Robert C. Owen was Appointed as Chief Information Officer at Santa Clara University

Date of management change: May 19, 2014 

What Happened?

Santa Clara, CA-based Santa Clara University has Appointed Robert C. Owen as Chief Information Officer

 

About the Company

Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California`s Silicon Valley, offers its more than 8,800 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, theology, and engineering, plus master’s and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master`s universities, California`s oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. The University pursues its vision by creating an academic community that educates the whole person within the Jesuit, Catholic tradition, making student learning our central focus, continuously improving our curriculum and co-curriculum, strengthening our scholarship and creative work, and serving the communities of which we are a part in Silicon Valley and around the world. Santa Clara University will educate citizens and leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion and cultivate knowledge and faith to build a more humane, just, and sustainable world.

 

About the Person

Robert Owen comes to Santa Clara University from Western Kentucky University (WKU) where he is currently vice president for information technology leading a staff of 155 and supporting 21,000 students in multiple locations. Dr. Owen has 25 years of management experience in small, medium, and large educational organizations, including university central system offices, university campuses, community colleges, and K-12 public education systems; 17 of these years were spent in senior leadership positions. Dr. Owen has extensive experience in strategic planning; capital and operational budgeting; contract negotiation and administration; facilities construction; crises management; and team building and employee development. Dr. Owen is known for his dedication to excellence, honesty, and integrity. Dr. Owen received his doctorate degree in Public Administration from the University of La Verne; his Masters of Science in Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; and his Bachelors of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

 

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