Candidate for Chief Information Officer to Visit Campus, Make Presentation

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Chris McCoy

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Chris McCoy, associate vice president for information technology and CIO at Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, Minnesota, is one of three candidates for the position of associate vice chancellor and chief information officer at the University of Arkansas.

He will visit campus and meet with U of A administrators, faculty and staff as part of the interview process. He will also make an open presentation to the campus community and public from 3-4 p.m. Monday, May 4 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center Auditorium.

The associate vice chancellor/CIO will manage the Information Technology Services department and provide leadership in all facets of university technology. The position reports to both the vice chancellor for academic affairs/provost and the vice chancellor for finance and administration. The CIO will have the authority to shape the organizational culture of information technology services across campus and facilitate institutional change.

CHRIS McCOY

Chris McCoy has 27 years of information technology experience.

As chief information officer at Metropolitan State University, he led a successful campuswide initiative to modernize the entire campus IT infrastructure, including server and desktop platforms, Web environment, the campus network, and the end-user support model. When the initiative began, only 20 percent of classrooms were outfitted with technology; all classrooms at the university are now fully outfitted with technology. McCoy's team received the university's "Metromorphosis Award" for successful completion of this initiative.

McCoy has also served as interim vice chancellor for information technology and system CIO for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, director of engineering computing at Iowa State University, and manager of computing support for the department of computer science at Iowa State University. He began his career as a UNIX systems programmer at Purdue University in the Cooperative Extension Service.

He has a B.S. in computer science and an M.E. in systems engineering from Iowa State University, and an M.B.A. from the University of Iowa.