OIT Staff

Dr. Darren Wilkins

The Chief Information Officer sets the overall IT strategy for the UL and promotes consistency of practices and shared processes. The CIO ensures the strategic and operational excellence of both academic and administrative information technology to support and advance all aspects of the University’s mission. The CIO collaborates across the University community, senior leaders, faculty, staff, students and other key University stakeholders to identify opportunities to leverage technology in ways that support the goals of teaching and learning, research, discovery, and outreach. The CIO reports directly to the President of the University

Jenkins D. Yonly

Plans and implements additions, deletions and major modifications in pursuit of IT and business goals. Assesses needs across the enterprise and within individual business units to determine strategies for meeting business objectives. Modifies existing IT systems or develops new approaches. It relies on extensive knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals. Usually reports to the CIO. Manages others.

Paul Metieh

Leads application systems and programming teams for individual projects. Provides technical support to project team members. Coordinates team members and enforces schedules. Manages complex application features and technical designs. Develops and executes complex application features. It relies on knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals. Usually reports to a department head. Manages others.

E. Martin Weah

Setting goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with company's plans and vision. Organizing workflow and ensuring that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks. Monitoring employee productivity and providing constructive feedback and coaching.

Harris H.S. Viskinda

Manages the University's overall web presence. Monitors web traffic and ensures the website is prepared to meet traffic demands and performance expectations. Leads the development and design of the website to enhance appearance and usability. Requires working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and SQL. It relies on knowledge and professional discretion to plan and accomplish goals. Works under general supervision and usually reports to a supervisor, though some ingenuity and flexibility is required.

Asha TK. Kaba

Makes sure that our website content is up-to-date and accurate. Update content to the university’s style guide, tailored to the needs of the intended audience.

Andrew A. Anderson

Supports, designs, maintains and monitors internal and external networks. Implements and manages all systems, applications, security and network configurations. Resolves network performance issues and establishes a disaster recovery plan. Recommends upgrades, patches and new applications and equipment. Provides technical support and guidance to users. Relies on knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals. Usually reports to a supervisor or department head.

Jason Weni

Configures, tests, maintains and resolves issues related to LAN. Provides troubleshooting support to end users. Installs workstations. Relies on limited knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals. Works under general supervision and usually reports to a project leader or manager, though some ingenuity and flexibility is required.

Lawrence H. Dennis

Assists end users in resolving hardware and software issues by fielding telephone calls and email communication, diagnosing problems and performing troubleshooting activities. Documents, tracks and monitors the problem to facilitate a timely resolution. Relies on established guidelines and instructions to perform daily job functions. Works under immediate supervision.

Samuel Sayka

Repairs and maintains computers and servers. His responsibilities may extend to include building or configuring new hardware, installing and updating software packages, and creating and maintaining computer networks. He work in coordination with the users to identify any hardware-related issues. It becomes essential to have extensive familiarity with computer hardware architecture and functions.

Ian Pederson

Provides technical support for staff. He uses computer software and equipment to assist them in providing advice and help users, provide potential workarounds. Raise information, bug and feature requests to the development team or senior support specialists.

Charles Osadebay

Maintains and operates computer systems or networks. Installs, supports and manages servers and resolves issues as needed. Installs patches and performs system backups and recovery. Monitors system configuration and maintains data files. It relies on limited knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals. Works under general supervision and usually reports to a director or manager.

Randolph H. Stewart

Builds, maintains and monitors installed systems and infrastructure. Installs, configures, tests and maintains operating systems, application software and system management tools. Corrects software errors in existing systems, improves performance through hardware upgrades and implements new systems.

James Tuah

Installs, tests, monitors, upgrades, troubleshoots and repairs computer systems, networks and peripherals. Manages user account information, including rights, security and systems groups. Relies on limited knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals. Works under general supervision and usually reports to a supervisor or director.

Nimely Jappah

Maintains and operates computer systems or networks. Installs, supports and manages servers and resolves issues as needed. Installs patches and performs system backups and recovery. Monitors system configuration and maintains data files. Relies on limited knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals. Works under general supervision and usually reports to a director or manager.

Vivian Wreh

Diagnose, repair and maintain hardware and software components to ensure the smooth running of computer systems. Her responsibilities include installing and configuring computer hardware and being the primary point of contact for IT support.

Akimi Toe

Responsible to provide support to dept staff. This support includes general office management, answering phones, speaking with clients, assisting an employee, clerical work (including maintaining records and entering data), or a variety of other tasks.

Joseph Stubfield