Orlando Leon
Chief Information Officer,
EDUCAUSE Alumni
Pandemic to Positivity: CIOs Discuss Approaches to Strategy and Creating Cohesive Culture
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 | 2:15PM–3:00PM ET | 201AB, 200 Level
Viewing Location:
Philadelphia
Session Type:
Breakout Session
Delivery Format:
Presentation/Panel Session
The proposed panel presentation will attempt to answer the question: How do CIOs go beyond pandemic response, capitalizing upon new confidence and interest in IT, to define and build new IT strategy while navigating the challenge of motivating staff and building a positive IT culture in an all-virtual world? Four CIOs from diverse universities will share stories of perseverance, change, overcoming challenges, and adopting new, creative ways to build positive IT culture and drive new technology strategy. Each CIO will share a story and strategies around the changes going on at their institutions, within their IT organizations, in the broader IT and campus community, and in their personal situations and careers. Stories will include positively dealing with broad budget and personnel cuts, as well as virtual diversity, equity, and inclusion conversations at Fresno State; handling a tricky organizational split and complex conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion at Chapman; building a new, bold IT strategy at Gonzaga; and taking on a new role, virtually, with challenges of steering to a positive IT culture and successfully pitching a series of new technology infrastructure initiatives at Illinois-Chicago. As panelists complete their 5- to 7-minute stories, the remaining time will be used as a question and answer period, inviting audience participation both in person and remotely.
