UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - Key Persons
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- Communications Coordinator
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- Professor of Practice, Director, Honors Engineering Program
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- Instructional Assistant Professor
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- Administrative Coordinator
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- Director of Student Success
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- Academic Advisor, ERP
- Petroleum Engineering Academic Advisor
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- ECC Lab Manager Software Licensing, Research and Academic Classroom Technology Support
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- Department Business Administrator
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- Department Business Administrator
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- Optimum Safety Management
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- Executive Director of Communications
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- College Business Administrator
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- Academic Advising Generalist
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- Instructional Assistant Professor
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- Assistant
- Business Administrator
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- Assistant Instructional Professor
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- Chairman
- Interim Department Chair
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- Chairman
- Department Chair
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- Director of Engineering Programs at UH - Katy
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- Director of Technical Communication Instruction
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- Chairman
- Interim Department Chair
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- Senior Associate Dean for the Technology Division
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- Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Distance Learning
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- Chairman
- Director and Chair of the Aerospace Executive Board
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- Dean of the Cullen College of Engineering / Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair
- Member of the Aerospace Executive Board
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- Professor of Practice
- Professor of Practice / Construction Management
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- Arco Design / Build Southwest
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- Manager, Desktop Support & Windows Servers Windows File Share, WiFi & Print Support
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- Construction Management and Technology Project Management Graduate Advisor
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- Research Liaison Officer III
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- Distinguished University Professor
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- Department of Human Development and Consumer Sciences
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- Lecturer
- Lecturer / Supply Chain and Logistics
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- Lecturer
- Executive Director of Student Affairs for the Technology Division
- Executive Director, Student Affairs
Jamie Thomas started as the Executive Director of Student Affairs for the Technology Division at the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston in July 2021. She first joined the college in November 2012 as Program Manager for the Department of Human Development and Consumer Sciences. Jamie began her higher education career in New Mexico as an academic advisor for Dona Ana Community College's nursing program. Since then, she has held positions in program administration, academic affairs, and has taught online undergraduate and graduate students.
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Lecturer, Information Science Technology
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- Associate Dean for Student Success and Undergraduate Support Services
- Professor
Dr. Kovach is the PMI Houston Endowed Professor in Project Management at the University of Houston. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University. Her industrial experience includes more than five years as a product and process improvement engineer in the U.S. textile industry. Her current research investigates the use of methods for product and process innovation, expanding the use of these methods, and developing new improvement approaches in a wide range of industries/fields. In recognition of her work, Dr. Kovach was awarded the 2010 ASQ (formerly the American Society for Quality) Feigenbaum Medal. She is an Academician in the International Academy for Quality and an ASQ Fellow. Dr. Kovach currently serves as the Editor for Lean & Six Sigma Review, a quarterly ASQ publication, and she received the ASQ Six Sigma Forum Award for the Advancement of Six Sigma in 2019.
Kovach, J.V., Gearing, R.E, Washburn, M., Robinson, A., Lastovica, K., Britt, L., & Brown, W. (in press). Exception reporting: A novel approach to tracking of multiple behavioral health outcomes, Community Mental Health Journal (accepted September, 2023), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01195-x.
Kovach, J.V., & Lima, F. (2018). Improving measurement systems to support process improvement efforts in health care, Journal of Healthcare Communications, 3(2:27), 1-4.
Okpe, O., & Kovach, J.V. (2017). A redesign approach for improving animal care services for researchers, Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 56(4), 462-471.
Kovach, J.V. (2016). Value through meaningful learning opportunities, The Quality Management Forum, 42(1), 1, 4-5.
Grover, S., Kovach, J.V., & Cudney, E.A. (2016). Case study: Integrating strategic planning and quality improvement methods to create sustainably high performance, Journal for Quality and Participation, 39(2), 23-32.
Kulkarni, A., & Kovach, J.V. (2016). Improving room scheduling for special events in academic environments - A Lean Six Sigma case study, Quality Approaches in Education, 7(2), 22-29.
