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Babson Park, MA-based Babson College has Appointed Phillip Knutel as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Babson is the educator, convener and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds™. An independent, not-for-profit institution, Babson is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). In the 2010-2011 academic year, more than 1,950 undergraduate and 1,300 graduate students attended Babson, representing more than 74 countries. As creators and conveners of knowledge about entrepreneurship, Babson distinguishes itself with an Undergraduate School that provides a top-flight business education and liberal arts programs with curricular and co-curricular learning experiences; the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, that grants highly ranked MBA and MS degrees; an Executive Education program for professionals looking to grow in today`s rapidly evolving business environment; a world-class faculty with real-world experience—73% of our full-time faculty hold a doctoral degree or its equivalent, and are accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, scholars, authors, researchers, poets, and artists; global research projects that are used as key benchmarking indicators by a number of distinguished regional, national and supranational authorities around the world; and Babson Global, which works with corporate, university, government, and foundation partners to advance entrepreneurship education and Entrepreneurial Thought and Action worldwide.
About the Person
Phillip Knutel, former Chief Information Officer at Bentley University. As Vice President and CIO, he will apply his experience in employing a wide range of academic and administrative technology solutions to lead the planning, administration and oversight of all of Babson’s information systems, telecommunications, the library, IT security, and online learning project development and execution. He will also be working to create and implement a long-term strategy to align the College’s IT priorities with its mission and curriculum. At Bentley, Dr. Knutel strove to constantly improve academic technology and library services by using creative, innovative approaches that leveraged nascent technologies and helped faculty integrate technology resources to improve student learning as well as assist students and faculty in conducting research effectively. He also oversaw the renovation that transformed the campus library, underscoring the importance of a library as a place for collaboration and quiet contemplation in addition to extensive online research resources. Dr. Knutel was responsible for the design and delivery of high quality blended and hybrid online courses in which enrollments exceeded 20,000 since 2000. He also served as a faculty member in Bentley’s Information Design and Corporate Communication Department. He holds a BS magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University (where he also served as president of his college student association), an EdM from Harvard University, and PhD in higher education administration from the University of Michigan.
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