{"62651":{"#nid":"62651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Senior Vice President Joins Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s one thing in particular that Dr. Amir Rahnamay-Azar, Georgia Tech\u2019s new senior vice president for administration and finance, is looking forward to experiencing this fall \u2014 watching the leaves change. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLiving in southern California, you don\u2019t get to see the leaves change color in the fall,\u201d he said. \u201cPalm trees don\u2019t really change colors.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore arriving at Tech, Rahnamay-Azar served as associate senior vice president for operations at the University of Southern California (USC). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe joined USC in 1997 and served in progressively more responsible roles until his most recent appointment at the university, which began in July 2005. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his role at Tech, Rahnamay-Azar will oversee and manage a wide range of business and financial functions, including financial systems planning, disbursement services, budgeting, strategic support services, sponsored project accounting, controllership and treasury. He will report directly to Steve Swant, executive vice president for Administration and Finance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne initial goal is to streamline and formalize the decision support infrastructure used by the President\u2019s Office, which provides information that allows for data-driven, informed decisions. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUnder Steve Swant\u2019s leadership, I look forward to working with him and his team in evaluating our existing processes, implementing improvements and instituting new key initiatives, such as decision support,\u201d Rahnamay-Azar said.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince arriving at Tech almost a month ago, he has had an opportunity to start meeting faculty and staff and has been pleased with everyone\u2019s collegial nature. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a sense of community here, and I feel like everyone has the Institute\u2019s best interest in mind,\u201d Rahnamay-Azar said. \u201cI look forward to working closely with my colleagues across campus to pursue new and different ways of achieving institutional effectiveness.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmir Rahnamay-Azar is Georgia Tech\u2019s new senior vice president for administration and finance.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Amir Rahnamay-Azar is Georgia Tech\u2019s new senior vice president for administration and finance."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2010-11-09 14:57:57","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62653":{"id":"62653","type":"image","title":"Amir Rahnamay-Azar","body":null,"created":"1449176382","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:42","changed":"1475894544","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:24","alt":"Amir Rahnamay-Azar","file":{"fid":"191657","name":"Amir.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Amir_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Amir_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1158043,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Amir_0.jpg?itok=8AsCBsYN"}}},"media_ids":["62653"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.admin-fin.gatech.edu\/","title":"Division of Administration and Finance"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3840","name":"administration"},{"id":"4175","name":"finance"},{"id":"171044","name":"senior vice president"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulieAnne Williamson - Assistant Vice President, Administration and Finance\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}