Re: Do you have a CIO?

[Ronnie Jefferson <RONNIE.JEFFERSON () HAMPTONU EDU>]

Having a CIO is critical in terms of establishing a vision for how
technology will support the business and business processes, and then
selling that vision for technology to key campus stakeholders.
Nevertheless, while it is very important to ensure that the vision for
technology is closely aligned to the business goals and objectives of
the institution, having the CIO report to the CFO could impact the
effectiveness and ability of the CIO to be as strategic and visionary as
possible. Although the CIO and CFO can very well coexist in the same
environment and on occasion work very well together, CFO's typically
feel as though CIO's spend too much money....and CIO's seem to view
CFO's as non-visionaries struggling to keep the purse strings as tight
as possible. I am a strong advocate for having the CIO report directly
to the President unless circumstances do not permit.

 

Regards....

 

 

 

Ronnie

 

 

 

Ronnie Jefferson

Director

Data Conversion & Management Lab

Hampton University

Hampton, Va 23668

(757) 727-5928

(757) 728-6807

 

 

 

 

 

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From: Scholz, Greg [mailto:gscholz () KEENE EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:08 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Do you have a CIO?

 

We have a CIO who reports to the VP for Finance and Planning (basically
the CFO). I believe the position is 3-4 years old (I have been here a
year so am not certain but know it is not more than four).  Prior to
that we had 4 directors that reported to the CFO.

 

The best argument I can think of is "unified vision"; the idea that
there can be one person that takes what the senior leadership of the
school wants and turn that into a cohesive IT plan.  Of course, if
everyone is ecstatic about the quality of the IT at your organization it
may not be seen as a needed improvement.

 

I suggest posting this to the CIO list also.

 

_________________________

Thank you,

Gregory R. Scholz

Lead Network Engineer

Information Technology Group

Keene State College

(603)358-2070

 

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From: Jim Schug [mailto:schugj () MATC EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:58 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Do you have a CIO?

 

        Our college does not have a dedicated CIO; instead the functions
are spread through a number of divisions of the college.  I'm curious
about:


1) Do you have a CIO?
2) To whom does the CIO report?
3) Any recommendations on how to "sell" the president about the
importance of having a CIO?

Thank you in advance.



Ability is what you're capable of doing. 
    Motivation determines what you do. 
        Attitude determines how well you do it.
-Lee Holz 

Jim Schug
Information Security Instructor
http://oncampus.matc.edu/infosec 
Milwaukee Area Technical College
5555 West Highland Road, Mequon, WI 53092  USA
Phone: (262) 238-2267