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Kevin Garland
Director
Phone: (865) 214-7898
Email: 
Fax: (865) 974-7786
About:
Kevin Garland has served UT at Facilities Services for over 25 years. Prior to joining the department, he spent several years working in IT administrative roles. He has earned an MBA and a BA (in English) from UT, and holds two degrees from Purdue University in Computer Programming and System Analysis & Design. He’s also a graduate of the UT Leadership Institute and holds managerial certificates from “UT Leaders: Lighting the Way”, SuperVision 20/20, and S.O.A.R. When not in the office, Kevin is a lifelong learner with a penchant for books & movies (good storytelling) and has an eclectic taste in music. He loves gaming in his off-hours when not hiking with his wife and son or taking nature photos in and around the Great Smoky Mountains.
Communications and Information Services (CIS) supports Facilities Services employees in the areas of Communications, Information Technology, and Training. The CIS unit facilitates customer transparency; handles departmental awareness and promotion; maintains positive, mutually beneficial relationships with all of our associates and team members through open and effective two-way communication; provides timely and structured learning experiences, operational training, and career development programs to all departmental employees; and, provides information technology products and services, PC/network support, and innovation in a timely manner to empower both our departmental employees and the campus community as a whole; while, also being a stalwart steward of campus funds, continually finding ways to avoid extraneous costs and trimming wasteful expenses.