NAME: Jerome (Jerry)
Niebaum
ADDRESS:
Wizard of Kansas
Consulting
1573 N. 962 Rd.
Lawrence, KS 66046
INTERNET: jniebaum@wizardofkansas.com
WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.wizardofkansas.com
OFFICE PHONE:
HOME PHONE: (785) 842-3127
EDUCATION:
| 1973 | Ph.D. | Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa - Computer Science; Thesis: "Design and Complete Definition of a Systems Programming Language for Data Communications," Ames Laboratory Report IS -3206 |
| 1965 | M.A. | Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois - Mathematics |
| 1961 | B.S. | University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas - Mathematics/Education |
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY:
| '03-'04 | Executive Director, Great Plains
Network Consortium |
| '02-'04 | Assistant Vice Provost for Information
Services, University of Kansas |
| '99-'02 | Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information
Services, University of Kansas |
| '97-'99 | Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Services and Director of Academic Computing Services, University of Kansas - Main campus |
| '94-'97 | Executive
Director, Information Technology Services |
| '88-'94 | Director, Academic Computing Services, KU |
| '82-'88 | Director, Computing Services, University
of Kansas |
| '81-'82 | Director,
Academic Computing, University of Kansas |
| '79-'81 | Assistant
Director for Interactive Computing, Iowa State University (ISU) |
| '73-'79 | Manager of Engineering & Development, ISU Computation Ctr. |
| '68-'73 | Instructor,
Iowa State University, Computer Science Department |
| '66-'68 | Instructor, University of Nebraska - Omaha, Mathematics Department |
| '61-'66 | Teacher, Kansas public schools (Leavenworth and Haysville) |
PUBLICATIONS, HONORS, TALKS, CONSULTING:
| Dec. '02 |
Recipient of Kansas Leadership in Technology award from the Kansas Department of Education at the annual Leadership in Technology Conference |
| Nov. '01 |
Presenter, EDUCAUSE annual conference, Indianapolis, "A Picture is Worth..." |
| Oct. '01 | Recipient, ACM SIGUCCS (Association for Computing Machinery - Special Interest Group for University & College Computing Services) "Hall of Fame" induction |
| '00-'03 |
Member, Kansas Information Technology Advisory Board (ITAB) |
| Nov. '00 | Presenter, WebDevShare Conference, University of Indiana, "DjVu: Or Have You Seen This One Before?" |
| Oct. '00 | Recipient, EDUCAUSE "Excellence in Leadership in the Profession" award |
| Aug. '99 | Speaker, closing plenary address, Seminars on Academic Computing, Snowmass, Colorado, "Remember, Reprise, and Remarks" |
| Sept. '98 | Principal Investigator, National Science
Foundation grant |
| Mar. '98 | Technical track coordinator and presenter, SIGUCCS Management Symposium, St. Louis |
| Sept. '97 |
Principal
Investigator for National Science Foundation EPSCoR
grant #EPS-9720159
($1,479,980), Great Plains Network for Earth Systems |
| Mar. '97 | National Science Foundation peer review panel, "Connections to NSFNET" |
| Mar.'97 | Speaker and workshop leader, SIGUCCS Management Symposium, St. Louis, "Jerry and the Giant Web" |
| Feb. '97 | Speaker, Texas Association for Institutional Research, South Padre Island, "Charting New Waters in the Information Age" |
| '95-'97 | Chair, State of Kansas Information Technology Advisory Board (ITAB) Telecommunications Committee |
| Oct. '96 | National Science Foundation peer review panel, "Connections to NSFNET" |
| '94-'96 | Member,
Kansas Information Technology Advisory Board
(ITAB) |
| '94-'95 | Member, State of Kansas Goals-2000 Technology Committee for K-12 |
| Sept.'94 |
Principal
Investigator for National Science Foundation supplemental grant #NCR-9420711 ($111,212), Kansas
