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Executive Sponsor & Steering Committee Co-Chairs
The Executive team champions the Impact23 Program vision by upholding the mission and guiding principles. The sponsors provide strategic vision and support for the resource allocations required to ensure that the Impact23 Program successfully modernizes UC Riverside's financial systems.
Gerry Bomotti
VC & CFO | Executive Sponsor
Gerry Bomotti is UC Riverside’s Vice Chancellor for Planning, Budget and Administration and serves as the campus Chief Financial Officer. Gerry has an extensive background in higher education strategic budget analysis, planning and construction, real estate, bond and other financing activities, internal audit, accounting, purchasing, human resources, facilities management, and other administrative support functions.
Bobbi McCracken
AVC & Controller | Co-Chair
Bobbi McCracken is UC Riverside’s Associate Vice Chancellor of Business & Financial Services and the campus Controller. Bobbi is a UCR Alumnus with over 30 years of higher education experience in accounting, internal controls, and post-award administration. Her division includes the Accounting Office (Accounts Payable, Extramural Funds, General Accounting/Plant, Payroll Coordination & Analysis, and Treasury), Student Business Services/Cashiers, and Procurement departments.
Matthew Gunkel
AVC & CIO | Co-Chair
Matthew Gunkel is UC Riverside's Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer. He has broad experience in information technology, digital vision, educational technology, learning analytics, improved classroom infrastructure, and technical support in higher education. As our new CIO, Matt oversees a period of significant change and growth, including a substantial upgrade to UCR's network infrastructure and enterprise business systems.
Dr. Declan McCole
Professor, Academic Senate Vice Chair
Dr. Declan McCole, Vice Chair of the Academic Senate Executive Council and Professor, School of Medicine, was appointed to the Impact23 Executive Steering Committee to strengthen the shared governance model and ensure adequate faculty input in partnership with the Faculty Advisory Workgroup.
Program Team
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Steering Committee
The Impact23 Steering Committee is comprised of the program leadership and key stakeholders serving as the voice of the customer for the program. Members provide strategic advice on decisions affecting campus, including the applicability of the financial system design and reporting, and identify opportunities to share information and collaborate across campus. Steering Committee members also make certain the project is operating within stated constraints (budget, schedule, scope, etc.) and monitor risks and associated mitigation efforts.
Member Position Organization Joe Andreu Chief Procurement Officer ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Michael Austin FAO Comparative Literature and Languages and Hispanic Studies, Staff Assembly Representative ORG12 - Coll of Hum, Arts & Social Sci Sean Cason CFAO, Enrollment Services, Undergraduate Education, International Affairs, & Honors ORG33 - Enrollment Services Jennifer Vogel Farias CFAO CNAS ORG14 - College of Nat & Agr Sciences Stephanie Flores Executive Director of Financial Planning & Analysis ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Charles Greer, Jr. Associate Vice Chancellor for Research ORG24 - Vice Chancellor - Research Josh Hoerger BFS Functional Project Manager ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Mike Kennedy Chief Technology Officer, ITS ORG21 - Info. Technology Solutions Greg Moore Director, Audit & Advisory Services ORG20 - Chancellor Veronica Ruiz CFAO Chancellor’s Office, Provost, and Planning, Budget & Administration ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Shahid Saifee Interim Executive Director, Enterprise Solutions, ITS ORG21 - Info. Technology Solutions Asirra Suguitan Assistant Controller, Functional Program Team Lead ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Max Thakar ITS Technical Project Manager ORG21 - Info. Technology Solutions Laura Virgil Change & Communication Manager ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Cindy Williams Assistant Dean & CFAO, CHASS ORG12 - Coll of Hum, Arts & Social Sci Andrea Campos (Non-Voting) Business Systems Analyst, Impact23 Program Management ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Elizabeth Carr (Non-Voting) Business Systems Analyst, Impact23 Program Management ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Vivian Chu (Non-Voting) BFS Financial Analyst ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Shelley Gupta (Non-Voting) CFAO ITS ORG21 - Info. Technology Solutions Lisa Page (Non-Voting) Impact23 Change & Communication Manager (Affiliate) ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin Antonette Toney (Non-Voting) Executive Director, UCPath Campus Support Center ORG31 - Provost/Exec Vice Chancellor Kathleen Rondeau‐Taylor (Non-Voting) Executive Director PMO ORG21 - Info. Technology Solutions Patrick Wagman (Non-Voting) Associate Director PMO ORG21 - Info. Technology Solutions Varsha Dhodapkar (Non-Voting) ITS Technical Project Manager ORG21 - Info. Technology Solutions Azra Ayers (Non-Voting) ITS Technical Project Manager ORG21 - Info. Technology Solutions Helen Kotke (Non-Voting) Financial Systems Trainer ORG39 - Planning, Budget & Admin -
Functional Workgroups
Functional workgroups are tasked with providing the campus with new and robust tool sets for completing their financial analysis and administrative responsibilities within the context of standardized, off-the-shelf software products, with minimal customizations to allow for future upgrades. Workgroups members are charged with designing a financial system, business processes, and reports that consider the university as a whole and what is best for UCR stakeholders.
