Joe DeCristoforo Bio Summary

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1 Joe DeCristoforo Bio Summary Joe DeCristoforo has been involved in higher education opportunities for approximately thirty years and in five different states and as many universities. He went from a graduate assistant in the Career Planning and Placement Office at the University of Florida, to Assistant Director of Admissions and Assistant Registrar at Kennesaw State College, to Assistant Director of Records at Georgia Tech, then Registrar at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the University of Toledo, to currently Assistant Vice President and University Registrar at UTSA, where he has been since He has three degrees from the University of Florida a bachelor s degree in English and two graduate degrees in Counselor Education, plus a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Georgia State University in Research, Measurement, and Statistics in 1992.

2 VITAE of JOSEPH R. DECRISTOFORO CURRENT ADDRESS PERSONAL DATA 291 Mustang Crossing Drive Married: One Daughter Pipe Creek, TX Health: Excellent Home Phone: (830) Work Phone: (210) ===================================================================== PROFESSIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION WORK SUMMARY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO Assistant Vice President and University Registrar San Antonio, TX Present THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO Toledo, OH University Registrar INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Indiana, PA University Registrar GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Atlanta, GA Assistant Director of Student Records KENNESAW STATE COLLEGE Marietta. GA Assistant Director of Academic Services and Assistant Registrar Assistant Director of Admissions DEKALB COLLEGE, SOUTH CAMPUS Decatur, GA New Student Orientation and Career Center Coordinator GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Atlanta, GA Doctor of Philosophy December, 1992 Ph.D. Dissertation: Electronic Versus Traditional Administration of Student Ratings of Instruction at the Georgia Institute of Technology: A Summative Analysis Educational Foundations: Research, Measurement, and Statistics UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Gainesville, FL Specialist s and Master s Degrees 1980 Counselor Education: College Student Personnel Work Honor Society of Kappa Delta Pi Bachelor of Arts, with Honors 1974 College of Arts & Sciences Major: English; Minor: Speech Honor Society of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi

3 JOSEPH R. DECRISTOFORO PAGE 2 OF 7 HIGHER EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCE THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTIONIO Office of the Registrar Assistant Vice President and University Registrar 2002-Present General Office - Supervise 30+ full-time and part-time staff and serve student population in excess of 28,000 students - Supervise the following functions: Registration & Records, Graduation Coordination, SIS Operations, Veterans Affairs, Academic Publications, Class Scheduling, NCAA Eligibility certifications and In-state residency certifications Banner Student Information System Conversion - Oversaw the Student Record component of the conversion from the NATISIS SIS to the Banner SIS - Co-chair the Administrative System Core User s Group that reviews issues mostly related to the implementation and/or modification of the Banner SIS Student Records - Assisted with the development of the ASAP online transcript ordering system - Supervised the Student Record components of three Banner system upgrades - Assisted with various modifications to the state reporting system as used by UTSA - Oversaw the implementation of the National Student Clearinghouse certification System on our campus in Assisted with the online grade change automated system implementation - Oversaw the student record imaging conversion of nearly 50,000 student folders Registration and Scheduling - Chair the University Scheduling Committee that has seen major modifications to our scheduling system to help our departments with class scheduling challenges - Introduced several registration mods to web and desktop Banner that make our registration system more student-friendly and responsive than Banner Baseline - Assisted with the Floating 45 and 30 credit hour and Drop 6 Coordinating Board required legislative mods to our registration system - Helped implement mods to our registration purge system Special Activities/Projects - Assisted with the implementation of a campus-wide digital signage system - Social Security Number Coordinator from 2002 through 2007 for entire campus Community - Oversaw the implementation of a campus-wide reporting and scheduling system, using Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence for operational and ad hoc report access by users - Assisted with the selection of a university-wide data warehouse system - Coordinating ad hoc committee to investigate the various uses of virtual world technology such as Second Life in Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, and other campus areas

