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New York, NY-based Metropolitan Museum of Art has Appointed Jeffrey S. Spar as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world`s largest and finest art museums. Its permanent collection includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe. In addition to its permanent collection, the Museum also presents dozens of special exhibitions each year, as well as a variety of events and programs, including films, lectures, concerts, guided tours, talks, and family programs. The Cloisters Museum and Gardens, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, was assembled from architectural elements, both domestic and religious, that date from the twelfth through the fifteenth century.
About the Person
Jeffrey Spar has been promoted to Vice President for Technology and Chief Technology Officer. He joined the Museum in April 2011 as Chief Technology Officer, with a mandate to modernize IT applications and enhance the Museum's technology infrastructure. Since then, he has successfully consolidated and transitioned many of the Museum's disparate computer systems to more effective solutions. Working closely with the Director, President, CFO, and the Information Systems & Technology Department, and partnering with key department heads, he introduced a strategic information technology plan to guide the Museum; implemented a new Data Center; provided kiosks for admissions, membership, and ticketing transactions; automated the Membership Department's sales, service and processing tools; overhauled the Museum's Intranet; and provided an improved scheduling system for special events and educational programs. Before joining the staff of the Metropolitan Museum, Mr. Spar was a consultant to a number of publishing firms, including Meredith, Oxford University Press, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at The Reader's Digest Association for 10 years. He spent the first 10 years of his career at McKinsey & Company as a Management Consultant.
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