Workgroup (Business Process Area) Workgroup Leads Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) Subject Matter Advisors (SMAs) 1a. Travel Expense Reporting (Concur Phase I) Aver Smith (CO) Sandra Danford (CO)
Eric Latham (ORG15)Becki Jo Ray (ORG11)
Jaime Matute (ORG14)
Jennifer Reising (ORG14)
Mimi Collins (CO)
Shellee Kreuter (ORG40)1b. Expense Reporting for Business Meetings, Entertainment, & PCard Distributions (Concur Phase II) Asirra Suguitan (CO) Aver Smith (CO) Sandra Danford (CO)
David Ramos (CO)
Dana Allen (CO)
Alyssa Rackstraw (ORG11)
Luisa Levario (ORG41)Vivian Chu (ORG39)
Nancy Marr (ORG40)
Melissa Gomez (ORG14)
Lily Szeto (ORG12)
Carmen Rivera (ORG32)2. General Ledger/COA Bobbi McCracken (CO)
Stephanie Flores (CO)Alissa Rackstraw (ORG11)
Susana Salazar (CO)Alfred Karam (CO)
Jacqueline (Jackie) Bates (ORG16)
Jerry Monahan (CO)
Juliet Lin (ORG14)
Kathrine Fruge (ORG40)
Luisa Levario (ORG41)3. Budget Stephanie Flores (CO) Susana Salazar (CO)
Shelley Gupta (ORG21)Katrice Calloway (ORG12)
Luis Alvarez (ORG32)
Yadira Tapia (ORG39)
Yung Phung (ORG14)4. Financial Reporting Asirra Suguitan (CO)
Stephanie Flores (CO)Cindy Williams (ORG12)
Laura Manor (ORG24)
Maria Aldana (ORG40)
Veronica Ruiz (ORG39)Alison Rodriguez (ORG10)
Debra Meneely (ORG25)
Guille Vallejo (ORG14)
Katie Meumann (ORG11)
Susana Roddy (ORG33)5. Pre-Award (Kuali) Charles Greer, Jr. (CO) Cynthia Wells (CO) Angie Gray (ORG33)
Ashley Beene (ORG14)
Aurelia Espinoza (ORG40)
Regina Hazlinger (ORG12)
Victoria Van Mouwerik (CO)6. Project Portfolio Management Bobbi McCracken (C&G) (CO)
Rose Alonzo-Le (C&G) (CO)
Jerry Monahan (Capital) (CO)
Jennifer Farias (C&G) (ORG14)Susan McFadden (Capital) (CO)
Doris Lee (C&G) (ORG40)
Luke Hoepfner (C&G) (ORG37)
Wendi Tapia (C&G) (ORG14)
Michael Mochache (Capital) (CO)7. Accounts Receivable (C&G) Bobbi McCracken (CO) TBD Kim Gala (CO) 8. Procurement Joe Andreu (CO) Gae Purvis (CO)
Olivia Lara (ORG21)Bill Sutton (ORG14)
Edith Torrez (ORG40)
Jessica Gonzalez (ORG14)
Matt Burke (CO)9. Accounts Payable Aver Smith (CO) Linda Casteel (CO) 10. Supplier Management Joe Andreu (CO)
Aver Smith (CO)Linda Casteel (CO) Dana Allen (CO)
David Ramos (CO)11. Asset Management Jerry Monahan (CO) Margaret Tjia (CO) Steve Staples (ORG40)
Tami Friedrich (ORG21)12. Banking Linda Casteel (CO) Asirra Suguitan (CO) Colleen Campbell (CO) 13. UCPath COA Cutover Alfred Karam (CO) Nupur Barot (CO) Cindy Tyson (ORG39)
Christine Smith (ORG33)
Lorissa Zavala (ORG39)
Susana Salazar (ORG39)
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Extended Testers
The Impact23 program has individuals to serve on workgroups dedicated to testing (Concur, Kuali, Oracle, Boundary systems, and Financial Reports), training, and go-live support. In general, units test systems like Oracle and Kuali that have workflows requiring transactors, approvers, and faculty (faculty are applicable if the department has Contracts & Grants) and individual extended testers augment units or fill gaps in testing standalone boundary systems and reporting tools.
