Houston Griffith
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About Me
Hi! My name is Houston Griffith. I'm currently a student in the University of Wisconsin Flex Program (Information Science and Technology degree).
I've been working in the IT field for nearly 20 years across a variety of industries such as telecommunications, medicine, government, retail, and education. During my time working as an IT professional, I've held many titles and performed in many different roles such as network technician, web developer, client platform engineer, system administrator, programmer, A/V system designer, and I've worked in managerial roles as well.
This site contains some links to real websites that I have developed, or helped to develop, (and currently maintain) referencing work I do in my current role with Virginia Commonwealth University.
Contact Information
Email: griff386@uwm.edu
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Experience
Current Role
Senior Manager - Instructional Computing Services (2014 - present)
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia)
In my current role, I oversee a small team of 5 people (4 full-time, 1 part-time). Together, we support the university's classroom/lab computing needs across 35 academic buildings, 300+ rooms, and we support over 650+ loaner laptops for students and instructional faculty. In addition to our classrooom technology support services, we also administer and support several of VCU's university-wide academic software programs (enterprise-level licensing), such as Adobe Creative Cloud, AutoDesk, ESRI (ArcGIS), SketchUp, Top Hat, Unity, and several smaller agreements.
Previous Role
Web Developer and Systems Admin - School of Public and International Affairs (2010 - 2014)
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia)
In my previous role, I oversaw and provided direct technology support to ALL faculty/staff within the school on the Blacksburg, Virginia campus. This was a comprehensive technology support role encompassing everything from purchasing and procurement, desktop/laptop and classroom technology support, as well as software licensing and delivery. In addition to these duties, I also managed one student worker who helped me maintain a private in-house print shop for small, medium, and large format printing/scanning needs by the school's students and employees.
Projects
All of these websites are using a customized version of the Tailwind CSS responsive framework and are hosted internally by VCU.
- VCU Adobe Website - adobe.vcu.edu
This website showcases various Adobe software resources and support for VCU students and staff. A text-heavy site, it includes various tables, lists, and links to forms.
- VCU Student Technology Website - student-tech.vcu.edu
A comprehensive guide to technology resources available for VCU students, including software and hardware options, support resources, and informtion about technology services provided for students both virtually and in-person.
- VCU Classroom Technology Website - classroomtech.vcu.edu
Details on the technology available in VCU classrooms and support services for faculty. This site is still a work in progress with new content sections such as a comprehensive academic space inventory of VCU's 1700+ classrooms and conference spaces still being developed for publication in an interactive table.
This a mobile-first website using a customized version of the Bootstrap CSS responsive framework. It is hosted using the Netlify web service and cached via CloudFlare for security and monitoring.
- LabMan - labman.io
A static site built to support the LabMan conference community, providing event information and links to connect with community members through a Slack chat workspace..