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North Canton, OH-based Walsh University has Appointed Donald A.C. Phillips as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Walsh University is an independent, coeducational Catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution. Founded by the Brothers of Christian Instruction, Walsh University is dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Walsh University believes in the desirability of a small university that promotes academic excellence, a diverse community and close student-teacher interactions. The University provides its students a higher education that fosters critical thinking, effective communication, spiritual growth, and personal, professional and cultural development. Walsh University encourages individuals to act in accordance with reason guided by the example and teachings of Jesus Christ.
About the Person
Donald Phillips will be responsible for leading the Information Technology staff in academic computing support, enterprise applications systems and services, networking and telecommunications, information security, data center operations and user support, as well as training and outreach. He will build and sustain effective partnerships and collaborations with academic and administrative departments, maintain a service-oriented and agile information technology organization, and ensure a reliable and secure technology infrastructure. He will play an integral role in the technology infrastructure of Walsh's planned global academic center that will house state of the art technology and collaborative teaching and learning spaces. Phillips comes to Walsh University from the Cleveland Heights - University Heights City School District in the Cleveland area. There he played a key role in bringing 21st Century technologies into the school system as the Director of Information of Technology. Previous employment includes Fortune 500 company Rockwell Automation where Phillips led technology projects as an IT Project Manager. Phillips holds a B.S. from John Carroll University, an M.S. from Case Western Reserve University, and received his law degree (J.D.) from the University of Akron.
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