Selected Team Department/Unit Name Boundary Systems Tester ASUCR Amy Carrizosa Computer Science and Engineering Mindi Mobley Economics and Political Science Christina Gnuschke Facilities Services/ASSET Becky Casem Graduate Division Andrea Gonzales Planning and Budget Unit, Supervised by Jackie Bates Michelle Xu Nicole Valencia SOM Finance & Administration Shellee Kreuter UCR Health - Family Medicine Jini Farrell VCRED Ops Crystal Mejia Budget Tester ASSET/Facilities Sarah Cleary CNAS Dean's Office Sabrina Schuster Len Pavlov Computer Science and Engineering Lauren Gonzalez Financial Aid Cesar Lopez HMNS Comparative Literature, Hispanic Studies Jan Wenger Math/Stat Admin Unit Cathy Munoz Crissy Ward Lisa Diaz Planning and Budget Unit, Supervised by Jackie Bates Camille Mahant Student Life/Vice Chancellor Student Affairs Jennifer Ferrante Finance and Administration Kim McDade Lisa Cusick Concur Phase II Tester Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) - Chancellor & Provost Nicole McAndrew Business & Financial Services Margarita Yonezawa Chancellor's Office George Ruelas CHASS ORG (CHASS Travel Group Arranger) Araceli Torres Maribel Macrum EMN Katrina Preciado Entomology Ash Rivas Facilities Services/ASSET Megan Lucas SOM Finance & Administration Adriana Navarrete Concur Phase II Unit Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) - HWS Christina Farias Denise Diaz Athletics Blanca Contreras Eva Sanchez Jillian Jones Development Maribel Arbaiza Sarah Karson Vanessa Ramirez Yadira Sandoval Math/Stat Admin Unit Demi Kim Patricia Alvarado UNEX - Finance Dept Eric Latham Jessica Guerrero-Villa Marie Ramirez Rika Toyoda Financial Reporting Tester Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) - PB&A Jackie Zabala Auxiliaries Finance and Business Operations Susan Tomlinson Al Sirak Chemistry Kathy Carrington Computer Science and Engineering Grace Caslavka EMN Administration Paige Mejia Financial & Administrative Services Team (FAST) Nicolas Fiore Information Technolgy Solutions Christine Han SOM Finance & Administration Maria Isabel Guzman SOM Psychiatry and Neuroscience Edgar Gutierrez GL/COA Tester Business and Financial Services/General Accounting Jillian Ramirez Finance and Administrative Services Team Fahd Mantara SOM Finance & Administration Victoria Hernandez SOM Research Herlinda Bergman Pamela Acosta Kuali Tester Auxiliary Services Matthew Pepe BMPN Administration Christine Morgando CNAS UAAC Jacqueline Hamilton Natural Reserves/ EMN Admin Unit Heather Constable, PhD UCR Health - Family Medicine May Lin Kuali/PPM/Procurement Unit Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) - PB&A Chantell Mesha Susie Hollobaugh BIEN/CEE admin unit Danielle Garcia Deanna Vorhees Kevin Schulte Robert Godoy BPS Admin Unit April Meinzer Jessica Gonzalez (SMA-Procurement) Maria Sedillo Patty Springer (faculty) Entomology Admin Team Breanne Juarez Cherie Pierce Robin Testa Wendi Tapia (SMA-PPM) ORG10-School of Education and ORG37-School of Public Policy Alison Rodriguez (SMA-Financial Reporting) Annie Hooper Luke Hoepfner (SMA-PPM) Monica Cardenas Sally Tavizon Psychology Andrew Alonso Christopher Martinez Erica Constantino Ivan Kong Jay Melashenko John Franchak (Faculty) Kalina Michalska (Faculty) Rachel Wu (Faculty) Renee Young SOM SRP/Biomed Division Aimee Gonzales Dr. Scott Pegan (faculty) Jhon Gonzalez Montrice James Kelsea Armstrong VCRED Ops Gerardo Rodriguez Laura Manor Jessica Pacheco Thomas Wong PPM Tester Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) - Chancellor & Provost Rita Rodriguez Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) - HWS Nichole Sparks Alexis Rambaud Chemistry Rebecca Ryan Electrical and Computer Engineering within BCOE Laura Schulte Physics Admin Unit + 1 Faculty Dominica Albitre Julissa Terriquez Laura Sales (Faculty) Procurement Tester Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) - PB&A Da Lan Dinh Auxiliaries Finance and Business Operations Alexia Hernandez Hector Linares BMPN Administration Jeanette Westbrook Division of Biomedical Sciences Isaac Owusu-Frimpong Entomology Gian Ledesma Financial & Administrative Services Team (FAST) Selena Sanchez Financial Admin Services Team Donna Powell Recreation Rochelle Pinkney SOM- SMPPH Victoria Bargas EMN Admin Unit Sherice Underwood Tara Pastucha Finance and Administration/University Relations Brandon Westenberger Stephanie Falcone Zenaida Nunez UCPath COA Tools Tester Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) - PB&A Brenda Montes ASSET - Facilities Beth Deveau Chemistry Natasha Gonzales Chicano Student Programs & Undocumented Student Programs Alice Chavez FAST (Financial Administrative Services Team) Rita Manuel Financial & Administrative Services Team (FAST) Lisa Rae Delaney History Marilyn J Madrigal ITS Charlene Chan Neuroscience/Psychiatry Roberta Cole Pediatrics Maggie Jia University Advancement Administration Michael Leiba UCPath COA Tools Unit Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team (ASSET) - PB&A Daniel Teeter Karen Cazares Martha Castaneda Sonja Dawson Sonja Elston Tonya Ray Auxiliaries Finance and Business Operations Geoff Clouser Jennifer Goupil Manuel Sotelo, Jr. Michele May Student Affairs Denise Cisneros John Valdez-AVC/Dean of Students -
Technical Workgroup
The technical workgroup works closely with functional workgroups on the integration of existing campus systems that interface with the finance and budgeting solution.
