Caudit Educause Institute

CAUDIT_EDUCAUSE INSTITUTE 29 August to 2 September 2004


Institute Faculty

Gerrit Bahlman
Anne Dwyer
David J Ernst
Margo Hellyer

David Lassner
John Lockwood
Paul Sherlock
Neil Thelander


Gerrit Bahlman
 

Gerrit BahlmanGerrit Bahlman is the Director of Information Technology and Organisational Development at Massey University. As Director of IT he has been involved in the strategic planning, development, management and design of administrative, academic, research and communications support systems at Massey University since 1989.

Gerrit holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Chemistry, a Masters Degree in Science from Canterbury University and a Diploma in Teaching from the Christchurch College of Education. He has taught and held senior management roles in Education; worked as a consultant in information technology; in international aid for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs introducing computer technology into the University of the South Pacific; as a free lance writer in information technology; and as a leader in the use of computers in education and administration. He has a strong interest in change management and has applied those skills to the establishment of new campuses; mergers of educational institutions and the establishment of new systems and services in educational contexts.

 

Anne Dwyer

 

Anne DwyerAnne Dwyer is the Executive Director (Organisational Support) at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is responsible for the strategic planning and management of IT across the University, including all infrastructure, user support services and core enterprise applications. Anne has a BBus(Acc) and GradDip in Information Systems Management from Charles Sturt University (MCAE). She began her career as an accountant holding various financial and administrative management roles at Ansett prior to moving into IT management in the late '80s. Following this she was the Director of IT for Arthur Andersen's Australian and New Zealand operations for 4 years before joining UTS in June 1999.

 

David J Ernst
  David J Ernst

David J. Ernst is the Chief Information Technology Officer (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Services) at the California State University (CSU.) He provides information technology leadership for the 23-campus CSU system. He serves on the Boards of IMS Global Learning Consortium and the MERLOT Project.

Prior to joining the CSU in 1995, David was a senior manager consulting in higher education for Coopers & Lybrand. Over the past twenty-five years, David has held senior management and information technology positions at UC San Diego, Stanford University and UC San Francisco. He holds Bachelor's Degrees in Political Science and Rhetoric and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of California, Davis.

 

Margo Hellyer
 

Margot HellerMargo Hellyer is the Director of Client Services in the Information Technology Services Division at Monash University. Her responsibilities cover IT support for staff and students, training, marketing and communications, and the University's lecture theatres and telephone switchboards. After initially studying agriculture, Margo has moved into IT and management with positions in the Victorian public sector and Deakin University before joining Monash in 1999. Her professional interests cover customer relationship management, strategic and operational planning, service improvement, change management and staff development.

 

David Lassner
 

David LassnerDavid Lassner serves as the first Chief Information Officer for the University of Hawaii, Hawaii's statewide system of public higher education comprised of 10 campuses and 5 education centers on 6 islands. He is also a member of the Graduate Faculty of the University of Hawaii where has taught online and in-person in Computer Science, Business, Communication and Education. David chairs the Internet2 Applications Strategy Council and serves on the Board of Trustees of Internet2. He is active in a number of other professional organizations including EDUCAUSE and the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications, where he currently chairs the Steering Committee. David holds AB and MS degrees from the University of Illinois in economics and computer science respectively, and a Ph.D communication & information sciences from the University of Hawaii.

 

John Lockwood
 

John LockwoodJohn Lockwood is currently semi-retired and works as an independent IT consultant in the private and public sectors. He had been Director of Information Technology Services at the University of South Australia for 9 years prior to his retirement from the university in 2001. He has worked in IT and Higher Education since 1968. John has served on the faculty of the CAUDIT-EDUCAUSE Institute since its inception in 1998. He was appointed Director of the Institute in November 2001.

 

Paul Sherlock
 

Paul SherlockPaul Sherlock is the Director of Information Strategy and Technology Services at the University of South Australia. Prior to joining the University in 2001 Paul held senior IT management roles at the Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO) and BHP/Billiton. Paul has a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering and an Associate Diploma in Computing from the University of South Australia, a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Adelaide and a Graduate Diploma in Finance from the Securities Institute.  Paul is currently the Deputy Chair of the Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT).

 

Neil Thelander
 

Neil ThelanderNeil Thelander is currently the Director of Information Technology Services at Queensland University of Technology. Neil started his broad career in the Australian Federal Government working in the Tax, Customs and Health Departments. After 13 years within the public sector, he began working with Oracle specialising in system integration for two years. From there he moved into private consulting for four years specialising in project remediation and management. His extensive experience in this area led to a senior executive appointment with the Queensland Health Department, which he held for over eight years. Since 1999 Neil has been QUT's Director of Information Technology Services. His work at QUT is on fusing the IT and the business aspects of QUT - highlighting the value QUT can gain from IT and helping the IT department understand its role in supporting QUT's business objectives. Neil is also on the Australian Academic Research Network Board of Directors.

 

 

 

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