Project Management Office

IT Project Management Office (PMO)

IT Projects advance our university's strategic objectives and deliver needed and innovative IT services for our campus. We serve as project managers on key IT projects, manage the IT project portfolio and seek to:

  • Facilitate project team efforts and remove obstacles to progress

  • Use metrics and feedback to improve our services and align with IT and campus needs

  • Delight our project teams and stakeholders  

IT in higher education is a complex environment and our teams and stakeholders deliver exceptional value through IT projects. For more information about our services, see:

To request our services, please contact us at group-it-pmo@appstate.edu.  IT governance members  can send us a service request through the Appalachian Technology Service Desk.

Contact

Julie Taubman, Director of Project Management and Data Governance, taubmanjl@appstate.edu

Nikki Crees, Campus Services IT Project Manager, creesnt@appstate.edu

Dave Griffiths, IT Infrastructure & Student Affairs IT Project Manager, griffithsd@appstate.edu

Miranda Warren, Design & Construction, Facilities Operations, Academic Technology & ITS Support IT Project Manager, warrenmm@appstate.edu

Michael Friese, AI and Data Governance Business Analyst, friesema@appstate.edu

Clint Coffey, Enterprise Applications & Project Kitty Hawk, coffeycg1@appstate.edu