Re: Do you have a CIO?

[Rodney Petersen <rpetersen () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

EDUCAUSE annually conducts a Core Data Survey
(http://www.educause.edu/coredata).  A summary chapter from the 2004
survey on "IT Organization, Staffing, and Planning" is available at
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub8002c.pdf  A few observations
in response to your questions:

*       
        24.8% of all institutions report that the CIO is the title of
their "highest ranking IT administrator"; 21% report that it is a VP;
the results differ considerably based upon type of institution
*       
        30.7% of "top IT administrators" report to president; 25.1%
report to highest ranking academic officer; 24% report to highest
ranking administrative officer.  Note that only 11.5% report to CFO.
*       
        46.5% of "top IT administrators" are "members of the president's
cabinet".

Note that there is a subtle but important difference in the distinction
between CIO versus "top IT administrator".  In other words, the
percentage of CIO's that are members of the president's cabinet would be
lower than 46.5%, and I am not quite sure how the data would account for
individuals who hold the title of VP and CIO.
 
I've had a similar personal experience while at the University of
Maryland to what was reported from Princeton and Columbia.  In addition
to influence at the executive levels of the administration, it is
helpful to have a single person/organization responsible for the
coordination of all central IT services and relationships with the
distributed IT organizations.
 
-Rodney

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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