Chandirasekaran, Manjula
Assistant Professor
manjula.chandirasekaran@tri-c.edu
(216) 987-2288
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Eastern Campus, 1210
Education: B.A., Osamania University, India
M.A., Osamania University, India
M.B.A., Cleveland State University
Crowley, Matthew
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-2024
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Eastern Campus
Education: B.S.E., Case Western Reserve University
M.B.A., Temple University
Durkin, Edward
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-5280
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Western Campus, C201
Education: B.A., Youngstown State University
M.A., Youngstown State University
Leasure, James
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-5237
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Western Campus, WBT C204
Education: M.S. in Management Information Systems, University of Illinois
B.S. in Computer Science, Kent State University
Certificates in Data Analytics, Wake Tech
Continued coursework completed in Computer Science at Fort Hays State University and Georgia Tech
About: James Leasure started working as a programmer in 1999. He began as a Visual C++ developer and has since worked with numerous languages and frameworks, including Java, Struts, embedded COBOL, ASP with ISAPI filters, C#, JavaScript, PHP, Swift and more. He has held positions as a web/database programmer/analyst, software engineer and project manager. One of his favorite professional achievements was publishing a book with his dad in 2003 titled Web Database Technologies. He started teaching programming courses as an adjunct in 2001 and became a full-time instructor in August 2010. He has enjoyed teaching almost every course in the programming curriculum.
Hollowell, Miekel
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-0216
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Metropolitan Campus, MSHC 122
Education: A.A., University of Toledo
B.S., Baldwin Wallace College
M.S., University of Phoenix
Lyons, Keith
Professor
(216) 987-5065
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Western Campus, WBT C212
Education: Ph.D. in Information Science, Nova Southeastern University
M.A., Kent State University
B.S., Kent State University
About: Keith Lyons has worked at Tri-C since 2000. He teaches a variety of courses within the Information Technology department, ranging from entry-level to advanced networking, cybersecurity, operating systems, PC maintenance and repair, and associated topics. He is also the faculty coordinator for the Cybersecurity, Networking Hardware and Networking Software degrees at Tri-C’s Western Campus. His professional affiliations include the National CyberWatch Center, the Northeast Ohio Cyber Consortium, the Northeast Ohio Information Systems Security Association, InfraGard, the CompTIA Academy Program and the North Coast Help Desk Institute.
Ostroske, John
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-4433
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Metropolitan Campus, MSHC 1221
Education: B.S., Cleveland State University
M.B.A., Case Western University
Rose, Desmond
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-3582
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Eastern Campus, ESS 1215
Education: A.A.S., Cuyahoga Community College
B.S., Kent State University
M.S., Kaplan University
Ph.D., Capella University
Tamerlano, Kathleen
Associate Professor
(216) 987-5488
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Western Campus, WBT C207
Education: B.S., Heidelberg College
M.B.A., Case Western Reserve University
M.S., NOVA Southeastern University
Tiralapuram, Vinita
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-2051
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Western Campus, WBT C230
Education: A.A., Pragnya College
B.A., St. Pious College
M.A., Sikkim Manipal University
Walsh, Marty
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-5931
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Westshore Campus, SLT 228D
Education: John Carroll University, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting major
University of Phoenix, Masters in Business Administration, e-Business concentration
Certified Public Accountant (OH)
About: Martin Walsh has taught Business and IT courses at Tri-C for more than 23 years. He has served as IT Counterparts Chair, CCC-AAUP faculty union Vice President, Faculty Colloquium Co-Chair, and has participated in numerous campus and collegewide committees. He was the first full-time IT faculty member at the new Westshore campus and developed the Westshore campus IT offerings.
Prior to teaching, Mr. Walsh had over 20 years of work experience as a Chief Financial Officer and other upper management positions for computer, manufacturing, and service companies. In addition, he also has done consulting work for numerous Cleveland area companies in the areas of systems implementation, software development, and ERP/CRM implementation.
Wichert, Bill
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-5465
Department: Information Technology
Office Location: Western Campus, WBT C104
Education: M.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Capella University
MBA with concentrations in Health Systems Management and Organization Development and Leadership, Case Western Reserve University
B.S. in Management, Case Western Reserve University
About: Bill Wichert grew up in Northeast Ohio and got his start at Tri-C’s Western Campus. He has worked for many well-known companies around the area, including the Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University, Hyland Software and the city of Cleveland. He loves to travel and was formerly a world-class Call of Duty player.