Chapter 175

4/14/2008

Ch 175 Chief Information Officer

Of Mice and Men

I edited, compiled, and posted this 2 min video in honor of old college buddy and CIO Bob Vitello. It tells a story that covers 40 years and is hopefully self explanatory. I wanted to share some of my slides.

Bob was in my house [a Mens Co-op #1, like a fraternity] at SU and I've reconnected with him here in Albany. Ran into him on the street in the 80's and recently Googled him. Found this Robert Vitello Talking site on line. He is a real character, check out his off-beat humor in the (bottom) 16 min video clip if you have the time (and wait for the loading). I used his (upper) coffee video clip in my video. He is now the Chief Information Officer at the NYS Dept of Labor and had been the CIO and Director of Legal Technology & Systems Management for the Office of the NYS Attorney General. After 40 years we got together for dinner at Applebees and had a great time reminiscing.

not required reading:

Robert Vitello, Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Robert J. Vitello was appointed CIO for the Department of Labor in January 2007. For the past twelve years Mr. Vitello was CIO and Director of Legal Technology & Systems Management for the Office of the New York State Attorney General. Previously, he served as Director of the Computer Science Laboratory at the Wadsworth Health Labs.

From 1989 to 1995, he was Executive Director of the Strategic Systems Laboratories, a research and development arm of the New York State Office of General Services. From 1981 to 1989, he served as the Director of the Computer Services Bureau of the NYS Department of State. From 1975 to 1981, he lead MIS efforts for the City of Buffalo's grants with federal Labor, HUD, and Justice Departments. [he grew up in City of Buffalo]

Mr. Vitello received his Bachelors and Masters from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Additionally, he did postgraduate work at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He also holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management from Villanova University.

more not required reading:

There were about 20 other housemate/students at the Mens Coop #1 in the heart of the business/hang out district at the end of Marshall Street on the edge of the campus . We all shared in running the house from cleaning, cooking, buying food, washing dishes, etc. Bob bought most of the food for us.I was house President and Official Dean of Students representative or Resident Advisor my last year there. Bob succeeded me the following year.

In the photo above our house was celebrating a nice spring day at an outdoor picnic at Green Lakes. Bob was never drunk, but was a fine actor having been enrolled in the School of Drama for a while before going into Public Administration. Interestingly enough, I ran into the guy with the bottles, Hank Bielawski, skiing at Brodie Mt, Mass. in the 70's where he was on Ski Patrol. He was a card. Think he had a broken arm at the time. He used to climb the trees in front of our house and fell out, or was it from the time he bet someone he could jump off the roof. He was a walk-on to the SU football team- no small task. Became an engineer with GE. Nick Elton, far left became an architect. Maryann's rear showing, if I'm not mistaken. I later ran into her in 1970 outside a barber shop at Ft Gordon. She had married a guy in our house, Tom White, who was a Lieutenant in the Army, getting his hair cut, had done his Vietnam tour and was getting an early out. Mike Clifton's head- no reconnection, yet.

Also appearing in the video. Me & the house dog "Coop" we acquired.

Protest scene: "Buz" (Roland) Van Deusen (thumb down)- served in Navy Vietnam Era Veteran, now active in Veterans For Peace (Memorial Day Parade pic) depleted uranium letter to editor or Post Tramatic Stress Syndrom activist and pastor of the Clayton Baptist Church, Ken Cauldwell-artist, George Ranta-doctor-dentist (maybe near Walpole?)

Hammer scene: Alan Hugh-gymnast, "Pablo" (Paul) Amidon-stumpie,

Fishing scene: John Conklin-stumpie

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Co-op Roster:

Terry Olmsted-Cortland-forestry, civil engineering

Howard "Pete" France-Saugerties, Political Science

Ed Hilliard Landscape Architect, Forestry, Edinburg Scotland

Ken Cauldwell- Landscape Architect, Forestry

Bob Vitello-Buffalo, Anthropology

John King

Bruce Madonna

Buz Roland Van Deusen

Howie Walton NYC business

Nick Elton-NYC architecture

Tom White- forestry

Don Boone- Albany forestry

Mal Fordham- Albany forestry

Jared Jed Kennish forestry-Cam Rahn Bay AF, Iraq

Hank Bielawski-Schenectady, engineer

Mike Clifton-Rochester

Mark Schwartz

Harvey Cohen

Tom Rogers

Paul "Pablo" Amidon, Forestry

Ed Bentley-Jamestown forestry

Serghei Giasinkov-Russia

Zoltan Gaal-Gloversville

X-Riga, Latvia

Jesse Rieber

George Ranta, medicine-dentist

Alan Hugh, Industrial Design, gymnast

Josh Nadel- Art- retired Vice President and Provost at University of Maine

Mauricio Viradecunda- Bogata, Columbia or Buenos Aires, Brazil

Pete Dott-peace corps-Africa

George Hibbard

Bill Timberlake

AAron Ron Gates

Stan

Gene

Sven Markson, photography

George Forman

Peter Dott