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  • Hoisted by My Own Petard

    • Brian D. Voss
    • July 16, 2014

    This will be my final post in the “Got a Minute?” blog series: I am wrapping up my time as EDUCAUSE Presidential Fellow.

  • The CIO Pipeline, Part 3: Being Strategic about Plumbing

    • Brian D. Voss
    • June 11, 2014

    This is the final entry in a three-post series related to the CIO Pipeline Challenge. Part 1 raised the potential of a “fracturing” of the CIO role into component parts (strategist and plumber), and Part 2 addressed the need to broaden CIO recruitment efforts by infusing more academics (faculty) into the pipeline.

  • The CIO Pipeline, Part 2: Infusing Academics into the Pipeline

    • Brian D. Voss
    • April 18, 2014

    This is the second in a three-post series related to the CIO Pipeline Challenge. Part 1 raised the potential of a “fracturing” of the CIO role into component parts (strategist and plumber), and Part 3 will address the need for a different view of “plumbers and plumbing.

  • The CIO Pipeline, Part 1: The Strategist vs. the Plumber Revisited

    • Brian D. Voss
    • March 12, 2014

    This will be the first in a three-post series related to the CIO Pipeline Challenge. Part 2 will address the need to broaden CIO recruitment into the “strategist” pipeline, and Part 3 will address the need to take a different view of “plumbers and plumbing.

  • "I'm Just Going to Walk the Earth"

    • Brian D. Voss
    • January 15, 2014

    You may have heard that I am stepping down from my CIO position at the University of Maryland. Assuming that you did, and that we’ve been acquainted over the years, you are probably wondering about the details and if I’m OK.

  • Risk and Compliance: The Threat of Mission Not Accomplished

    • Brian D. Voss
    • December 6, 2013

    Following up on my last blog post, on governance, let me now tie in risk and compliance. CIOs certainly understand that GRC efforts and investments may not yield laudatory press releases and may not get their faces on the cover of trade magazines.

  • Governance Shutdown

    • Brian D. Voss
    • November 22, 2013

    The next issue of EDUCAUSE Review is focusing on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). Within a CIO’s visible spectrum are many infrastructure and service items (i.

  • "I haven't got all minute!"

    • Brian D. Voss
    • November 5, 2013

    At EDUCAUSE13’s opening general session, Sir Ken Robinson dropped many a funny line and entertaining anecdote—all while delivering a very direct message about how things have changed in our world due to our adoption and embrace of technology.

  • Special Snowflakes?

    • Brian D. Voss
    • August 27, 2013

    Following up on my last blog post about the future of administrative information systems, I want to spur your thinking and comments about the core elements that significantly drive costs upward on these implementations.

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