Research & Education Network |
| Mar. '94 | Program review team leader, Arizona State University, West |
| Sept. '93 | Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant #NCR-9300289 ($682,000) for creating Kansas Research and Education Network (KANREN) |
| Aug. '92 | Keynote speaker, Snowmass Seminars on Academic Computing Services, "Lessons for Management from the Wizard of Oz" |
| '88-'92 | Member, National Education Advisory Board, Zenith Data Systems |
| '89-'92 | Elected position, EDUCOM Membership Committee |
| Nov. '91 | National
Science Foundation peer review panel, Wash. D.C., "Connections to
NSFNET" |
| Mar. '91 | Speaker and workshop leader, SIGUCCS Management Symposium, St. Louis, "Issues in Management: Wisdom and Warts" |
| Nov. '90 | Seminar
co-leader, CAUSE90, Miami Beach, "The
Changing Role of Computing and Information Technology
Services" |
| Oct. '90 | Seminar
co-leader, EDUCOM90, Atlanta, "The
Changing Role of Computing and Information Technology
Services" |
| Nov. '89 | Seminar
co-leader, CAUSE89, San Diego, "The
Changing Role of Computing and Information Technology
Services" |
| Oct. '89 | Seminar
co-leader, EDUCOM89, Ann Arbor, "The
Changing Role of Computing and Information Technology
Services" |
| '95-'91 | Member, Board of Directors, Association for Computing Machinery SIGUCCS (Special Interest Group for University and College Computing Services) |
| '85-'90 | Member, Board of Directors, Snowmass Seminars on Academic Computing |
| '88-'89 | Chair, Board of Directors, Snowmass Seminars on Academic Computing |
| '85-'88 | Coordinator, Seminar for New Directors, Snowmass Seminars on Academic Computing |
| Mar. '89 | Presenter, Technology in Education Conference, Kansas City, "Hypercard: A Director's Workbench" |
| Mar. '89 | Presenter and session leader, SIGUCCS Management Symposium, St. Louis, "Hypercard: A Director's Workbench" |
| '88 | Author, Technological Horizons in Education - Special Issue, "Compatibles in Universities" |
| Aug. '88 | Program chair, Snowmass Seminars on Academic Computing |
| Mar. '87 | Program chair,
SIGUCCS
Management Symposium, St. Louis |
| Mar. '84 | Session leader
and presenter, SIGUCCS
Management Symposium, St. Louis, "Organizing Microcomputer Support
Services" |
| '84 | Member, Advisory
Committee on Data Processing, City of Kansas City,
Missouri |
| '83-'84 | Committee chair, Kansas Board of Regents Computer Advisory Committee |
| July '80 | Consultant, Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, planning hardware/software for Ministry of Agriculture |
| Dec. '79 | Presenter,
Digital
Equipment Corporation Users Society (DECUS), Fall Symposium, San Diego,
"Dual VAX in an Education Environment" |
| Oct. '79 | Presenter,
Association
for Educational Data Systems (AEDS) Regional Conference, Des Moines,
"Using the Personal Computer as a Timesharing
Terminal" |
| '76-'79 | Co-principal
investigator, National
Science Foundation Research Initiation and Support (RIAS) Grant #76-18172,
"A Prototype Information Processing
Program and System to Enhance the Training of Young
Researchers" |
| Oct. '78 | Presenter,
Association
for Educational Data Systems (AEDS) Regional Conference, Des Moines,
"Factors to Consider in Acquiring a Computer
System" |
| Oct. '78 | Speaker, National
Association of Educational Buyers Regional Conference, Ames, Iowa, "Mini
and Micro Computers - Where Are We Going" |
| Feb. '78 | Workshop
leader, American
Institute for Professional Education workshop, Houston, "Microprocessing
Fundamentals" |
| Nov. '77 | Workshop
leader, American
Institute for Professional Education workshop, San Francisco,
"Microprocessing Fundamentals" |
| Apr. '74 | Presenter, Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society (DECUS), Spring Symposium, Boston, "Hardware Assisted Hashing" |