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  <Title>Windows 10 Free Upgrade for Personal Machines Ends July 29th</Title>
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    <div>DoIT would like the UMBC community to know that Microsoft's deadline for a free upgrade to Windows 10 is ending on July 29th, 2016. If you are running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and do not take advantage of this offer, the upgrade will cost $119 after.</div>
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    <strong>Please note</strong> that this recommendation applies to students, faculty, and staff personal machines. In Summer 2016,<a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/58680" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> all DoIT controlled computer labs will be upgraded to Windows 10 Education</a>. DoIT does officially support Windows 10 and will be happy to upgrade faculty and staff UMBC owned machines as requested. Windows 10 also has support for <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/59957" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Eduroam</a> &amp; <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/59875" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">MATLAB</a>. </div>
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    <div>Bryan Roper, Executive Demo Lead for Microsoft, <a href="https://youtu.be/wVo9Vdpk23g" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">gave 10 reasons why you should upgrade.</a> Roper mentioned that Windows 10 has the highest customer satisfaction rate of any version of Windows ever. </div>
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    <div>By upgrading now, you can get live tiles that display tidbits of information without the need to open an app. There are also more games and apps on Windows 10 such as Minecraft, Netflix, and Adobe Photoshop Express. The security of Windows 10 is also improved, and if your device supports a fingerprint reader you can sign into it using Windows Hello</div>
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    <div><img src="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/news/000/060/003/16e8bca67b4df1dc99055f27569eb72b/IMG_0014.JPG" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div>
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    <em>Windows 10 screenshot. Here you can see the live tiles in action, along with a familiar Windows UI</em>. </div>
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    <div>The other advantage of upgrading now is you will get all future Windows 10 updates for free. This includes the upcoming summer update titled Anniversary Update which includes improvements to Cortana, Microsoft’s digital personal assistant similar to Apple’s Siri.</div>
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    <div>You can check out some guides on upgrading from <a href="http://www.groovypost.com/howto/upgrade-windows-7-to-windows-10/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Windows 7 to Windows 10</a>, or how to upgrade from <a href="http://www.groovypost.com/howto/upgrade-windows-8-1-to-windows-10/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Windows 8.1 to Windows 10</a>. </div>
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    <div><em>Thumbnail image is from <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-upgrade" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Microsoft's Windows 10 page</a>. </em></div>
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  <NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="60006" important="true" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/dosait/posts/60006">
    <Title>Major changes to Instructional Web Environment for Fall 2016</Title>
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          <div>In Fall 2016, DoIT will be making significant changes to the userpages web environment. We will be creating a new Student Web Environment and there will be an upgraded server using newer versions of critical applications such as PHP, apache, python and other software tools faculty have requested. Staff, faculty and alumni pages from userpages will be moved to a virtual box where they can be continued to be accessed with the existing URLs they use today. </div>
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          <div>This transition is part of DoIT’s ongoing commitment to security and stability. The current web environment has aging hardware that is prone to failure. By upgrading now, DoIT will be able to provide much more powerful and easier to use interface for instructional needs. This new box will be updated regularly allowing to be more versatile with better software and security offerings. </div>
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          <div>Users who have web directories on userpages for non-instructional use will be transitioned to a new server that will be able to host their existing content.  On the new Student Web Environment, individual users will still need to activate their site, but this will now feature a more automated process. In addition, before each new academic year the directory that will be web accessible will change so that older content is no longer accessible to help with security. For example in 2016 the publically reachable directory will be swe2016 instead of the existing “pub/www” space that is currently used.  </div>
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          <div>As a result, DoIT will be transitioning off userpages.umbc.edu for all instructional web development after this semester. DoIT will work with faculty, staff and students in assisting with migration of non instructional user pages. </div>
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          <div>If faculty are actively using userpages and would like to be part of the shaping of the new environment please contact Damian Doyle, Director of Enterprise Infrastructure at <a href="mailto:damian@umbc.edu">damian@umbc.edu</a>
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    <Title>DoIT's Technology Support Center Now Hiring for the Summer</Title>
    <Tagline>Are you looking for an on campus job? Come work for us!</Tagline>
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          <div class="html-content"><span><p><span>The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the Summer. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on UMBCWorks</span><span> to apply. The position will be open for applications until May 18th. </span></p>
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          <p><span>(Search for TSC Student Consultant.)</span></p>
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          <p>We're looking, specifically, for students who are able to work between the hours below:</p>
          <p><span>Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 8AM-2PM</span></p>
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          <div><span>TSC Student Consultant Job Description</span></div>
          <br><p><span>Technology Support Center (TSC) student consultants are the first points of technical contact for the UMBC community and those who do well often go on to work in other areas of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Minimally, consultants are expected to provide initial triage and support for a wide-range of information technologies including accounts, hardware, instructional technologies, networking, software, telecommunications, and basic web development.</span></p>
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          <br><p><span>Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:</span></p>
          <br><ul><li><p><span>Provide technical assistance to users by phone, online and in person;</span></p></li></ul>
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          <li><p><span>Answer TSC phones in a professional and courteous manner;</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Create, update and resolve tickets in the Request Tracker (RT) ticketing system;</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Create, update, suggest and recommend relevant FAQ articles to users (</span><a href="http://www.umbc.edu/faq)" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>www.umbc.edu/faq</span></a><span>);</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Provide direct assistance to users on technical issues they cannot easily resolve on their own;</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Complete in-person or online training about quality support as defined in</span><a href="http://umbc.edu/go/ticketrubric" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>umbc.edu/go/ticketrubric</span></a><span>;</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Respond to all work related communications in a timely manner;</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Escalate urgent problems to the Full-Time staff, as appropriate.</span></p></li>
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          <li><p><span>Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate by phone or in person.</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Demonstrated writing ability.</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Demonstrated ability to achieve successful outcomes in handling difficult situations and customers.</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Demonstrated analytical and troubleshooting skills.</span></p></li>
          <li><p><span>Ability &amp; willingness to learn coupled with clear understanding of one’s technical abilities, so as to triage and escalate an issue that leads to an effective solution for the user.</span></p></li>
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    <Title>LDAP-Master and Webadmin downtime on 6/2</Title>
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          <span>****CHANGE OF DATE*****</span><div><span><br></span></div>
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          <span>On Thursday, June 2nd starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable.  Account authentication and logins will not be affected during this downtime.  </span><div><br></div>
          <div>The maintenance window will allow staff to apply needed security and application updates.  The outage window is expected to last two hours with services being restored by 4pm on Thursday, June 2nd.<div><br></div>
          <div>During the outage window account creations will be queued and then processed upon restoration of services.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Technology Support Center at x53838.</div>
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    <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Matlab" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">MATLAB </a>handles a range of computing tasks in engineering and science. There are several built in tools that integrates mathematical computing and visualization. The MATLAB interface also allows you to import data from instruments, files, and external databases and programs.</div>
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    <div>If students haven't already, they can <a href="https://www.mathworks.com/mwaccount/register?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mathworks.com%2Fdownloads%2Fselect_release" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">sign up for a Mathworks account</a> using their UMBC email. If you already have a UMBC Mathworks account, you can add a license under the “My Account” option by selecting the drop down menu on your name when you log in to Mathworks. You can obtain the license key <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/downloads/MatLab/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here.</a>
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    <div>There are <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Matlab+Licensed+Components" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">over 20 modules currently included</a> in UMBC’s MATLAB site license. These include modules such as Simulink, Matlab Compiler, and System Identification Toolbox.</div>
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    <div>Previously, MATLAB was only available to UMBC faculty and staff. Now, UMBC students can obtain a license key and install MATLAB on their personal machine. You can view the system requirements for <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/current_release/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">your OS on the Mathworks website</a>.</div>
