People Type: Technology

Emerson, Kent

Kent is from northwest rural Wisconsin. He completed undergraduate and graduate degrees in English literature and has taught an array of college courses in composition, business and engineering writing, and literature. In 2020, he completed his M.A. in Library and Information Studies at UW–Madison and joined the Technology Team in early August 2020. Kent enjoys …

Fischer, Carissa

Carissa provides project management and business analysis expertise to the Office of Admissions and Recruitment’s projects, where she interprets business needs into technical concepts. She majored in mainframe computer programming and enjoys time with her children, Evan and Brianna, family, and German Shepherd-shadow, Loki (who always knows when it’s break time).

Richardson, Brad

Brad earned a bachelor’s degree in Media Communications and a master’s in Higher Education Administration. He grew up on a rural Wisconsin family farm and was a first generation college student and Pell recipient. Brad loves to coach youth basketball and is a part-time sports announcer.

Trick, Nathan

Nathan manages the office’s Salesforce CRM and maintains all of the Office’s database-driven websites, such as Visit Bucky. He is also involved in the technical processes related to setting up our admissions application as well as document processing. If it has an online component, he is probably involved with it. While studying political science at …