The Chief Information Officer oversees campus IT initiatives & projects, cybersecurity, policy, research cyberinfrastructure and communication between college and department IT offices. The office includes a Chief Data Officer, Chief Information Security Officer and a Research Computing coordinator.
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Interim CIO
445 Henry Mall | Madison, WI 53706
608-262-5381 | michael.lehman@wisc.edu
Michael Lehman is the interim chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin‑Madison.
He is also a special advisor to the chancellor overseeing a comprehensive review of campus information technology (IT) governance.
Lehman most recently served as interim vice chancellor for finance and administration until Laurent Heller was hired in August 2016. Before that, he was the first chief financial officer of both Palo Alto Networks and Arista Networks, and oversaw their preparation to become public companies. Earlier in his career, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sun Microsystems. He is leading a review of campus IT, including the IT funding model, budget and services in his current role as special advisor.
The CIO Oversees...
DoIT
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) provides technology services to the university, the UW System and other units of state government.
Initiatives & Projects
IT Initiatives are efforts that change how the campus does business; IT Projects have a limited-term duration and can vary in scope and campus reach. Continue Reading Initiatives & Projects
IT policies
Here's a complete list of IT Policies, each linked to details on the IT Policy KnowledgeBase. Continue Reading IT policies
CIO Staff and Office Functions
Research Cyberinfrastructure
Jan Cheetham
Research Cyberinfrastructure Liaison
Division of Information Technology
John Krogman
Chief Operations Officer
IT Planning & Strategy
Rafi Lazimi
Executive Director for IT Planning & Strategy, ITC Chair
IT Center for Excellence
Dawn McCauley
Director – IT Center of Excellence
Photo from PM Network, March 2017
Communications
Brian Rust
Communications Director
Office of Cybersecurity
Bob Turner
Chief Information Security Officer