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Izdehar Aldyaflah, Ph.D., Lecturer

  • Phone: 216-987-5150
  • Email: izdehar.aldyaflah@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Westshore Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: IT 2660

Manjula Chandirasekaran, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: 216-987-2288
  • Email:  manjula.chandirasekaran@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Eastern Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: IT 1025, IT 1050, IT 1150, IT 2320

Matt Crowley, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: 216-987-2024
  • Email: matthew.crowley@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Eastern Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: IT 2650, IT 2660, IT 2670, IT 2750

Miekel Hollowell, Assistant Professor

  • Faculty Coordinator, Cisco
  • Phone: 216-987-0216
  • Email:  miekel.hollowell2@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Metropolitan Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: ITNT 2300, ITNT 2320, ITNT 2420, ITNT 2990, EET 1302, EET 1312

James Leasure, Assistant Professor

  • Faculty Coordinator, Programming
  • Phone: 216-987-5237
  • Email: james.leasure@tri-c.edu 
  • Location: Western Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: IT 1025, IT 1050, IT 1150 

Kevin Lizanich, Lecturer

  • Phone: 216-987-5499
  • Email: kevin.lizanich@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Western Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: IT 2090, IT 2351, IT 2700

Keith Lyons, Ph.D., Professor

  • Faculty Coordinator, Networking
  • Phone: 216-987-5065
  • Email: keith.lyons@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Western Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: ITNT 2300, ITNT 2370, ITNT 2990, IT 2710

John Ostroske, Assistant Professor

  • Faculty Coordinator
  • Phone: 216-987-4433
  • Email: john.ostroske@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Metropolitan Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: IT 1050, IT 1090, IT 2650

Desmond Rose, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

  • Faculty Coordinator, Networking
  • Phone: 216-987-3582
  • Email: desmond.rose@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Eastern Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: EET 1015, ITNT 2370, IT 1090 

Kathleen Tamerlano, Associate Professor

  • Phone: 216-987-5488
  • Email: kathleen.tamerlano@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Western Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: IT 1025, IT 1080, IT 1150, IT 2351 

Vinita Tiralapuram, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: 216-987-2051
  • Email: vinita.tiralapuram@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Western Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: EET 1302, EET 1312, EET 2302, ITNT 2370

Martin Walsh, Assistant Professor

  • Faculty Coordinator, Programming, Networking and IT Co-Op programs
  • Phone: 216-987-5931
  • Email: martin.walsh@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Westshore Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: IT 1050, IT 1090, IT 2650, IT 2830

Bill Wichert, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: 216-987-5465
  • Email: bill.wichert@tri-c.edu
  • Location: Western Campus
  • Primary Courses Taught: IT 1025, IT 2740, ITNT 2310, ITNT 2320 

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Charles Dull, Ph.D., Dean, Computer Science

  • Phone: 216-987-4677
  • Email: charles.dull@tri-c.edu

Natalie Nurse, Program Director, Computer Science

  • Phone: 216-987-4113
  • Email: natalie.nurse@tri-c.edu 

Nichole LaVecchia, Coordinator, Computer Science

  • Phone: 216-987-5704
  • Email: nichole.lavecchia@tri-c.edu

Melanie Thompson, Program Manager, Opportunities in Tech

  • Phone: 216-987-5150
  • Email: melanie.thompson@tri-c.edu 

Nadia Torres, Coordinator, Opportunities in Tech

  • Phone: 216-987-5046
  • Email: nadia.torres@tri-c.edu

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