Governance and Team

Scheduling Project Committees

Executive Sponsors Committee

Dr. Pam Ratner, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Enrolment & Academic Facilities (lead executive sponsor) 

Annie Yim, Acting Deputy Registrar and Director, Human Resources

Jennifer Burns, Associate Vice-President, Information Technology & Chief Information Officer

Mark Mac Lean, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science (Ex Officio Member)

Responsibilities

• Provides business expertise and guidance to project leadership
• Ensures that the business need is valid and correctly prioritized.

Steering Committee

Mark Mac Lean, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science (Chair)

Joseph Anthony, Associate Dean, Health Professions, Faculty of Medicine

Steven Barnes, Senior Instructor and Associate Head of Undergraduate Affairs, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Eshana Bhangu, Vice President, Academic and University Affairs, AMS, UBC Vancouver

Bhushan Gopaluni, Associate Dean, Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Applied Science

Deborah Gromer, Associate Academic Advisor, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Rana Hakami, Manager, Student Services, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Kin Lo, Senior Associate Dean, Students and Professor, Accounting and Information Systems Division, Sauder School of Business

Marianne McTavish, Associate Dean of Teacher Education and Senior Instructor, Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education

Andrew Owen, Director of Undergraduate Programs, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Corinne Pitre-Hayes, Director, Application Sustainment, Information Technology

Jodi Scott, Senior Learning Space Planner, Facilities Planning, Infrastructure Development

Steven Shechter, Associate Professor, Operations and Logistics Division and Director, Centre for Operational Excellence, Sauder School of Business

Xuan Zhang, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, AMS, UBC Vancouver

Xu Zhaoming, Associate Dean, Program Director and Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition, and Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Responsibilities: 

• Is the primary governing body and decision making group.
• Validates deliverables.
• Ensures key stakeholder groups are well represented.
• Acts as change champions to drive, communicate, and support change.

Timetable Representative Advisory Committee

Oana Toma, Associate Director, Scheduling Services, Enrolment Services (Co-Chair)

Ellen Luu, Team Lead, Scheduling Services, Enrolment Services (Advisory representative to the committee)

Victoria Liu, Scheduling Analyst, Vancouver Scheduling Project (Advisory representative to the committee)

Jane Young, Scheduling Analyst, Vancouver Scheduling Project (Advisory representative to the committee)

Leanne Feichtinger, Learning Spaces Analyst, Facilities Planning

Sharon Rashtian, Senior Manager, Enterprise Systems Support, Information Technology

Amy Becir, Undergraduate Program Advisor, Department of Political Science

Eileen Campbell, Program Administrator, Faculty of Applied Science, Engineering/Physics

Connie Cheung, Assistant to the Head, Department of Geography

Marlene Chow, Director of Academic Programs, Administration and Resources, Faculty of Applied Science, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Charlotte Dean, Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science

Glenn Deer, Assistant Professor, Associate Head (Curriculum and Planning), Department of English Languages and Literature

Michael Ferrazzi, Administrator, Department of French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies

Heather Gerrits, Manager, Student Services, Faculty of Applied Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Chris Gorczynski, Manager, Student Services, Department of Civil Engineering

Deborah Gromer, Associate Academic Advisor, School of Kinesiology

Gina Hsu, Academic Program and Advising Coordinator, School of Biomedical Engineering

Jennifer Janicki, Associate Director, Undergraduate Program, Department of Psychology

Theresa Juba, Academic Coordinator, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Min Ji Kang, Student Programs Coordinator, Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies

Nina Kessler, Business and Enrolment Analyst, Faculty of Applied Science

Ana Kopic Drole, Senior Undergraduate Program Assistant, Department of Computer Science

Stephanie Lee, Student Programs Coordinator, Department of Asian Studies

Chiara Longhi, Director of Student Services - Dean's Office, Faculty of Forestry

Tina Marandola, Undergraduate Administrative Assistant, Vancouver School of Economics

Tayler Moore, Program Assistant, Cellular and Physiological Scienecs, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Sheri Pak, Graduate Program Advisor, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies

Bonita Perko, Academic Advisor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Carmen Radut, Administrative Manager, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice

Susan Reh Bosch, Student Services Coordinator, Undergraduate Office (UGO), Sauder School of Business

Will Sarmiento, Undergraduate Program Manager, Department of Linguistics

Rayda Sheikh, Program Manager, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Facutly of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jennifer Stewart, Manager, Teacher Education Office, Faculty of Education

Tammy Tromba, Senior Program Assistant, Biology, Department of Zoology

Dominique Yupangco, Web & Systems Coordinator, Department of English Languages and Literature

Responsibilities:

• Provides advice and recommendations.
• Serves as key subject matter experts, actively shares knowledge and expertise.
• Acts as communication liaison with their faculty/department.
• Supports and helps with facilitating change.

Project Delivery Team

 

Project Lead	Robbie Morrison	Acts as a business driver and key champion of the project Supports high-level project planning Helps to resolve conflicts and remove obstacles Reports to and receives direction from Executive Sponsors Ensures availability of business resources
Business Lead	Oana Toma	Leads the execution of the project plan Manages project team members Manages project budget
IT Systems Analyst	TBA	Provides IT technical support for the Scheduling Project team and Scientia system, including providing guidance and troubleshooting support on system use Actively engages in IT systems, analyzes testing requirements and conducts functional and quality testing on new developments to the Scheduling system
Business Data Analyst	TBA	Documents and validates business and system processes, requirements and associated policies Conducts analysis of current and future state scheduling business processes Conducts simulations to validate proposed business process improvements (i.e. implementation of scheduling zones) Identifies current system issues and proposes recommendations Analyzes scheduling system capabilities and identifies potential utilization
Scheduling Analyst	Victoria Liu	Conducts scheduling data analysis and reporting Actively maintains and supports data integrity Performs business process model simulations
Scheduling Analyst	Jane Young	Conducts scheduling data analysis and reporting Actively maintains and supports data integrity Performs business process model simulations
Associate Business Solution Analyst	Rachel Tang	Documents and validates business and system processes, requirements and associated policies Conducts simulations to validate proposed business process improvements (i.e. implementation of scheduling zones) Conducts analysis of current and future state scheduling business processes Maps out and assesses current and new updated process, associated policies, and practices
Change Management & Communications Analyst	Odessa Corletto	Develops document organization and stakeholder/engagement/communication tracking strategy Supports change management and communications needs of the project Creates document templates for the Business Team

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