Systems Department
Meet The Team
Vinay Gowdra Halappa, Interim Director
Vinay Gowdra Halappa is the Interim Director of Infrastructure Services at Fresno
State. In this role, Vinay works closely with Fresno State Stakeholders and external
partners to design, manage and deliver technology solutions, particularly focusing
on implementing and managing IT Infrastructure Services & Cloud Strategies. He also
leads in delivering essential technology platforms and hybrid IT infrastructure (on-premise,
cloud). He brings wide experience in IT Strategy, Planning, Design, Architecting and
Implementing Solutions. Prior to Fresno State, he has worked with several Enterprises
leading turnkey projects. He holds BE in Computer Science and has graduated from Northeastern
University, Boston with Masters in Informatics majoring in Cloud Computing & Analytics.
Systems Adminstration
The Systems Administration team is responsible for the server environment supporting central campus services including calendaring, email, web-servers, network infrastructure services, and the campus portal. This environment includes the hardware, operating systems and storage systems associated with these servers.
Digital Infrastructure
The Digital Infrastructure team is a dedicated group responsible for managing SCCM, Jamf, and ticketing systems. This team ensures seamless deployment and maintenance of software across Windows and macOS environments, leveraging SCCM for Windows and Jamf for macOS to automate updates, patches, and software installations. They also handle the ticketing system, providing timely and efficient responses to user requests and incidents. Their expertise ensures system reliability, security, and user satisfaction, playing a crucial role in maintaining the organization's IT infrastructure.
Cloud Infrastructure
Our cloud infrastructure team specializes in designing, implementing, and managing scalable solutions primarily within AWS. They excel in optimizing cloud resources, ensuring high availability, and leveraging AWS services to enhance performance and security for our applications and data.
IT Services
The IT Services team manages the uniflow-dept and printsvr02 print servers, serve as the Uniflow Administrator, and oversee IT asset management and license renewals.
Database Technologies
The Database Technology team at our university manages and optimizes our data systems, ensuring efficient storage, retrieval, and security of information.
