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Director of University Computing and Communications Services
Bill Paraska
Bill Paraska is the Director of University Computing and Communications Services for Georgia State University. Bill joined Georgia State in 1999 with the initial charge to develop and implement a roadmap for upgrade of the University’s data, voice and video networks.
Bill served a pivotal role in the rapid completion of the campus network upgrade to gigabit Ethernet switching. He designed and negotiated for the replacement of the campus backbone with a full ring of 432 strands of dark fiber; thus establishing a robust environment for moving to IP voice and video service provisioning. Bill also developed the vision and funding justification for evolving the former computer operations center into a state-of-the-art “Network Operations Center” configured with overhead wire management and full remote console control of all supported systems.
In 2000, Bill championed the creation of Information Security Planning at Georgia State that led to the hiring of the first University Information Security Officer and the adoption of an Information Security Master Plan. He provides the vision for the continuing development of the Information Security Program at Georgia State and authors many of the policies that govern information security at Georgia State today.
Bill brings to Georgia State deep and wide-ranging experience with data, voice, security, and satellite systems from industry and the armed services. Prior to joining Georgia State, he served as technical director at two Atlanta-based software companies where he was responsible for customer-site hardware sizing, software performance tuning, and competitive benchmark testing. Bill is a retired Air Force colonel whose 27 years of service included command roles in computing and communications groups.
