The real title of my position was Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia. My responsibilities were to provide statewide services to the 36 public universities in the state. Each of these universities had a chief information officer so there were services they would provide and services we would provide. Four of these universities would be characterized as research universities (Augusta University, Georgia State, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Georgia), four universities were regional universities (Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State, Valdosta State, and West Georgia), three were historically black universities (Albany State, Fort Valley, and Savannah State). The remaining 25 were colleges and universities around the state providing access to higher education. I was going to be putting a lot of miles on my car.
There are sixteen different sections to my journey as the Vice Chancellor and CIO for the University System of Georgia and they have descriptive and sometimes humorous titles. You can explore them through the menu system above or you can click on any of the links below if something captures your fancy.
- What a Fine Mess You have Made
- Board Policy and Foundations
- The Politics of the System and State
- The Dread Pirate Roberts of Contracts
- Success through Shared Governance
- Religious Wars
- A Peach of a Net
- Lowering the Cost of Higher Education
- How Not to do Shared Services
- Attack of the Squirrels
- Snow Armageddon
- Transforming Lives at Georgia State University
- The Data Trail of Tears and Triumph
- Alesia and Merryll’s Gifts
- Recognition
- In retrospect