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College Park, MD-based University of Maryland has appointed Brian Voss as vice president of information technology.
About the Company
As the State`s flagship, the University of Maryland (UMD) strives to bring students deeply into the process of discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship. Whenever possible, hands-on research complements classroom instruction. Interdisciplinary collaborations facilitate the understanding of complex problems like cybersecurity and climate change, and international study and diversity help our graduates become global citizens. Its location inside Washington, D.C.`s Beltway, along with its own Metro stop, gives students numerous opportunities to work with neighboring federal agencies and labs, think tanks and foreign organizations.
About the Person
Brian D. Voss, a consultant with Brian D. Voss and Associates, has more than 30 years of experience in information technology, both in higher education and the private sector. He will begin work leading Clemson Computing and Information Technology (CCIT) Aug. 1. He spent three years as the vice president for information technology and CIO at the University of Maryland. There, he was responsible for IT strategy, infrastructure and services and leading the campus central IT organization. Voss also has worked at Louisiana State University, Indiana University, Mead Data Central and Westinghouse Electric. He has served on the board of directors for EDUCAUSE and the Kuali Foundation. During his 10-year tenure as vice provost and CIO, Bottum implemented Clemson’s first high-performance computing and large data capabilities to support faculty research. He led an infrastructure transformation that saw Clemson’s network capacity increase from 100 megabytes per second to 100 gigabytes per second, currently the fastest available research and education network capacity in the nation.
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