{"118621":{"#nid":"118621","#data":{"type":"news","title":"O\u0027Connor Named VP of Information Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJames (\u201cJim\u201d) O\u2019Connor, who has served as interim vice president and chief information officer for the past 18 months, has been tapped to lead the Institute\u2019s Office of Information Technology on a permanent basis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn announcing the appointment, Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance Steven Swant said O\u2019Connor \u201cexemplifies what Georgia Tech needs in a CIO.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022His leadership, collaborative style and vision for the future are critical assets for Georgia Tech\u2019s success,\u0022 Swant said. \u0022A transition can be a difficult thing to manage, but Jim has demonstrated superior performance in this role over the past year and a half.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs vice president, O\u2019Connor will oversee the services, initiatives and policies originating from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.oit.gatech.edu\/content\/about-oit\u0022\u003Eseven directorates\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 including information security, academic and research technologies, telecommunications, architecture and infrastructure, resource management, information technology services, and enterprise information systems \u2014 that comprise OIT.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Over the past 17 years, I\u0027ve had the privilege of working alongside many exceptional colleagues, both within the Office of Information Technology and across the Institute,\u201d O\u2019Connor said. \u201cI look forward to continuing those partnerships to provide our campus with the enabling technologies that foster education, scholarship, research, administration, communications and community.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to his interim appointment, O\u2019Connor served as executive director and deputy chief information officer in OIT, providing strategic direction, leadership, and broad- based project management to all directorates within the department. He joined Georgia Tech in 1994 as a member of OIT\u2019s newly formed Planning and Program office. Among his responsibilities were roles in preparing the campus to serve as the 1996 Olympic Village and leading Tech\u2019s administrative systems modernization effort.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining Georgia Tech, O\u2019Connor served as an Air Force officer in various assignments including chief of plans and programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Throughout a military career of almost 20 years, he served as a software developer, IT project manager for tactical air control systems, IT security officer, and project manager for acquisition and management of tactical, administrative and research IT systems.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJames (\u201cJim\u201d) O\u2019Connor, who has served as interim vice president and chief information officer for the past 18 months, has been tapped to lead the Institute\u2019s Office of Information Technology on a permanent basis.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2012-03-22 09:04:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:52","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.oit.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Information Technology (OIT)"}],"groups":[{"id":"64319","name":"Administration and Finance"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8254","name":"Administration and Finance"},{"id":"336","name":"information technology"},{"id":"4112","name":"oit"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:julieanne.williamson@carnegie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJulieAnne Williamson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAdministration \u0026amp; Finance\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-7529\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}