Facilities Services Support (FSS)

Debra DiMeo  

Associate Director   
debra.dimeo@austin.utexas.edu

Debra brings 37 years of experience in management and customer service. She joined UT with Facilities Services in 2011 and began work on planning and organizing our first-ever Facilities Service Center (FSC), which launched successfully in September 2013. Prior to UT, Debra worked for United Airlines for 31 years. During her time with the airlines, she was the general manager of the 24/7-based Airport Operations in Austin. Her responsibilities involved oversight of 50-60 customer service representatives and management of the facility’s $2.2 million budget. She created cost-efficient work schedules and analyzed various metrics to ensure all operational and customer service goals were met or exceeded. She also standardized procedures to improve worker safety and efficiency.

Facilities Service Center

Core Purpose

The core purpose of the Facilities Service Center (FSC) is to serve as a responsive and knowledgeable resource and advocate for our clients and peers. For more detailed information about this branch, visit the Facilities Service Center page.

Staci Pope    
Assistant Director  
staci.pope@austin.utexas.edu

Staci has 30 years of customer service experience. She joined the Facilities Service Center (FSC), just prior to its launch and contributed to the center’s evolution from the ground up. Beyond Facilities Services, her relevant management experience began over 30 years ago in the banking industry and continued on as she held positions in the mortgage and property management industries and with The University of Texas at Austin’s law school. As project manager with Premier Wall and Windows, Inc., she managed 8-10 direct reports on any given project, while working collaboratively with other project managers, architects and designers. She also attended Texas Tech University.

Facilities Services Business Analytics

Core Purpose

The core purpose of the Facilities Services Business Analytics team is to serve as a center of excellence in support of the department and the divisions’ strategic initiatives to maximize business functionality and efficiency, collaboratively support stakeholders through problem-solving, and develop and implement innovative best practices.

Linda Humphreys  
Assistant Director
linda.humphreys@austin.utexas.edu

Linda brings 27 years of experience in information technology (IT) support for higher education. She comes to us after serving as an IT project manager for the College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin. Prior to that she was a business intelligence/data systems manager at Rice University, where she implemented an enterprise data warehouse. She also served at Rice as a data systems manager for Facilities Engineering and Planning, where she implemented FAMIS and provided database administration, interface design, and hardware support. Linda has a Project Management Professional Certification from the Project Management Institute, where she is also an active member. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering in chemical engineering from Youngstown State University and a Master of Science in industrial and systems engineering from Ohio University at Athens.

Facilities Services Training

Core Purpose

The core purpose of the Facilities Services Training branch is to promote and facilitate the training of staff to fulfill the department's mission on behalf of the university. This group identifies departmental training needs and implements training plans to strategically meet those needs. Training is provided to approximately 800 employees in Facilities Services.

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Strategic Program Support

Core Purpose 

The core purpose of the Strategic Program Support branch is to improve the overall excellence, effectiveness, and efficiency of Facilities Services by utilizing best practices in project management, employee engagement, and communication to manage selected improvement efforts and support employees

Gene Averkiou, PMP  
Assistant Director
gene.averkiou@austin.utexas.edu

Gene has over 15 years of experience overseeing all phases of program development, implementation, management, and capacity assessments on behalf of leading academic institutions. Prior to joining UT he was a project manager at New York University. Before that he was a project manager at City University of New York for five years and an operations and project manager at University of Florida for more than 10 years. He earned a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute and a Human Subjects Research for Social & Behavioral Faculty and Scholars Certification as part of a Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative. Gene earned a graduate school Nonprofit Executive Leadership Certificate from the University of Florida, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in history.