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Bel Air, MD-based Harford Community College has Appointed Thomas Franza as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Harford Community College is a dynamic, open-access institution that provides high quality educational experiences for the community. The College promotes lifelong learning, workforce development, and social and cultural enrichment. Harford Community College addresses the diverse educational needs of Harford County by offering outstanding educational opportunities to students of all ages and abilities. Higher education is life changing and provides opportunities only limited by a student’s desire to work hard to achieve a goal. In addition to over 70 degree and certificate programs, the College offers a wide range of noncredit courses and programs many of which help train employees for new careers or job advancement. In addition, there are programs for children, courses for personal enrichment, and classes to take just for fun.
About the Person
Prior to coming to Harford, Thomas Franza was the Director of Academic Information Services at Dowling College in New York, a position he held since 2000. He was concurrently serving as an adjunct associate professor of computer information services (CIS), where he was teaching a graduate level online class. During his years as director, Franza provided vision, managed and directed staff, and found ways to save the college money through training opportunities and departmental restructuring. Among his many responsibilities was overseeing the management, maintenance, and upgrade of all college-wide network infrastructure. Other positions he held at Dowling included adjunct assistant professor of CIS, desktop support specialist/help desk coordinator, and network administrator. Franza earned a B.S. in computer science and an M.S. in technology systems management with a concentration in educational computing from the State University of New York, as well as an M.B.A. in general management.
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