VACANT

Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Robert Bryant

Director, Educational Technology

Dr. Robert “Bob” Bryant is Director of Educational Technology. He has a wide range of educational experience; among them, he was a high school teacher, coach, athletic director, assistant principal, principal, and academic dean. Prior to his service at USAFA, he taught Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Methods at Texas State University and was an Instructional Designer at Alamo Colleges. He implemented one of the first successful BYOD campuses in Texas, while training faculty in hybrid, flipped, and online modalities. He twice facilitated SIS adoptions and implementation. During his career, he taught and/or provided technical support for five LMS systems (Canvas, Moodle, D2L, Blackboard, and Google Apps for Education). His doctoral thesis was the first published research to identify indicators that could predict successful student completion in MOOCs by testing Big Data through constructing a supervised Machine Learning (ML) model.

Phone: (719) 333-3395
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Mr. David Blott

Software Applications Developer

David Blott serves as Software Applications Developer for the Dean of Faculty. In his role, he manages and maintains all aspects of the Dean of Faculty application development. Currently has employed over 10 business apps within the workplace and maintains advanced knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Power Platform.

Phone: (719) 333-2982
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Mr. Rob Wells

Chief, Audiovisual services

Rob Wells serves as the Chief of Audiovisual Services for the Dean of the Faculty. He schedules and maintains our 5 large lecture halls, and maintains AV and IT management for over 300 other classrooms, lectinars, and conference rooms. He is also the hardware go-to for our 21 Echo 360 lecture capture suites. Rob has spent almost 37 years working audiovisual issues in support of the Dean of the Faculty, and many other Mission Elements on the Air Force Academy.

Phone: (719) 333-4755
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Mr. Kevin Watson

audiovisual aids technician

Mr. Kevin Watson serves as an Audiovisual Aids Technician, scheduling and maintaining lecture halls as well as providing A/V support to classrooms. In addition to his primary duties, Mr. Watson is also DFT’s GPC Holder, rendering supply, equipment, and services purchase request support to several departments within the Dean of Faculty and other Mission Elements.

Phone: (719) 333-3225
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Mr. Janusz Masztalerz

audiovisual aids technician

Mr. Janusz Masztalerz serves as an Audiovisual Aids Technician, providing comprehensive technical support to classrooms, theaters, auditoriums, and lecture halls for the Dean of Faculty. Mr. Masztalerz graduated from Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, receiving his M.A. degree in Sound Engineering and Music Technology. For over 24 years, Mr. Masztalerz served as a Sound Engineer and Multimedia Technician in The United States Air Force Academy Band. His military career included deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, as U.S. Troops stationed in Europe.

Phone: (719) 333-4755
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Communication Focal Point (CFP)

The CFP is your go-to support agency for all IT issues in the Dean of Faculty. The CFP vets all incoming request tickets and feeds them to the correct support agency.

Dean of Faculty IT Support (FIT)

FIT also has a dedicated support agency that offers services for the Dean of Faculty staff. Support includes academic software, printing, and CIPS processing.