Member Position Mike Kennedy Chief Technology Officer Dewight Kramer CISO Rebecca Hutchins Associate CIO Shelley Gupta CFAO Kathleen Rondeau‐Taylor Executive Director PMO Shahid Saifee Interim Executive Director, Enterprise Solutions Teri Eckman Executive Director SIS Brian Griffin Associate Director Finance Systems Patrick Wagman Associate Director PMO Max Thakar ITS Technical Project Manager Azra Ayers ITS Project Manager Jeremy Fisher Associate Director Systems Engineering & Operations Karen Cunningham Associate Director Network Engineering & Operation -
Faculty Advisory Workgroup
The Faculty Advisory Workgroup was established to understand what kinds of support faculty would like to receive and how the program can best create opportunities for faculty to be part of the decisions that impact their work experience.
Name Title School/Department Veronica Ruiz
CFAO & Impact23 Faculty Advisory Committee - Staff Lead
Administrative Services and Strategic Executive Team – (ASSET)
Michael Solis
Associate Professor
SOE - Education
Ted Garland
Distinguished Professor
CNAS – Evolution, Ecology, Orgns Bio
Ertem Tuncel
Professor & Dept Chair
BCOE - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Philip Brisk
Professor & Vice Provost for Administrative Resolution
BCOE – Computer Science and Engineering
Peter Atkinson
Professor & Vice Chair of P&B
Academic Senate Rep; Entomology
Scott D. Pegan
Professor
SOM – Biomedical Sciences
Chandra Reynolds
Professor
CHASS - Psychology
Alexander Putman
Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension
CNAS – Plant Pathology
Qingfang Wang
Professor
SPP – Public Policy
Declan McCole
Professor, Academic Senate Vice Chair
School of Medicine
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Consulting Partners
Deloitte Consulting
UC Riverside has selected Deloitte as the Oracle Cloud Systems Integrator. Deloitte will work alongside UC Riverside leads as colleagues and advisors helping UC Riverside to become self-sufficient on Oracle Cloud.
UC Riverside is partnering with Deloitte to:
- Help mitigate overall program risk
- Provide hands-on expertise in Oracle Cloud processes and leading practices
- Provide hands-on expertise in areas such as technology and conversions
We will leverage Deloitte’s tools and accelerators during the program to include:
- Oracle Pre-configured Solution, based on UC and industry-leading practices
- IndustryPrint Processes (previously customized to UC)
- User Story Inventory (previously customized to UCs)
Huron Consulting Group
UC Riverside has selected Huron as the Concur Systems Integrator.
- Huron will support UCR in implementing Concur by June 2022 to allow UCR to leverage their internal resources in implementing Concur instead of redeveloping the current iTravel system that will ultimately be “sun-set” by 2023 with the launch of the new financial system.
- UCR will have the ability to provide automated processes, receipt management, mobile technology, and streamline multiple expense reconciliation processes in a single effort. Reducing the long-term cost and maintenance of supporting multiple business processes across multiple technologies to reconcile university expenditures.
Kuali Customer Success
UC Riverside will partner with the Kuali Customer Success team for implementation services including business process analysis and design, guidance on system use and best practices, system configuration support, assistance in the development of testing plans and testing, help in the development of training material, go-live planning, and transitioning to routine operational support.