Mr Richard Katz
Vice-President, EDUCAUSE

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Biography
RICHARD N. KATZ has been vice president of EDUCAUSE since 1996 and in 2001, he founded the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR). Before joining EDUCAUSE, Katz held a variety of management and executive positions spanning 14 years at the University of California (UC). At UC, Katz was awarded the Gurevich Prize, the Olsten Award, and was the 2nd recipient of that University’s Award for Innovative Management and Leadership.

Katz is the author, co-author or editor of six books, four major research studies, and more than 50 articles and monographs on a variety of management and technology topics. His book Dancing with the Devil was deemed one of the 10 most important education-related books of 1999 by Lingua Franca. He received his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh, and his MBA from UCLA.