Herod, B., & Kovach, J.V., (2015). A preliminary investigation of exploration-oriented, learning behaviors for managing project quality, International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 6(2), 18-39.
Kovach, J.V., & Fredendall, L.D. (2014). Managerial impacts of learning and continuous improvement practices, Journal for Quality and Participation, 37(2), 25-28 (invited).
Kovach, J.V., & Fredendall, L.D. (2013). The influence of continuous improvement practices on learning and knowledge creation: An empirical study, Quality Management Journal, 20(4), 6-20.
Kovach, J.V., & Mairani, J. (2012). Exploring quality initiatives' success and failure, Journal for Quality and Participation, 35(3), 24-28.
Kovach, J.V., & Hutchins, H. (2011). Time for action - keep problem solving in-house to enhance improvement efforts, organizational knowledge, Quality Progress, 44(1), 25-31.
Cho, B.R., Shin, S., Choi, Y., & Kovach, J. (2009). Development of a simultaneous multidisciplinary optimization process for designing optimal pharmaceutical formulations with constrained experimental regions, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 44, 841-853.
Kovach, J., & Cho, B.R. (2008). Development of a multidisciplinary-multiresponse robust design optimization model, Engineering Optimization, 40(8), 805-819.
Cho, B.R., Phillips, M.D., & Kovach, J. (2005). Designing the optimum configurations of circular and spherical product specifications for multiple quality characteristics, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 14(4), 385-399.
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- Director, Engineering Career Service Center
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- Desktop Support Specialist
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- Program Director I, Undergraduate Programs
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- Department Business Administrator
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- Research and Facilities
- Research Health & Safety Manager
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- Instructional Associate Professor
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- Department Business Administrator
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- Research Liaison Officer III
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- Lecturer
- Lecturer / Construction Management
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- Researcher Soc Behv Science
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- Executive Director of Undergraduate Programs
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- Administrative Coordinator
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- Director of Engineering Computing College Information Security Officer
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- Instructional Associate Professor
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- Senior Director of Advancement for STEM
- Senior Director of Advancement for the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering
Margarita currently serves as the Senior Director of Advancement for the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering. She has nearly 15 years of experience within philanthropy serving across organizations ranging from corporate, nonprofit and most recently higher education. Margarita works to build institutional resources to help advance the philanthropic goals of alumni, industry partners and other community organizations. Most recently, she led the philanthropic efforts of the College of Technology during the immensely successful UH-System $1 billion "Here We Go" campaign.
Margarita is a relationship-centered leader with a passion for transformational philanthropy. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of St. Thomas and earned her Master of Business Administration from the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston in May 2021.
She is a proud Houstonian and resides in the Near Northside community with her wife, Jessica, son, Gedeón, gray tabby cat, Jules, and German Shepherd dog, Maxine. During her free time, she mentors first-generation STEM Latine college students and serves as the Vice-Chair of The Hollyfield Foundation.
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- Research Administrator II
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- Development Coordinator
- Development Coordinator I
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- Research Liaison Officer II
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- Research Administrator II
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- College Recruitment Manager
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- Director of Graduate Student Affairs
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- Director, Undergraduate Programs
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- Associate Professor
- Instructional Associate Professor
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- College Business Administrator
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- Assistant Vice President, Development
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- Director of Assessment & Accreditation Services
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- Lecturer
- Lecturer ( TMTH / TECH )
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- Administrative Coordinator
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- Professor
- Senior Associate Dean for Research and Facilities
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- Program Director, UH / HCC Engineering Academy
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- Lecturer
- Manhattan Construction
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- Desktop Support Specialist
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- Executive Director of Business Operations
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- Instructional Assistant Professor
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- Active Retired Associate Professor
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- Academic Advisor
- Petroleum Engineering Academic Advisor
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- Research Administrator III
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- Executive Administrative Assistant
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- College Information Services Manager