We're rolling out a new blog series that will spotlight some of our favorite people: the remarkably intelligent and always tech-savvy #IvantiInsiders!

In this post, we're getting to know Brandon Morris and Mark Temple. 

Brandon Morrisbrandon morris

System Administrator at City of Sioux Falls

How long have you been working in the IT industry?

BM: 14 years.

What do you love most about IT and your job?

BM: How fast technology shifts and changes. It is never the same old, same old.

What is one project you are most proud of having initiated/completed?

BM: I did a proof of concept for a triple active-active-active datacenter design for my master’s program.

What’s the most important trend you see happening in the IT industry today?

BM: Being able to automate and control instead of doing it all by hand.

If you could be any superhero, who would it be and why?

BM: The Flash, because if he can think at the speed of light, then he could figure out problems pretty fast.

Mark Templephoto of mark temple

Enterprise Service Management Project Delivery Manager at University Of Glasgow​

How long have you been working in the IT industry?

MT: 16 years. But IT isn’t my first career; I worked as a motor mechanic for 18 years.

What do you love most about IT and your job?

MT: It's an enabler and a driver for change. I love finding solutions to problems that help make a difference for our students and staff.

What is one project you are most proud of having initiated/completed?

MT: Our Enterprise Service Management journey—it will be a game changer!

What’s the most important trend you see happening in the IT industry today?

MT: UX! Why has it taken so long?

If you could be any fictional character, who would it be and why?

MT: I can’t for the life of me think who.

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