What Does a Senior IT Leader Really Do?

Friday, October 30 | 10:10AM–11:00AM | Sagamore Ballroom 6
Session Type: Professional Development
What skills, qualities, and attributes are necessary to be a successful senior IT leader? Are you considering a future career move toward the CIO role? Are there other positions that better align with your career path? Join members of the CHECS (Center for Higher Education CIO Studies) Advisory Board and EDUCAUSE Institute faculty as they discuss their unique experiences that will help aspiring CIOs and other senior IT leaders determine their professional and personal development.


Outcomes: Learn about the career paths and requirements to succeed as a CIO/senior IT leader * Identify characteristics that make current CIOs successful in their roles * Determine how to best partner strategically across the academy and within professional networks to position yourself for career advancement

Presenters

  • Wayne Brown

  • Jeff Cepull

    Vice President for Information Resources, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University)

  • P.B. Garrett

    Consultant, Garrett Consulting

  • Joel Hartman

    Retired - July 2020, University of Central Florida

  • Susan Malisch

  • Jack Suess

    Vice President of IT & CIO, University of Maryland, Baltimore County