4 JOSEPH R. DECRISTOFORO PAGE 3 OF 7 THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO Office of the Registrar University Registrar General Office - Supervise 18 full-time and 8 seasonal staff and serve student population in excess of 20,000 students - Supervise the following functions: Student Records, Registration & Scheduling, Graduation, Degree Audit, and SIS Reporting Semester Calendar System Conversion (Fall 1995 to Fall 1997) - Oversaw the Student Record component of the conversion from a quarter calendar system to a semester calendar system - Implemented a new course-numbering system when converting to semesters to ease the transition for students and faculty - Developed process to consolidate 7000 courses into 5000 courses in SIS - Developed and instituted a standard stop/start course scheduling system designed to help reduce time conflicts and make best use of available class space Student Records - Promoted the automation of transfer credit using a course-equivalency matching system of more than 15,000 credit classes - Supervised the Student Record components of three SCT system upgrades - Dedicated key staff to assist with the implementation of Ohio s Course Applicability System (CAS) in which prospective students use the web to determine transfer and degree applicability - Oversee the Degree Audit Report System (DARS) in which students can receive a degree audit report that tells them which degree requirements have been satisfied - Supervised the Student Record component of a user-friendly web record system in which students use a secure web-server to view their unofficial transcript, make address changes, flag their directory information as private, etc. Registration and Scheduling - Implemented Schedule25 - the automated classroom scheduling system in which course sections are matched to general purpose classrooms using a best-fit algorithm - Implemented a combined Schedule of Classes Fall/Spring bulletin which enables students to early register for classes up to one year in advance - Supervised the implementation of a user-friendly web registration system in which students can register for classes, make schedule adjustments, search for open sections, pay fees using a credit-card, etc. - Instituted a distributed class scheduling system in which departments enter their own class section data electronically

5 JOSEPH R. DECRISTOFORO PAGE 4 OF 7 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of the Registrar University Registrar General Office - Supervised 11 full-time staff members and served student population in excess of 14,000 students - Supervised the following functions: Student Records, Registration & Scheduling, Graduation and Commencement Student Records - Developed automated laser transcript and certification generating systems in which transcripts and certifications were produced within 24 hours for enrolled students, all transactions were logged and traced into a computer retrieval system, with facsimile and rush transcripts and certifications produced on an on-demand basis - Initiated sending students at the conclusion of each term a laser-generated combined Cumulative Grade Report and Schedule Verification Notice - Initiated an audit and re-audit process to ensure data integrity for all student academic records - Redesigned the graduation check-out process to ensure accurate degree information - Streamlined the readmission process for undergraduate students Registration and Scheduling - Instituted an interactive registration and drop/add process - Developed a TERMREG registration system that allows students to self-register using a computer terminal in which students can display open sections, drop classes, add classes, display a schedule matrix, and show error messages and conflicts - Enhanced the TELREG voice response registration system to allow for multiple-term registrations and computer restriction checking of prerequisites - Developed a course permission override system in which academic departments and dean s offices issued closed section permits with dated expiration times - Instituted a distributed class scheduling system in which departments entered their own class section data - Implemented both batch and interactive room scheduling packages: Schedule 25 & 25E - Redesigned a new Schedule of Classes bulletin using desktop publishing that reduced the number of publications from five to two annually by combining graduate and undergraduate and summer/fall bulletins - Designed and implemented an interactive student withdrawal system that allowed students to self-withdraw from individual courses using a computer terminal Student Access System Special Activities/Projects - Coordinated the development of the first mid-year commencement in 20 years - Founded IUP s local chapter of the national honor society of Phi Kappa Phi and served as the first chapter president,

6 JOSEPH R. DECRISTOFORO PAGE 5 OF 7 GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Office of the Registrar, Student Records Assistant Director of Student Records Maintained student records and served as acting director in the director s absence - Supervised degree certification and all data processing functions in the Student Records - Developed documentation for Records Office computer programs - Implemented first functional automated degree audit system for the Institute - Assisted with the development of on-line transcripts and enrollment certifications - Designed relational database system for in-state residency petition processing - Assisted with the development of functional requirements for new student information system KENNESAW STATE COLLEGE Office of Academic Services and Registrar Assistant Director of Academic Services and Assistant Registrar Maintained student academic records and supervised staff of 7 employees - Supervised registration, late registration, and schedule changes - Reviewed transfer credit discrepancies and course substitutions - Served as certifying official for international students and veterans - Processed special reports as needed and assisted with graduation - Compiled all OCR, IPEDS (HEGIS), and state SIRS enrollment reports - Made readmission decisions on students on academic dismissal - Designed and built automated VA certification system - Designed prototype for automated academic advisement system - Designed and implemented automated transfer credit evaluation system that was later adapted for use by two other colleges KENNESAW STATE COLLEGE Office of the Registrar and Director of Admissions Assistant Director of Admissions Duties and accomplishments: - Determined acceptance/rejection status for all incoming students - Recruited prospective students through PROBE, high school visits, and malls - Developed recruiting objectives that helped realize an average 12% yield on new students - Designed and developed all recruiting material, including brochures and application - Initiated high school honors day program for outstanding students - Redefined college s transfer credit policy and developed transfer credit policy manual - Developed automated personalized acceptance letters and deficiency post cards - Developed automated incoming document processing system - Designed automated admission decision review process for rejection/acceptance decisions

