I started with the Pala Tribe seven years ago as a network administrator and now am serving in the Director of IT role. I have seen the number of people, locations, and hardware and software that we support grow immensely in the time I have been in this department, all with a staff of just three people. When I started, the IT department was responsible for maintaining Microsoft Office for less than 50 users and managing one file server. We had five buildings and everyone had individual email accounts. We now have over 130 employees at the tribe and18 buildings all connected via fiber. We’ve moved to an exchange server and are in the process of deploying VOIP for a unified communication system stretching across all of our campus. My team provides service and support for all government functions in the tribe such as; tribal administration, GIS, emergency management, fire/public safety, post office, radio station, education and child care. The tribe also owns some non-gaming enterprises that we are involved with deploying and maintain technology at such as the motocross raceway.