Spring 2010 Management Symposium

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Keynote Speakers

 

Opening Keynote: Richard N. Katz

Tuesday Morning Keynote: Jacqueline Brown

 

Opening Keynote

Keynote Speaker: Richard N. Katz

Title: EDU@2020: School of Athens or Mr. Ford's Factory

The Digital Age is progressing and information technologies are maturing. They are so good in fact, that they make it possible for us to reconsider fundamental things about how we are delivering the higher education mission. Some technologies are becoming disruptive and the shape and nature of some industries like the recording industry, newspapers, and others are undergoing profound change.

This session will look at how future IT leaders will begin to rely less on technical prowess and will be utilized in much more daring ways to assist the institution's leadership. The successful IT leader will need to be part of the team that develops a compelling vision for the institution, develops a delivery system and infrastructure to bring that vision to life, develops the policies and incentives that get people aligned with that vision, and deploys flexible systems that will make it possible to extend the institute's footprint across the community, or across the globe.

Biography

RICHARD N. KATZ has been vice president of EDUCAUSE since 1996. From 1996 to 2001, Katz managed the EDUCAUSE professional development program, IT, publications, and member relations. In 2001, he founded the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR), considered by many the preeminent source of research and analysis on IT issues in higher education. Before joining EDUCAUSE, Katz held a variety of management and executive positions spanning 14 years at the University of California (UC). There he won numerous awards and was the 2nd recipient of that university's award for innovative management and leadership.

Katz is the author, co-author or editor of seven books, four research studies, and more than 50 articles and monographs on a variety of management and technology topics. His book Dancing with the Devil was deemed one of the 10 most important education-related books of 1999 by Lingua Franca. He received his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh, and his MBA from UCLA.

Tuesday Morning Keynote

Keynote Speaker: Jacqueline Brown

Title: Not So Random Thoughts about Managing People in Stressful Times

Managing effectively down/up/across is never more crucial than in difficult economic times. Staff members fear losing their jobs as CIOs look for dispensable functions and peers eye others' resources; a set of Legos as complex as an Escher drawing.

Managing users' expectations ... need I say more? And lest we forget, managing oneself is still essential, while across the institution, executives and managers are also scrutinizing the resources of the IT "fat cat".

This is a time of threats, to be sure, but perhaps this elder's perspective may provoke some helpful thoughts and ideas.

Biography

Jacqueline Brown "retired" from her position as Princeton University's Director of Information Services to join the University of Washington's Computing and Communications, where she rose to Associate Vice President for IT Partnerships. In this position, she was responsible for strategic regional, national, and international relation-building mainly in the area of R&E advanced networks. She "retired" from the University of Washington in 2009. She continues her involvement in partnership building as Pacific Wave's Director for Strategic Relationships and as a consultant to several networking organizations. She serves on a number of networking related committees and boards.

Jacqueline received the 2004 EDUCAUSE Leadership in the Profession Award. She has degrees in Astrophysics and in Information Science.