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Ivan Zhang | |||
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The position of '''Information Technology''' (IT) Director entails maintaining and improving the various technological aspects of the [[EUS|Engineering Undergraduate Society]] and managing the [[IT Committee]]. This includes the, [[Zentyal|email client]], [[Infosys|infosys network]], this Wiki and more. The IT Director has a pseudo-office, you can often find them working away in McConnell 9, the server room (the IT office). | |||
Beginning in May 2021, an extra IT Director is recruited and the term is increased to two years. This was done to improve the transfer of knowledge between directors and make the IT services more responsive. The terms of overlap 1-year, it means that the incoming IT director will be working with the senior IT director who is on their 2nd year and will then be promoted, if the performance is deemed satisfactory, to senior IT director. | |||
==Duties== | |||
The IT Director portfolio includes managing the two servers and their virtual machines, email setup, and minor projects as well as aiding and supporting the various parts of the IT portfolio. The two servers are custom built machines which run in sync. They have multiple virtual machines running synchonously (in a way) between them. Each virtual machine serves a separate purpose including: DNS, [[TeN]], webserver, etc. The servers are mostly ubuntu based. | |||
==TeN== | |||
The [[TeN]] manager is under the IT portfolio. The IT Director manages the servers upon which the clients rely and helps the [[TeN|TeN Manager]] in maintaining and upgrading the clients. | |||
==McGillEUS Emails== | |||
The most common task required of the IT Director is access to an @mcgilleus.ca email address. All EUS organizations are entitled to their very own email address; to request an email address, contact [mailto:it.director@mcgilleus.ca the IT Director]. Emails can be accessed through Google and any place where you can log into a Gmail account. The EUS has its emails hosted in Google's cloud through their architecture. Thus, any service which requires or can use a Google account can use a mcgilleus.ca email. | |||
==History of the Position== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!2022-2023 | |||
!2021-2022 | |||
!2020-2021 | |||
! 2019-2020 !! 2018-2019 !! 2017-2018 !! 2016-2017 !! 2015-2016 !! 2013-2015 !! 2010-2013 !! 2009-2010 | |||
|- | |||
|Ali Tahmasebi | |||
Ivan Zhang | |||
|Ali Tahmasebi | |||
Catherine Van Gheluwe | |||
|Ali Tahmasebi | |||
| Mairead Maloney || Andrei Ungur || Alex Hale || Lou Bernardi || Malcolm McClintock || Morgan Grobin || Dan Greencorn || Josh Redel | |||
|} | |||
==  Exit Reports== | |||
{{{{PAGENAME}} Exit Reports}} | |||
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[[Category:Directors]] | |||
[[Category:VP Communications Responsibilities]] | |||
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