Summary
Joe Gasper is a seasoned IT leader and Modern Work specialist with 11+ years of Systems Administration experience at the University of Florida, focused on designing and operationalizing Microsoft 365, Azure, and Windows server solutions for higher education. He has led large-scale migrations and training—coaching thousands of campus and extension staff, co-managing national M365 training communities, and co-architecting a Teams-based Virtual Venue service that saved $7M in event funding. Comfortable across infrastructure and application stacks, he manages VMs, IIS/WordPress sites, MS SQL clusters, Azure File Sync, and automates workflows with PowerShell and GitHub-based collaboration. His background in aeronautical and astronautical engineering (M.S., Purdue) underpins a methodical approach to problem solving and system design. Joe pairs technical stewardship with community building—running monthly adoption meetings and publishing extensive team knowledgebases—to drive sustainable change. Outside work he’s a runner and unabashed chocolate enthusiast, reflecting a pragmatic but human-centered leadership style.
11 years of coding experience