Acuta 2014 - CIO Community College Perspective

Speaking about the perspective of a community college CIO as it relates to technology and how to best operate with the challenges faced in the community college environment.

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1. Community College Perspective Ken Ingle, CIO Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
2. Who am I?
3. Developer a.k.a. Programmer, Geek, Nerd….
4. Background • telecom • publishing • nascar / motorsports • consulting • higher education
5. CPCC Executive Director of Emerging Technology
6. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Chief Information Officer
7. About RCCC • 25,000+ students • 5 campuses • 2 counties • Just outside of Charlotte, NC • large community growth
8. Challenges • Shrinking Budgets • Wide ranging demographic • Socio/Economic status of community • Competitive IT community • Staying relevant • Second choice for many students
9. Really Opportunities
10. The Problem in IT
11. Too Busy Crying….
12. Focused on the WRONG Things! Control Control Control Control ….
13. The Many Faces of Control • hardware • software • access • methods • communication • and …..
14. If it doesn’t come from IT IT IS NOT APPROVED!!!!!
15. IT is not an ivory tower. Society is more technology savvy than ever before….
16. Focus on providing service regardless of hardware
17. Determine Real Success Success for CC student may not = degree
18. A New Focus • Personalized • Contextual • Relevant • Informed
19. Consumer (ize) of technology BYOD … more like BYOx
20. Service Oriented API / Integration driven development around internal and externally developed tools. ! Application Virtualization, remote service delivery.
21. SaaS, IaaS, PaaS….
22. Cloud Computing more than just Google Apps / Office 365; Re-defining the data center (network centric).
23. Big Data << b/c we needed one more buzzword>> ! Analyze all activity and all data to better customize solutions produced. ! In other words: ! TRACK EVERYTHING
24. Partnership Driven
25. Operate more like a startup iterate quickly, adjust as necessary, empower your team
26. Questions? ! Thank You! ! ! ! ! @ken_ingle ken.ingle@rccc.edu