Data Processing | District Information | Polk County Public Schools

The goal of Data Processing is to provide technological support and services to all schools, district units, and to the public in their efforts to plan, implement, and evaluate school improvement and other ongoing activities designed to facilitate student learning.

Application Development

Our Information Systems and Technology Application Development staff are responsible for the construction, operation, maintenance and upgrade of the District’s diverse software applications. Our team constantly incorporates new technological enhancements within a secure information technology infrastructure. This ensures high-quality, effective and efficient services that meet or exceed our local, State and Federal stakeholders’ needs.

All phone number area codes are 863

Name:	Title:	Phone:
Bruce Davis	Coordinator of Application Development	534-0711
Jason Cochran	Project Leader, Student Information & Web Applications	519-8417
Diane Rivera	Project Leader, Finance & Logistics	534-0709
Sharon Roberts	Project Leader, Human Resources & Payroll	534-0693
Glenn Edenfield	Systems Analyst	534-7468
Jose Garcia	Systems Analyst	519-8949
Per Molin	Database Administrator	534-0707
Chris Hance	Senior Programmer Analyst	519-3729
Amelia James	Senior Programmer Analyst	534-0720
Evan Portwood	Senior Programmer Analyst	534-0867
Ramez Shebl	Senior Programmer Analyst	534-9245
Tom Vanpool	Senior Programmer Analyst	519-7600
Benjamin Geiger	Senior Programmer Analyst (GIS)	534-0692
Eric Carroll	Senior Programmer Analyst	534-0719
Jessica Linkswiler	Senior Programmer Analyst	519-8119
Marco Aguilar	Senior Programmer Analyst	534-0806
Ekata Chhetri	Programmer Analyst	519-8416
TBA	Programmer Analyst	534-8535
Justin Heath	Programmer Analyst	534-9243

Systems Networking & Operations

Systems Networking & Operations provides the following:

Enterprise Printing of reports including Report Cards, Payrolls, etc.
Monitor System Backups of critical Applications including Student Information Systems and SAP
Process Offsite Storage of Backups at Iron Mountain for Disaster Recovery
Proximity Access Control of doors at District Office including Jim Miles (EERS) and Bartow Airbase (ESE)
Production Change Management of Application Software including Genesis/DNN Projects, WATERS, POLK-ID, etc.

Name:	Title:	Phone:
David Dittman	Coordinator of Technical Support	534-0687
Tim Steorts	Database Administrator	534-0797
Karla Brown	Data Processing Operations Manager	534-0712
Margo Barker	Lead Computer Operator	534-0710
Elaine Parrish	Computer Operator	534-0715
Yousef Elmashae	Computer Operator	519-3823
Fred Abell	I/O Coordinator	534-0817