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    Ray Trygstad

    Director of Information Technology, Center for Professional Development
    Assistant Director for Information Technology, Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus
    Associate Director, Information Technology and Management Degree Programs
    B.S., United States Naval Academy
    M.S. Systems Management, University of Denver
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    Office: Rice Campus: Room 227 (Google Map Location)
    Main Campus: 3424 South State Street (South Tower) Room 2037 (Google Map Location)
    Office hours: Rice Campus: 3:00-5:00pm Thursdays
    Main Campus: 2:00-4:30pm Tuesdays
    Online: 9:30-10:30pm Thursdays
    Telephone: Rice Campus Office: 630.682.6032
    Main Campus Office: 312.567.5291 (Tuesdays only)
    Home: 630.778.7443
    Fax: 630.682.6010
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    Center for Professional Development
    Illinois Institute of Technology
    201 East Loop Road
    Wheaton, Illinois, 60189-8489 USA
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    Schedule: Fall 2008 (coming soon)

    Ray Trygstad has broad experience and education in the Internet, information security, computers, management, and education. As Director of Information Technology for the Center for Professional Development and Assistant Director for Information Technology at IIT's Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus in Wheaton, Illinois, he is responsible for technology planning and information system management and administration for the Center for Professional Development and the entire Rice Campus. He also serves as Associate Director and Undergraduate Advisor for the Information Technology & Management (ITM) Degree programs offered by IIT's Center for Professional Development (CPD). He has served as Information Systems Administrator for a university department and for a Navy aviation squadron with over 500 personnel, and has managed a multimedia center providing campus-wide multimedia computing support. As Client Services Manager for IIT's Computing and Network Services, Mr. Trygstad managed a division responsible for all IIT Main Campus computer labs, Novell networks, the Helpdesk, and all technical and structural aspects of the university's Web site. He has wide experience with the World Wide Web and has created and maintains a large group of homepages, including pages for the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, for alumni of the U.S. Naval Academy, and the Naval and Maritime page of the World Wide Web Virtual Library. He has been the Webmaster for multiple Web servers at IIT including the Instructional Multimedia Center and the Alumni Web Server at IIT and was the direct line supervisor of the University Webmaster. Conversant with the Windows, UNIX and Linux operating systems, he has extensive conventional and computer graphics experience as well as formal Navy training and experience in information security. A 1977 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, he was designated a Computer Systems Management Subspecialist by the U. S. Navy where he served as an Information Systems Security Officer. He conducted his first information security audit in 1988 and brought his Navy unit to a fully accredited status. Having earned a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Denver, Mr. Trygstad created and coordinated the IIT Internet Access program, providing Internet Education for students, educators and business people and Internet access for community groups and activities. Through this program he was responsible for basic Internet education of over 1000 students, including 800 K-12 educators. As an outgrowth of this program, he was also the Program Manager of IIT's Certificate Program in Educational Technology, In addition to instructing Information Technology and Management, he has taught Computer Science at IIT, Web Design for the e-Commerce Masters program of IIT's Stuart Graduate School of Business and has taught e-Commerce technology for the University of Chicago. While at IIT, he completed his coursework for a PhD in Computer Science. In addition to his academic and university computing duties, Mr. Trygstad has a consulting practice focusing on Web strategy, information security, networking, and graphic design, and is the owner of Webmaster Sources LLC, a Web startup providing market-specific online resources for Web developers and Web development curricular materials for higher education. This background, coupled with his years of service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, has provided him with a unique perspective on the problems of managing technology. His experience as a college professor as well as over four years as Navy Flight Instructor have made him an expert in curriculum development. Prior to his current positions with IIT, Mr. Trygstad was an Assistant Professor of Naval Science at IIT, and he currently maintains the Naval and Maritime page of the World Wide Web Virtual Library. He is a member of the the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, the the Internet Society, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the World Wide Web Virtual Library, the U.S. Naval Institute and the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association. He  was a charter member of the Council of the World Wide Web Virtual Library and served on the Association of Internet Professionals Certification Accreditation Council which designed accreditation standards for Internet educational programs on an international level. He is a Subject Matter Expert for the CompTIA i-Net+ examination, and is a member of the Speakers Bureau of the Technology Executives Club

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