Information Technology Services

Staff

St. Cloud State offers a full spectrum of technology education, support, services, resources and infrastructure systems.

Our staff serves many missions, which help keep students, faculty and staff on the leading edge of technology.

ITS Leadership

Phil Thorson

Phil Thorson

  • Vice President for Technology Strategy & CIO

320-308-2065 | MC 112-F
pthorson@stcloudstate.edu

Jim Pesta

Jim Pesta

  • Director of IT Support Services

320-308-2060 | MC 112-D
jjpesta@stcloudstate.edu

Amy Simon

Amy Simon

  • Director of IT Applications and Integration

320-308-5509 | MC 112-A
ajsimon@stcloudstate.edu

Chris Stanley

Chris Stanley

  • Director of Educational Technology Innovations

320-308-2017 | MC 220-B
cjstanley@stcloudstate.edu

Mackenzi Brophy

  • Executive Assistant to the Vice Presidents for Finance & Administration (CFO) and Technology Strategy (CIO)
  • Finance & Administration/Information Technology Services

320-308-2065 | AS 205
mackenzi.brophy@stcloudstate.edu

Critical Infrastructure and Security

Eric Dietz

  • Workstation Specialist

320-308-1695
edietz@stcloudstate.edu

Luke Meyer

Luke Meyer

  • Senior Information Security Specialist

320-308-4778 | MC 112-C
luke.meyer@stcloudstate.edu

Jared Podratz

  • Telecommunications/Network Support

320-308-9999 | MC 118-4
jlpodratz@stcloudstate.edu

Ben Pratt

Ben Pratt

  • IT Security Systems Specialist

320-308-4708 | MC 112-C
bepratt@stcloudstate.edu

JoAnne Schaefer

  • Systems Administrator

320-308-6142
jmschaefer@stcloudstate.edu

Nathan Schultz

Nathan Schultz

  • Systems Administrator

320-308-2140
ndschultz@stcloudstate.edu

Tony Sorteberg

  • Lead Network Systems Analyst

320-308-2023 | MC 118-5
tsorteberg@stcloudstate.edu

DevOps

Mike Abrahamson

  • Senior Software Development and Integration Lead

mabrahamson2@stcloudstate.edu

John Davis

  • Digital Automation and Web Design Technologist

MC 112-14
john.davis@stcloudstate.edu

Karin Duncan

Karin Duncan

  • Information Systems Automation Product Lead

MC 112-13
kjduncan@stcloudstate.edu

John Herring

John Herring

  • Software Developer/Integration Specialist

jherring@stcloudstate.edu

Josh Hjelmstad

Josh Hjelmstad

  • Application and Database Developer

MC 112-15
jbhjelmstad@stcloudstate.edu

Krishna Koganti

Krishna Koganti

  • Process Automation Developer/Analyst

MC 112-5
krishnasreesai.koganti@stcloudstate.edu

Mark Monn

Mark Monn

  • Application Developer

MC 112-16
mamonn@stcloudstate.edu

Beth Podratz

  • Relationship Manager and Business Systems Specialist

MC 112-8
beth.podratz@stcloudstate.edu

Greg Rolling

  • Systems Lead

garolling@stcloudstate.edu

Mike Schomer

Mike Schomer

  • Senior Cloud and Virtual Application Systems Specialist

mjschomer@stcloudstate.edu

Educational Technology Innovations

Greg Jorgensen

  • Senior Academic Technology Systems Specialist

320-308-4804 | MC 220-7
gsjorgensen@stcloudstate.edu

Mark Kotcho

Mark Kotcho

  • Lead HuskyTech Coordinator

320-308-2053 | MC 220-6
makotcho@stcloudstate.edu

Kelly Larson

Kelly Larson

  • Audio Visual Lead

320-308-5260 | MC 220-12
klarson@stcloudstate.edu

Justin Neis

Justin Neis

  • Audio Visual Specialist

320-308-2067 | MC 220-11
jmneis@stcloudstate.edu

Chase Neukam

  • Director of Esports

320-308-1980 | MC 220-G
chase.neukam@stcloudstate.edu

Reuben Wagenius

  • ITV/Video Conferencing

320-308-4096 | MC 220-15
reuben@stcloudstate.edu

IT Architecture

Chris Brown

Chris Brown

  • Data Architect

320-308-6409 | MC 112-7
chrisb@stcloudstate.edu

IT Support Services

Bret Allie

Bret Allie

320-308-4444 | EB B211-A
bwallie@stcloudstate.edu

Sarah Beers

Sarah Beers

  • HuskyTech Coordinator

320-308-5853 | MC 102-D
slbeers@stcloudstate.edu

Josiah Enninga

320-308-4884 | EB B211
jdenninga@stcloudstate.edu

Mario Felix

320-308-4984 | KVAC 109
mrfelix@stcloudstate.edu

Joe Koenig

  • Technology Coordinator and Support Specialist

320-308-2021 | AMC A09
joseph.koenig@stcloudstate.edu

Bob Lessinger

Bob Lessinger

320-308-6620 | MC 102-C
blessinger@stcloudstate.edu

Rory Michaelis

Rory Michaelis

  • Campus Card

320-308-1697 | MC 112-10
rlmichaelis@stcloudstate.edu

Dan Michaels

Dan Michaels

320-308-1040 | CH 438
dmichaels@stcloudstate.edu

Thomas Oien

320-308-2025 | SH 311D
toien@stcloudstate.edu

Craig Overboe

Craig Overboe

320-308-4248 | MC 118-2
coverboe@stcloudstate.edu

Carol Rose

320-308-5153 | MC 118-6
carose@stcloudstate.edu

Gordon Schrubbe

Gordon Schrubbe

320-308-7292 | MC 118-1
gcschrubbe@stcloudstate.edu

Mike Terhune

320-308-4900 | HH 223
mterhune@stcloudstate.edu

Project Management Office (PMO)

Kristi Felland

  • OCIO Agile Project Manager & IT Communications Specialist

320-308-2088 | MC 112-1
kristi.felland@stcloudstate.edu

Craig Hoel

  • Senior Agile Project Manager and Business Analyst

320-308-7726 | MC 112-4
craig.hoel@stcloudstate.edu

Daryl Scholz

  • Senior Agile Project Manager and Business Analyst

320-308-1050 | MC 112-2
dscholz@stcloudstate.edu

ITS Organizational Chart

Identification

All ITS staff and student employees will wear their Campus Card as official identification. Students will have their card in a holder on a lanyard while they are in their student employee role.

Please look for this if a technician comes to work on your computer.

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