7 JOSEPH R. DECRISTOFORO PAGE 6 OF 7 DEKALB COLLEGE (now called Georgia Perimeter College) Office of the Dean of Students New Student Orientation and Career Center Coordinator Established first campus Career Center - Coordinated new student orientation programs - Counseled students on career, academic, and personal matters - Taught courses on career development and academic skills development PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS Wrote article entitled, Implementing and Maintaining a Web-based, University-wide, Multifunctional Reporting System in the 2007, Vol. No. 20 The SACRAO Journal. Assisted with the 2005 Local Arrangements Committee for the Texas ACRAO (TACRAO) Association at the Omni International Hotel (networking, , and session support). Invited to serve on two panels at the Ohio Association of Registrars and Admissions Officers annual meeting in Columbus, OH, November 7-9, 2001: Outsourcing Degree Verifications and Ohio Board of Regents Enrollment Audits Presented paper at AACRAO s annual meeting in New Orleans, LA, entitled, Using Authoring Systems for Developing Multimedia Training Programs, April 2000 Consultant for Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Registrars Office in assessing their fiveyear program review (Fall 1998) Presented paper at AACRAO s annual meeting in Reno, Nevada, entitled, The Key Role of the Registrars Office in Planning and Implementing Enrollment Management Activities, Spring 1996 (same paper was presented at the next MSACROA conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Fall 1995) Presented paper at the Middle States Association of Collegiate Registrar s and Officers of Admission conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, entitled, Integrating An In-House Master Course Scheduling System Using Stand-alone Scheduling Packages, Fall 1994 (same paper was published in the Spring 1994 College and University Computer User s Conference Proceedings- CUMREC) Conducted seminar at the Middle States Association of Collegiate Registrar s and Officers of Admission conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, entitled, An Automated Transcript and Certification Processing, Tracking, and Generating System, Fall 1993 Conducted pre-conference workshop at SACRAO s Management of Student Information Systems (MOSIS) Conference in West Palm, Beach, Florida, entitled Increased Personal Productivity Using Windows 3.1, Summer 1992 Conducted pre-conference workshop at SACRAO s MOSIS Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, entitled, Windows 3.0: What Makes It Click, Summer 1991

8 JOSEPH R. DECRISTOFORO PAGE 7 OF 7 PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS (Continued) Presented paper at College and University Computer User s Conference (CUMREC) in Buffalo, New York, entitled, Expert System Applications in Admissions and Records Offices, Spring 1990 Conducted session at University System of Georgia s annual Computing Conference in Rock Eagle, Georgia, entitled. Expert System Applications in a University Setting, Fall 1989 Coordinated President s Forum at GACRAO s 1989 annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia and conducted survey research for session entitled, Registrar Issues for the 90s: A Survey, Summer 1989 Served as co-presenter for session at AACRAO s annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, entitled, Establishing Professional Development Programs, Spring 1989 Presented paper at Georgia Tech s annual Continuing Education Knowledge Engineering Certification Program entitled, A Step by Step Introductory Guide to Counter Simulations in a University Records Office Using Object-Oriented Programming Techniques, Winter 1989 Conducted survey research and coordinated session at GACRAO s annual Conference in St. Simons Island, Georgia, entitled 1986 GACRAO Transfer Credit Survey. Summer 1986 Served as co-presenter for session at SACRAO s annual Conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas, entitled, On-Line VA Certifications, Winter 1986 (later published in The SACRAO Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, Summer 1988) Served as co-presenter for session at SACRAO s annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia, entitled, Automation of Transfer Evaluations, Winter 1985 (later published in The SACRAO Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 1986) Conducted workshops on how to write an effective resume and other job search correspondence at the American Personnel and Guidance Association annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, Spring 1980 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS Served on Registrar Advisory Committee of the National Student (Loan) Clearinghouse, Herndon, Virginia (2001 through 2005) Chair, Special Events Subcommittee, Great Lakes 2000 Regional Great Lakes AACRAO conference (Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan), Toledo, OH, Fall 2000 Evaluation Committee for the Middle State s Association of Collegiate Registrars and Officers of Admission, 1994 and 1996 Program committee co-chair (Records) for GACRAO s annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia, Summer 1989