Associate CIO Candidate Zach Gorman to Present
IT Services announces an on-campus public presentation of a candidate for the associate CIO for academic technologies and shared services position. Zach Gorman will present at 10 a.m. today in Reynolds Auditorium on "How do we take the progress we've made so far with the Achieve IT: Excellence in Technology initiative and grow a mature and vibrant IT community?"
Gorman is currently the director of university IT at Georgia Regents University (soon to be Augusta University) in Augusta, Georgia. With over 15 years of information technology experience, he also served as an IT manager at the University of Iowa and a systems support specialist at Iowa State University. He holds a master's degree in organizational leadership from St. Ambrose University with an emphasis in leadership, strategic planning, conflict management, communication and human relationships, as well as a bachelor's in management information systems from Iowa State University.
The new associate CIO will be responsible for developing and communicating a shared service and user support vision for the university. Reporting directly to the CIO and serving on the CIO leadership team, the associate CIO will work with stakeholders, IT managers and IT directors in schools and departments across the university to support campuswide shared services.
The campus community is encouraged to attend and provide feedback.
Contacts
Erin C. Griffin, content strategy and IA specialist
Information Technology Services
479-575-2901,
ecgriff@uark.edu
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