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Salt Lake City, UT-based University of Utah has Appointed Stephen Hess as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
University of Utah is the state’s oldest and largest institution of higher education and is a major research university. The U offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 28,000 students. The University of Utah is one of the state’s largest employers and is ranked as one of the top public research universities in the nation. In 2002 the University of Utah hosted the Olympic Village as well as Winter Olympic events, including the opening and closing ceremonies.
About the Person
Stephen Hess was appointed as The University of Utah`s CIO as of January 5, 2015. He also serves as the CIO of the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) and interim project director for the Senior Chief Administrative Officer. Hess has had a longstanding career focused on media and technology in higher education, and has devoted a large part of his career to making educational resources accessible online. Hess has nearly 38 years of service with the University of Utah and was CIO from 2007 to 2011. During that time, he was responsible for milestone developments in campuswide information technology strategy and operations and oversaw the Office of Information Technology, Administrative Computing Services, Instructional Media Services and the Center for High Performance Computing. Hess directed the creation of the Utah Education Network, bringing 40 school districts together, along with state libraries and state government, to build a network of online resources for faculty and students. He was also the assistant commissioner of higher education and the CIO for the entire Utah System of Higher Education. He has a doctorate in educational administration with an emphasis in higher education and information technology from the U.
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