(From left to right) CIO George Brophy with Kent McCray, coworker Sebby Sorrentino, Susan McCray and coworker Dan McNamara in 2005. Courtesy of Unotes
George Brophy, who is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the University of Hartford, has announced he will be retiring at the end of December 2013.
Brophy first took this position, which used to be titled Director of Information Technoloy Services, in 2000.
Before coming to the University of Hartford Brophy worked in a ITS department at a banking industry.
Coming into Hartford, it didn’t take long before he became promoted as the CIO because he showed impressive skills to think strategically in many different levels, especially intuitionally.
Not only is he a very skillful man, he also is very interactive with students, giving them guidance and help when needed.
Not only has Brophy worked as the CIO, he also dedicated time to work with the University’s Situation Management Team were he demonstrated a great deal of leadership to all those he worked with.
To continue with his busy yet fulfilling schedule George went the extra mile to work hard and achieve a doctorate degree here at the University.
Brophy was on the ITS Management Team during many milestones for the University. One of them was meeting Kent McCray, producer of “Bonanza” and “Little House on the Prairie” when he donated $100,000 to the television studio in the Harry Jack Gray Center.
Over the years Brophy has been a leading figure in managing the adminstration and academic computing systems, including the University’s email, phone and registration systems.
Taking over George Brophy’s position will be Richard LaFlamme. He will take over Brophy’s duties as Interim CIO on Dec. 1, 2013 until a permanent replacement for the position is found.
LaFlamme began working at the University of Hartford back in 1983 and has been working as a programmer and analysis, but has held various types of positions with in the ITS department.
The ITS Management Team consists of Dave Kelley, Director of ITS and Network Services; Sebby Sorrentino, Director of Academic and Media Technology; and Betsey Kern, Assistant Director of ITS Administrative Systems.
Dave deManby, Evelyne Haldimann, Allan Geetler and Minhly Nguyen are also on the ITS Management Team.
Together the team will work through the transition. Losing such a dedicated, talented, hard-working employee will be hard for the entire University.
Brophy will continue to work on a part-time basis with Vice President for Finance and Administration Arosha Jayawickrema as Special Assistant and Project Manager. Brophy will continue to support major University technology and operational projects in order to make the transition run as smoothly as possible.
Jayawickrema expressed his appreciation for Brophy’s hard work over the years. He said he enjoyed working with him and regrets seeing Brophy retire.
But, along with the rest of the UHa community, he wishes Brophy the best of luck in all his future endeavors.