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Amarillo, TX-based Amarillo College has Appointed Lee M. Colaw as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
As your community college, Amarillo College works hard to bring you high-quality academic and technical programs, plus hundreds of continuing education programs. We offer affordable tuition, and small classes when you want them - morning, afternoon, evening, or weekends. Our technical programs provide guaranteed training in fields where job prospects are good and there is the most long-term need for qualified personnel. AC is an ideal place to begin your college career. Our transfer programs let you complete the first two years of a bachelor`s degreeconveniently and at a low cost. AC is a warm, friendly caring place, that`s what our students say. We feel good about that and we hope this information will help you feel more relaxed and comfortable with AC.
About the Person
Lee M. Colaw began his career on June 2, 2009 serving Amarillo College as the Dean for Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Lee earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Oklahoma State University in 1975, his Masters of Science in Computing and Information Sciences from Oklahoma State University in 1985, Masters of Science in Business Administration from Boston University in 1987, and graduated from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1991. He was commissioned in the U.S. Army and served from 1975 to 1995 in a variety of computing, development, software, telecommunications, acquisition, networking, engineering, and electronic support organizations around the world. His most recent assignments prior to coming to Amarillo College were as Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer at Pacific University Oregon, Director of the Department of Computing and Telecommunications Services at The University of Oklahoma, and as Director of Computer Systems Division at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. As Dean and Chief Information Officer he is responsible for providing a visionary, service-oriented, and contemporary technology program for a public community college, dedicated to providing educational, cultural and community services and resources to enhance the quality of life for the diverse population in the service area. He is responsible for all aspects of College computing and for technical aspects of telecommunications, technology budget guidance and management, resource generation and strategic planning for information services. Directly supervises a dedicated staff providing extensive technology leadership, IP network management, operation of several hundred computing environments, several computer facilities, technology aspects of academic and clinical classrooms, and a Datatel enterprise administrative system.
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