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    <div>DoIT has extensive <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Matlab+Stand-Alone+Installation" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">FAQs for installing</a> MATLAB and video tutorials for <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/UMBC+CIRC+Software+Workshops%3A+Basic+MATLAB+Programming" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Basic MATLAB programming</a> and <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/CIRC+Software+Workshops%3A+Advanced+MATLAB+Programming" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Advanced MATLAB programming</a>. </div>
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    <Title>Why You Should Be Using Eduroam</Title>
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          <div><span><span>Here are 3 reasons why you should be using eduroam instead of UMBC Campus:</span></span></div>
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          <div><span><span>1. </span><a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30541701" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Quick and easy</span></a><span>: Damian Doyle, Director of Enterprise Infrastructure and Support, thinks eduroam is great for everyone. When asked about the main advantages, he said “eduroam can remember your login information allowing your device to automatically connect to the wireless network.” Setup for eduroam usually takes less than 5 minutes and once set up, your computer will automatically join to the network when on campus. </span></span></div>
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          <div><span><span>Remember when setting up to use your entire username, so instead of ‘damian’ in the username field, you would use </span><span><a href="mailto:damian@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">damian@umbc.edu</a></span></span></div>
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          <div><span><span>Example of logging into Eduroam on Mac OS X. Make sure to include the @umbc.edu part in the username field.</span></span></div>
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          <div>2. <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=31199051" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Security</span></a><span>: Eduroam provides a higher level of security than conventional, unencrypted wireless. When using eduroam, all traffic between their devices and the wireless access point is encrypted using WPA2 providing another reason everyone should switch to eduroam sooner rather than later.   </span>
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          <span>3. </span><a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30542257" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Availability</span></a><span>: Originally developed in Europe, eduroam also supports people in higher education using wireless networks at other higher education institutions. Eduroam has expanded beyond the 1900 institutions using it in Europe to include over 30 countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United States. So any UMBC student, faculty or staff member traveling abroad can use their UMBC email address and password to access WiFi around the world. In Maryland, UMCP, Loyola, University of Baltimore, and JHU have implemented eduroam and you can use their WiFi when visiting those campus.</span>
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          <div>DoIT's Technology Support Center will be closed from <strong>12PM-2PM, Thursday, May 26th </strong>to allow our staff to attend our departmental staff meeting.</div>
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          <div>If you need assistance during this time, we encourage you to refer to our FAQ knowledgebase available at <a href="http://umbc.edu/faq" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">umbc.edu/faq</a> for answers to many frequent questions. If you require further assistance, we ask that you please submit a ticket online by going to <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">my.umbc.edu/help</a>.</div>
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    <div>On Tuesday April 26th, from <span><span>9:30-10:45 PM</span></span>, the campus experienced a service outage on our centralized login system for myUMBC. <span>During this time services that use UMBC's single sign on, including blackboard and myumbc, were unavailable for login.</span>
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    <div><span>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. </span></div>
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  <Title>How a DoIT Student Employee Helped Bring TechFest to UMBC</Title>
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    <div>On Wednesday, March 9th DoIT’s Instructional Technology team sponsored a brand new event, known as TechFest. Located across three different rooms in the University Center and featuring over 10 presenters, including DoIT’s own Jack Suess and his presentation on <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/58665" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">tips for getting your inbox to zero</a>.</div>
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    <div>Techfest was <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology/posts/58552" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">a great success</a> and brought the UMBC campus community together to present ways that technology can both support and improve the efficiency of day-to-day activities. Before that, TechFest was just an idea with Collin Sullivan, a freshman Information Systems and Economics major.</div>
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    <h4><strong>“You usually have some sort of IT Professional that teaches the technology…”</strong></h4>
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    <div>TechFest came from an idea Sullivan had when he was a senior in high school, interning for the Howard County Public School System. He felt that technology was being limited to just professionals and wanted to expand it. Sullivan said, “You usually have some sort of IT professional that teaches the technology, and that's pretty much it.”</div>
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    <div>Technology can be exciting and fun, and Sullivan wanted to capture that. Instead of having just professionals, why not get different community members? Techfest featured many members from the UMBC community, with students, faculty, and staff all attending. </div>
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    <div>Not everyone presenting was a DoIT employee either, as TechFest featured students hosting their own panels as well as individuals from the Career Center. Combine that with talking to people with different backgrounds at your seats, TechFest was diverse and welcoming to everyone.</div>
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    <div>Picking the workshop tools were based on a survey that was sent out through the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Instructional Technology group’s myUMBC page</a>. From there, the team determined who was interested in presenting and asked themselves what tools they would want to see, along with what tools people who took the survey wanted to see. The most popular sessions would be placed during free hour.</div>
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    <h4>“I was excited about the tools I was talking about.”</h4>
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    <div>Sullivan himself was presenting two back to back sessions on Apple’s iCloud and Microsoft’s OneNote. “It was insanely stressful,” Sullivan said, “but I had a lot of fun. I was excited about the tools I was talking about.” These were interactive sessions where he would create assignments for the attendees to perform. </div>
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    <div>These two tools are what Sullivan uses himself on a day-to-day basis while at UMBC. Using Microsoft’s OneNote, Sullivan can take detailed notes in his classes and then share them with his classmates. OneNote doesn't strictly have to be for students, but rather everyone can integrate it into their lives. Sullivan said, “I envision faculty and staff using OneNote in meetings, it’s really really helpful.”</div>
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    <h4>“I don’t want anyone to be afraid of the cloud,”</h4>
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    <div>Apple’s iCloud can make you more productive, and Sullivan wanted to capture that. During his iCloud session, he walked participants through the new opportunities that iCloud brings. He also answered questions anyone had surrounding iCloud. “I don’t want anyone to be afraid of the cloud.” Sullivan said, “It’s getting that stigma away from the cloud.” </div>
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    <div>While TechFest was a success, Sullivan is already in the stages of planning another TechFest for next Fall, TechFest 2. “We’re already having some preliminary discussions to what it would look like.” Sullivan said. One of the big things that will change is the session break time, as there were only five minute intervals between each session, and increasing the duration of each individual session as well. </div>
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    <div>Other than TechFest, Sullivan is also serving as a senator for the SGA and oversees various initiatives. “TechFest [2] is definitely on my mind.” Sullivan said, “I want to keep pushing for OneNote. This isn't the last hoorah.”</div>
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    <div><em>You can check out how to download OneNote and other Microsoft Office tools <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/52191" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a></em></div>
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    <Title>Critical Vulnerability in Adobe Flash Affects Most Machines</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">A few days ago a critical vulnerability was announced within Adobe Flash Player that allows a machine to become infected with ransomware through a web browser. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that will encrypt files on your system and then require payment in return for giving you access back to these files. If you ever infected with this type of software you should submit a ticket through <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC Help</a> or contact the <a href="http://doit.umbc.edu/tsc" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Technology Support Center</a> (TSC) at x5-3838 immediately. <div><br></div>
          <div>In response to this DoIT has pushed an update out to all Windows PCs that are in active directory patching the vulnerability. </div>
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          <div>We strongly encourage all Apple, Linux and non active directory Windows users to apply the patch Adobe released to protect your machine against this bug. </div>
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          <div>For instructions on how to patch your browser, please visit adobe's help page:</div>
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          <div><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html</a></div>
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          <div>For more information about the vulnerability please visit the link below:</div>
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          <div><a href="http://www.groovypost.com/news/adobe-flash-emergency-flash-player-patch/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.groovypost.com/news/adobe-flash-emergency-flash-player-patch/</a></div>
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          <div>If you have any questions please feel free to email me directly or contact the TSC at x5-3838 or submit a ticket through <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/help/request" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://my.umbc.edu/help/request</a>
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          <div>Thank You, </div>
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          <div>Damian Doyle</div>
          <div>--</div>
          <div>Director of Enterprise Infrastructure</div>
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