Brian Lesser
Assistant Director, Application Development and Integration
Computing and Communications Services
Ryerson University
350 Victoria St.
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 2K3
Office: LIB-B-99 (Library Building)
Phone: (416) 979-5000 ext. 6835
Fax: (416) 979-5220
E-mail: blesser@ryerson.ca
I'm involved in the development, integration, and support of software applications used by students, faculty, and staff at Ryerson. Within Computing and Communications Services (Ryerson's central IT department) I'm responsible for the software groups that work on the Student Administration, Human Resources, Finance, Portal, Online Learning, Identity Management and other systems. I'm very fortunate to work with a wonderful group of developers.
When I can find time I teach three hours a week in Ryerson's School of Image Arts. I have taught MPM017 New Media Tools and Applications, Multimedia Programming using JavaScript in the Communication and Design Multimedia Minor, and Digital Applications (MPS 024) in the School of Image Arts and have left the notes up for those who want to refer to them. More recently I have been teaching FPN 537: Programming for Multimedia and FPN 538: Authoring for New Media.
My background is in Photographic Technology and Imaging and Information Systems. Before working at Ryerson I worked in the National Archives' Photograph Conservation Lab and the Xerox Research Centre of Canada's Thin Film Science Lab.