EDUCAUSE, the mothership for higher education IT, has published their top 10 issues for 2020. Interestingly, the top three issues are Information Security, Privacy, and IT Funding.
Another interesting issue is #10 – “The Integrative CIO: Repositioning or reinforcing the role of IT leadership as an integral strategic partner of institutional leadership in supporting institutional missions.” What’s cool about my job is TTI does this already. For example, today I was in a meeting with some key TTI stakeholders to discuss how we will coordinate our work across the RELLIS campus, specifically in relation to the other engineering agencies. This is a very strategic endeavor that only tangentially touches on IT. I’m grateful and excited that I have the ability to contribute to the organization in this way. It’s an example of TTI’s commitment to integrate technology at the organization’s strategic level. This is one thing that makes my job very rewarding and fun.