Chief Information Officer & Strategic Chairpersons Committee (CSCC)

• Ed Pierson - Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer
• Braly Beavers - Chairperson – Enterprise Services Committee
• Dr. Terri Pantuso - Chairperson – Student and Academic Technologies Committee
• Dr. Erin Roark - Chairperson – Research Technologies Committee
• Dr. Elizabeth Piwonka - Chairperson – Data Governance Committee
• Michael Krenz - Chairperson – Service Experience Committee
• Ricardo Diaz - Chairperson – Health Technologies Committee
• Zac Tanton - Chairperson – Emerging and Innovative Technologies Committee

The CSCC produces the following outputs, including, but not limited to:

• University-wide recommendations, strategies, and special reports for the CSCC including:
  • IT funding strategies
  • IT strategic plans
  • IT principles
• Final decision on issues originating in the Research Technologies Committee (RTC), Enterprise Services Committee (ESC), and Student and Academic Technologies Committee (SATC) where CSCC approval is not required.
• Recommendations on information risk, policy, and security to the DGC committee.*
• Requests to all other committees for the exploration of new IT opportunities, resolving IT issues and recommending courses of action related to the scope of a respective committee.
• Requests to all other ITG input bodies for presentations and reports on IT strategy, operations, plans, technical architecture, or policy matters from across the university.
• Requests to IT organizations across the university for presentation and reports on IT strategy, operations, plans, technical architecture, or policy matters from across the university.

* Each committee in the ITG framework is responsible for identifying and drafting IT policies relative to their scope. The CSCC drafts IT policies that do not fit within the scope of the other ITG framework committees.

The CSCC receives the following inputs, including, but not limited to:

• Recommendations and decisions that are out of scope for the following committees:
  • Research Technologies Committee (RTC)
  • Enterprise Services Committee (ESC)
  • Student and Academic Technologies Committee (SATC)
  • Data Governance Committee (DGC)
  • Service Experience Committee (SEC)
  • Emerging and Innovative Technologies (EIT)
  • Health Technology Committee (HTC)
• Any recognized ITG input body.

The CSCC has the authority to execute strategic, operational, planning, technical, and policy decisions, as well as offer exceptions to a decision from any other ITG committee.

• Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer
• Chairperson – Enterprise Services Committee
• Chairperson – Student and Academic Technologies Committee
• Chairperson – Research Technologies Committee
• Chairperson – Data Governance Committee
• Chairperson – Service Experience Committee
• Chairperson – Health Technologies Committee
• Chairperson – Emerging and Innovative Technologies Committee