Open Source Software
The University of Texas at San Antonio

At UT San Antonio, we are looking at how we can leverage best practices for open-source software to simplify reproducible research, contribute in areas of teaching and learning, and prepare our students to navigate through open-source culture and community resources. We have begun planning conversations with our faculty to better understand training and catalog requirements and create a roadmap for establishing our open-source program office at San Antonio.

Team

Nassos Galiopoulos

Chief Technology Officer and Deputy CIO

Galiopoulos transforms complex environments into secure, reliable platforms, and leads high performance teams. He leverages automation to streamline operations and support our faculty, staff and students in their academic, administrative, and academic pursuits. Galiopoulos has a proven record of success in enterprise infrastructure, software development, cybersecurity, project and services lifecycle management. He brings two decades of experience in a myriad of industries to his role as CTO and Deputy CIO and is completing his PhD with a research focus on advancing the use of AI to strengthen cybersecurity and operational resilience.

Jessica Abel

Director of Digital Customer Experience

As Director of Digital Customer Experience, Abel translates complex technologies into intuitive, human-centered experiences for UT San Antonio students, faculty, and staff. Using more than a decade of experience in teaching and her position as dual-role faculty, she bridges technical services with the needs of researchers across the institution. Across these efforts, she combines strategic communication, stakeholder analysis, and instructional design to ensure that technology at UT San Antonio is accessible, consistent, and aligned with the lived realities of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents.