We’ve had several employees join the Division of Business Services over the past few months. A warm welcome to our new colleagues!
Below find a round-up of welcome messages sent about some of our recent hires. Make sure to give them a “hello” and introduce yourself to these folks if you haven’t yet!
Allie Demet – Accountant II – Travel & Cards, Disbursements
The Travel & Cards Team is pleased to welcome Alexandra (Allie) Demet as our new Expense Reimbursement Manager effective Monday, March 28.
Allie, who is a proud Badger alum, joins us from the School of Business where she has been serving as an Accountant in the Divisional Business Office for the last 2+ years. Prior to that, Allie served in finance roles at the SMPH, CALS, and VCRGE. We are excited to have Allie’s expertise added to our team.
Allie is replacing Graig Brooks, who accepted a position with ATP as an Expenses Co-Lead last month.
Please join us in welcoming Allie to the Division of Business Services!
– Meghann Grove
Rebecca Lin – Travel and Card Program Admin, Disbursements
The Travel & Cards, within the Disbursements unit, is pleased to welcome Rebecca Lin to the team effective Monday, December 20.
Rebecca, who is a proud Badger alum, joins us from the Department of Health Services with the State of Wisconsin where she functioned as a purchasing agent. Prior to that, Rebecca was the Purchasing Card Program Administrator for the Department of Financial Institutions where she worked in PeopleSoft to perform transaction reconciliations. As we just recently implemented the same module at UW–Madison, we are excited to have Rebecca’s expertise added to our team. She also has experience auditing expense reports, and interpreting and applying State travel policies.
On the Travel & Card team, Rebecca will serve as both e-Reimbursement and Purchasing Card Program Administrator, working closely with Graig Brooks and Meghann Grove.
Please join us in welcoming Rebecca to the Division of Business Services!
– Meghann Grove
Yuan Zhang, Accountant III, Property Control
I am pleased to announce that Yuan Zhang will be joining the Division of Business Services as an Accountant in the Property Control team. Yuan will be joining us on Monday, December 6.
Yuan’s prior work experience at IBM Chongqing Branch in China includes preparing journal vouchers, reconciling financial transactions, performing annual inventory counts, and filing monthly tax returns. While working there, Yuan helped develop and implement a plan that reduced office utility bills by 15%. Yuan earned her Master’s Degree in Accounting at Edgewood College. She has completed all four parts of the CPA exam and is awaiting her license. We are excited to have her on our team.
Please help me extend a warm welcome to Yuan.
– Cha Ying Lor
Asim Batajoo – Accountant III, Cash Management
I am pleased to announce that Asim Batajoo will be joining the Division of Business Services as an Accountant in our Cash Management team in Accounting Services. Asim will be joining us on Monday, November 22.
We are excited to welcome Asim to the team.
Asim’s prior experiences includes working in cash management and treasury function, accounts payable, accounts receivables and PCI compliance experience at various State agencies such as the Department of Administration and Department of Health Services and has also previously worked as an intern at UW–Madison. Asim earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance at UW- La Crosse and is currently pursuing Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting at Lakeland University.
– Omar Siddiqi
Carolyn Wolff – Web Designer, CCMCTF
I would like to announce that Carolyn Wolff has joined CCMCTF as our new Web Designer.
Carolyn recently served as the Communications Specialist for Transportation Services where she maintained all departmental communications, graphic design requests and website content. Carolyn is a graduate of UW-Eau Claire and has enhanced her skill set by completing numerous courses focusing on User Experience (UX) and Digital Accessibility.
Carolyn enjoys cooking and baking in her free time—early pandemic sourdough craze, anyone?—and welcomes hearing about any of your favorite autumnal and winter recipes.
– Michelle Bacon