needed for this space. 

The value of this newly acquired room is the creation of a UM computing facility that synthesizes a common computing infrastructure with computing systems, specific applications, and data storage all linked by a high-speed network across campus and to the outside world.

Infrastructure Service Group Staff Members

Vicky Hunter
Exec. Director, Infrastructure Services
410-706-2252
vhunter@umaryland.edu

UNIX Systems

Matt Riedel 410-706-4860
Assistant Director, Systems Administration
mriedel@umaryland.edu

Elizabeth Brindley 410-706-4772
ebrindle@umaryland.edu

John Cromwell 410-706-6592  
jcromwel@umaryland.edu

Dan Hughes 410-706-1665
DHughes@umaryland.edu

Kaya Smith 410-706-4396
kaya@umaryland.edu

C. Scott Stone 410-706-3281
csstone@umaryland.edu

Microsoft Technologies

Joe Mancuso 410-706-2246
Director
jmancuso@umaryland.edu

Steve Brown 410-706-2511
sbrown@umaryland.edu

Quintin Handy 410-706-2924
qhandy@umaryland.edu

Tom Kline 410-706-4134
tklin001@umaryland.edu

Mike Klos 410-706-3061
mklos001@umaryland.edu 

Clay Perry 410-706-6329
cperry@umaryland.edu

Matt Swomley 410-706-7055
mswomley@umaryland.edu

Operations and Computer Room 

Roderic Reckley 410-706-1666
Enterprise Tech. Architect
RReckley@umaryland.edu 

Vavian Cox 410-706-2179
VCox@umaryland.edu

Paula Barkon 410-706-6597
pbarkon@umaryland.edu

Frank Preckel 410-706-6597
fpreckel@umaryland.edu

Desktop Services

Ryan Whyms 410-706-3745
Manager
rwhyms@umaryland.edu

Scott Davidson, 410-706-4976
sdavi003@umaryland.edu

Dorothy Drinan, 410-706-8336
ddrinan@umaryland.edu

CJ Duryee 410-706-2525
cduryee@umaryland.edu

Sean Huss  410-706-6846
shuss@umaryland.edu

Liz Kisser, 410-706-4479
lkisser@umaryland.edu

Phi Lenh 410-706-2923
plenh@umaryland.edu