Re: Do you have a CIO?

["Jimmy L. Fikes" <fikesj () WBU EDU>]

I am the CIO at WBU. One helpful study is found at
http://www.ciosinacademia.org/. I'm sure that Educause also has
resources on this.

I report to the Exec. VP and am part of the Strategic Planning Council.
We have 13 campuses in 6 states and I am responsible for all data and
communications services at all sites. A lot of work, but since these
states include Alaska and Hawaii, the annual trips are not too bad :)

I would argue strongly that the only effective way to integrate IT into
the strategic planning of the university is to elevate IT governance to
a cabinet, or near-cabinet level. If planning in any department is not
consistent with IT resources (both available and planned), the
inevitable results will be inefficiency, wasted resources, and less than
optimized services to students, faculty, and staff. 


 
Jimmy Fikes
Chief Information Officer
Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, TX
(806) 291-3545 (Office)
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Schug [mailto:schugj () MATC EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:58 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 <http://oncampus.matc.edu/infosec>
Milwaukee Area Technical College
5555 West Highland Road, Mequon, WI 53092  USA
Phone: (262) 238-2267