The Chief Information Officer (CIO) develops, plans, and implements an information technology (IT) strategy that meets the Housing & Food Services' (HFS) delivery needs on its mission and business operations. The CIO delivers optimal IT services, security, and the data and information infrastructure to support the Department.As CIO for the HFS, this role provides strategic vision and direction for IT and promotes the role of technology in contributing to the success of HFS. As a leader, the CIO knows how and when to collaborate and forms alliances within the Department and across campus to accomplish objectives. The CIO demonstrates the strength to maintain firm positions on policy matters while remaining agile, flexible, and approachable.This position has three direct reports and four units: Manager of Software Development and Systems Administration, Project Management and the PMO, and the Service Desk Manager and Service Desk department. This role is an active member of campus IT leadership, serving on the Service Management Board and the computing directors group and representing HFS on campus Enterprise IT projects.www.linkedin.com/in/michael-secright-71b64021a

Information Technology consultant specializing in IT Services, IT Education, development support, and infrastructure (Cloud and Hybrid). Special focused on standards (PCI-DSS, FERPA, GDPR, SOX, etc.), IT assessments, hosted services, and CMS systems.Consulting: IT Analysis and project management, collaboration with facility development-construction projects; Software development with International resources; VAR Management; Retail IT POS and Warehouse Operations (AX/GP/Informix); Telecom-VoIP and Internet service providers; and marketing teams. These relationships and my several years of IT management benefit organizations by helping them achieve their IT modernization and growth challenges.Expertise: • IT Service Architecture and Operations• Business Intelligence and Analytics systems • Physical and Network Security• Cloud - Software as a Service (SaaS) - Application Development Support• Marketing Technologies and Social Media Applications - supporting UX• Business services systems support• Learning Management services • Public - Technology Motivational speakingAvailable for consultation and speaking opportunities.

This position provides strategic visioning, technical leadership, planning, organization and guidance of the Information Services department activities. Responsible for the development and implementation of the agency’s overall strategies and planning for comprehensive and cost effective voice, video, audio, and data communications infrastructure, network architecture, security, reliability and end-user support. Coordinates information systems planning, and ensures mid- to long-term plans are prioritized and consistent with resource constraints. Works closely with customers to define requirements. Develops forward looking strategies to leverage information technologies for the benefit of the agency.

Day to day IT operations of a multi-national cutting edge distributed analytics and statistic platform technology company. Responsible for the design, implementation and management of all core Information Technology critical systems. Managed a global IT staff in multiple sites and countries in close support of DevOps and Product support. Designed the data migration processes for the ERP project; Managed the core IT upgrades for the new Web-based CMS; Supported a Global Sharepoint implementation and managed IT Facilities and vendor relationships.

Rapid growth, change, bleeding edge software technologies, fledgling cloud services, and a value-added partner for computer manufacturersI contributed to and implemented strategic Enterprise Information Technology plans to support the many ventures of this and several other start-up technology companies. I designed and supported mission-critical e-commerce infrastructure solutions; Active Service Provider (ASP aka SaaS) support network and globally distributed Web and WAN technologies; Hands-on experience supporting marketing endeavors, customer (CRM), and vendor (ISV) support relationships; IT OpEx, CapEx and unique project budgets. In my role and due to the company's size, I had the pleasure of supporting development and operations efforts, engaging with customers, and presenting our products to the community.xSides AKA: The Pixel Company - Ark Interface II