March Madness: Meet the CIOs of This Year's Final Four Teams
As the 2013–2014 college basketball season comes to a close, we’re left with four teams that hope to make it to the big dance on Monday, in Arlington, Texas.
But while the men of the Kentucky, Florida, UConn and Wisconsin basketball teams are stellar on the court, their CIOs are also hard at work outfitting classrooms with resources and technology to help prepare the student athletes and their peers to become the leaders of tomorrow.
Check out these four facts, and learn more about the CIOs who make these four powerhouse schools secure and savvy.
University of Kentucky
CIO: Vince Kellen, @vkellen
Kellen has been the CIO of the University of Kentucky since February 2009 and is the first person to hold the title. He also serves on the advisory boards for major companies, such as Apple and Blackboard. During his tenure, Kellen has been extremely passionate about the growth and expansion of the IT capabilities of UK and has outlined six goals for the department in the UKIT strategic plan.
The @universityofky plans to expand desktop tele-video conference use to 40 percent by the end of 2014: http://t.co/QEyR2rlVYi
— EdTech Higher Ed (@EdTech_HigherEd) April 2, 2014
University of Florida
CIO: Elias G. Eldayrie
Improving the University of Florida’s IT portfolio is just one of the goals CIO Elias Eldayrie has for the university in Gainesville, Florida. His department has its own Twitter account, which provides students and faculty members with information regarding software updates, workshops and more.
During the 2012–2013 school year, @UFlorida’s home page had 18,453,622 unique visitors from more than 220 countries: http://t.co/eUR5eaF9Dc
— EdTech Higher Ed (@EdTech_HigherEd) April 2, 2014
University of Connecticut
CIO: Michael Mundrane
Even though Mundrane has been the CIO of UConn for only seven months, he has 17 years of IT experience and leadership at other universities. His three goals for University Information Technology Services are to deliver services with the right qualities, enable the department to partner with the many activities on campus and ensure that IT aids in research and teaching in addition to administrative applications and basic infrastructure.
.@UConn uses @GoogleApps for Education and provides each student with 30GB of free storage on Google Drive: http://t.co/8PHbAekWRk
— EdTech Higher Ed (@EdTech_HigherEd) April 2, 2014
University of Wisconsin-Madison
CIO: Bruce Mass, @UWMadisonCIO
As the CIO of the flagship school in the University of Wisconsin system and a board member of EDUCAUSE, Mass is deeply engaged in all things IT and higher education and loves to discuss his views on leadership, technology and innovations on social media. In fact, he ranks 18th on the Huffington Post’s list of the 100 Most Social CIOs on Twitter for 2014.
.@UWDoIT has successfully upgraded UWNet wireless to 85 percent of @UWMadison’s buildings https://t.co/YQS2nER9Ff
— EdTech Higher Ed (@EdTech_HigherEd) April 2, 2014
