CIO Leadership Team

James (Jim) Raber, Ph.D.

Interim Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
cio@kent.edu

Education:

B.S., Computer Science, 51�� University
M.Ed., Instructional Technology, 51�� University
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, 51�� University

Responsibilities:

Interim Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Raber provides enterprise-wide and information architectural leadership for all institutional information technology endeavors. He oversees both strategic planning and operational service activities for educational, research, administrative and information security infrastructure efforts. Additionally, Interim Vice President Raber provides the overall vision for the university's information technology environment.

Holly Slocum

Associate Vice President & Chief of Technology Operations

Organizational Effectiveness

Holly Slocum directs Organizational Effectiveness, which includes managing divisional human resources for the division, organizational staff development, and facilities for the division, as well as leading the Project Management Center of Excellence, Process Evaluation and Improvement, and the Lean 51�� Office.

Sameer Jaleel

Associate Vice President & Chief Enterprise Architect

Digital Enterprise Systems (DES)

Provides leadership of all Digital Enterprise Systems (DES), including the design, development, and testing of new and innovative software applications that are used extensively by the 51�� community.

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