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The Daily OrangeSedore named to IT position
By Julia Terruso
Posted: 3/18/09, 4:02 AM EST Section: News
Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina named Christopher Sedore vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Syracuse University Tuesday. Sedore had been serving in the interim position since November 2008.
The former IT vice president and CIO, Paul Gandel, served in the position from 2004 to November 2008, when he stepped down to teach full time. Sedore assumed the interim position the same month.
"We're all very excited about him assuming this role. He is someone who in this period as interim CIO has inspired a lot of confidence from people, and we're excited to see him take this on full time," Spina said.
As vice president for information technology, Sedore is in charge of the Information Technology Services department, which provides the campus with network and Internet connectivity, information technology security, telecommunications, and walk-in and over-the-phone service, according to the ITS Web site.
Sedore will also be responsible for looking into the effectiveness of information technology programs at the university, Spina said.
"I've always been an experimenter. Before computers it was electronics and mechanical things," Sedore said. "Working with technology is a form of creative expression for me."
One of many issues Sedore said he hopes to tackle is technological sustainability, particularly with regard to computing.
Sedore said computers have extensive environmental effects on the campus because of the electricity they consume. He will be looking into ways to be more sustainable, including programming computers to automatically switch into sleep mode.
"IT now is so pervasive at the university, and we spend so much money on it, that we really need a CIO who's going to think strategically for the university about what is the best way to deploy and dispense its resources for both maximum performance, as well as making sure we're being efficient," Spina said.
Prior to becoming VP and CIO, Sedore was primarily responsible for the operation units within the central IT organization. He worked to oversee the networks, MyMail and MySlice. Now he will also have to develop technology direction strategies for the campus.
The former IT vice president and CIO, Paul Gandel, served in the position from 2004 to November 2008, when he stepped down to teach full time. Sedore assumed the interim position the same month.
"We're all very excited about him assuming this role. He is someone who in this period as interim CIO has inspired a lot of confidence from people, and we're excited to see him take this on full time," Spina said.
As vice president for information technology, Sedore is in charge of the Information Technology Services department, which provides the campus with network and Internet connectivity, information technology security, telecommunications, and walk-in and over-the-phone service, according to the ITS Web site.
Sedore will also be responsible for looking into the effectiveness of information technology programs at the university, Spina said.
"I've always been an experimenter. Before computers it was electronics and mechanical things," Sedore said. "Working with technology is a form of creative expression for me."
One of many issues Sedore said he hopes to tackle is technological sustainability, particularly with regard to computing.
Sedore said computers have extensive environmental effects on the campus because of the electricity they consume. He will be looking into ways to be more sustainable, including programming computers to automatically switch into sleep mode.
"IT now is so pervasive at the university, and we spend so much money on it, that we really need a CIO who's going to think strategically for the university about what is the best way to deploy and dispense its resources for both maximum performance, as well as making sure we're being efficient," Spina said.
Prior to becoming VP and CIO, Sedore was primarily responsible for the operation units within the central IT organization. He worked to oversee the networks, MyMail and MySlice. Now he will also have to develop technology direction strategies for the campus.
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