We have the greatest staff throughout the campus - without a doubt! Only the most talented cool people in the universe get to work here. If you question this, feel free to contact anyone on this page or check in with our LILT alums. To learn about staff roles and our team composition, check out the project team roles. All job openings are posted at the ISU JOB SITE (search under LILT)
Check out LILT Alumni to see what's happened to past staff members or to make contact.
| Staff Member | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Sarah Walczynski
LILT Director  |
Sarah Walczynski has managed LILT since 1997. She was previously the administrator of the web-based Mallard testing for the university. Sarah has a M.S. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and her specialization is in web-based testing and training. |
| Badri Rajagopalan CAS-IT Assistant to the Associate Dean |
Badri Rajagopalan is the College of Arts & Sciences Assistant to the Associate Dean, custom application developer, and project manager. Badri has been at LILT since 1998. He is MCSA and MCSE certified. |
| Jim Kalmbach LILT Ambassador  |
Jim is the Associate Chair in the English Department and is heavily involved in hypertext, technical writing, usability, and many aspects of the teaching and technology. He is a fountain of information and heavily relied upon during investigations and the development of new technologies implemented at this facility. He is also a spokesperson for good practices in technology and for that reason, he is the LILT Ambassador. |
| Kurt Bachtold | Kurt Bachtold is a Presidential Scholar who is starting his Service Learning Project at LILT in the Spring 2008 semester and continuing into the summer. He is a sophomore that is a Computer Science major and considering different specialization areas including Programming and Web Development...sounds like a great match for LILT, eh? |
| Kris Heyden | Kris joined LILT in the Spring 2007 semester and is staff programmer, html coder, and trainer. He is a Computer Science major. |
| Ravi Laxminarayan | Ravi Laxminarayan is an MBA student who joined us in August of 2008. His specialization is in application development especially focused on .net. |
| Fred McGee | Fred McGee is a Fine Arts Graphic Design major who is going to hone his electronic media skills at LILT starting in the Spring 2008 semester. He has already worked on multiple department sites and we hope to retain Fred for the long run (ofcourse actually duct-taping him to the chair seems to help). |
| Keely Siciliano | Keely joined LILT in Summer 2008 as an intern from the Department of English. |
Dylan Simonds | Dylan joined LILT in the Spring 2007 semester and is the staff graphic designer, an html coder, and a trainer. He is a Graphic Design major. |
