Ken also played a major role in the Graduate Housing System, the first system at Yale designed and programmed to run on the IBM XT Personal Computer. Ken has been involved at one time or another with almost every department in the University.

Immediately after the first IBM PC was introduced Ken played a role in developing and teaching a "FOCUS Reporting" course to administrative staff. This early reporting course was the first effort of its kind designed to "computer empower" non-technical staff at this University, and was possibly the first of its kind anywhere. Ken was also instrumental in early system projects outside the mainstream. These included the presentation and format of the Yale ID Cards we still use today and the first automated access control system at Yale. He has consulted, developed and implemented applications outside of the University including the Grant & Contract Management System being used at the John B. Pierce Laboratory in New Haven. Most notable of late has been Ken's responsibility for the Distributed Management and Commitment Accounting (DMS) family of systems. This includes the Distributed Accounting System (DAS), Online Purchase Requisition System (PRS), Online Accounting Transfer System (ATS) and Movable Equipment Inventory (MEI).

Before coming to the Learning Center Ken worked on a number of Project X Teams, most importantly "Financial Planning & Management," and contributed to the development of the "Distributed Support Provider" concept in ITS Support. Ken has always had an interest in activities involving the Greater New Haven Community. These have included the Special Olympics, adult education, and instruction in computer programming for New Haven High School in the Community. Some students that Ken taught demonstrated superior computer ability and work in systems at Yale today. Ken has lived for 22 years with his wife in a home they built in Guilford. They have two sons, one daughter and three grandchildren. They love to travel and have vacationed in Europe a number of times.

To quote Ken: "I have always loved the tremendous diversity of the Yale environment and my work with so many administrative people at all levels across the community. The mission of this University is education, research, and the preservation and dissemination of our culture. Service to the administrators who in turn serve the faculty and directors of Yale is what has always motivated me."

KEN MYLES
is a Learning Associate and is responsible for "Financial Planning and Management" course curriculum development and is the lead trainer. The "Financial Planning and Management" area includes "Web Statements and Reports" (WSR) also referred to as the "Fixed Format" reports. Also included is "Oracle Express Analyzer" (OEA), "Brio Query" and "Oracle Financial Analyzer (OFA).

Ken was raised in Pearl River, New York. He attended the State University of New York at Rockland Community College and graduated from St Louis University with a major in Physics. Ken went on after college to manage the Clinical Trial Section of the Pharmaceutical Formulations Department at Ciba-Geigy in Ardsley, New York. In 1967 he joined Grey Advertising in New York City as a programmer. At Grey he became project manager and worked on a number of accounting and media applications. Ken developed and taught a "Production Billing Parameter Driven Exception Reporting" class for the business staff after designing and programming the application at Grey. This was the first of many teaching experiences for Ken and the first computer course for non-technical people at Grey Advertising. While at Grey Ken was nominated to the Ad Club of New York for "making significant contributions to computer system design and usage in areas of specific benefit to the advertising, marketing and public relations industry."

Ken came to Yale in 1972 and was responsible for reporting from the general ledger. His first assignment at Yale was the "Fund Summary" report which then evolved into the "Blue Summary" and is now the "Summary of Position with Respect to Plan." Ken coined the term "rainbow" reports when he initiated printing on colored paper to help users distinguish between the various reports. Ken amusingly recalls being asked by Internal Medicine to "please print the name of the color on reports so that we can tell what report we are looking at when we make extra copies on white paper." He also worked on University Financial Management Information System (UFMIS) and has worked on most other administrative applications at Yale. Some of the more notable include the accounting components in the Job Scheduling and Computing System (JSCS) for University Facilities, the Security Loan System for Investments and the Benefactor System for Development & Alumni Affairs.