Office of the CIO - UW-Madison Information Technology

In the office

The Office of the CIO oversees campus IT projects, cybersecurity, policy, research cyberinfrastructure and communication between college and department IT offices.

The office includes a Chief Information Security Officer, Executive Director for IT Planning & Strategy, Research Cyberinfrastructure Liaison, Communications Director, Executive Director of the IT Center of Excellence, and the Chief Operating Officer of the Division of Information Technology.

See the UW-Madison’s definition of IT services.

Campus IT Listening Tour

Members of the UW–Madison tech community are invited to provide feedback to CIO Lois Brooks on the technology environment of the university at any of 7 listening sessions scheduled in September.

Listening tour info & schedule

Introducing Lois Brooks

Lois Brooks, CIO and vice provost for information technology, UW-Madison

The Vice Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer has direct and indirect responsibility for the entire sphere of IT-related activities on campus. In conjunction with advisory groups, this role oversees the development and delivery of IT services, IT security policies and IT best practices. The CIO also directly manages the IT Center of Excellence, Chief Information Security Officer team and the Division of Information Technology (DoIT).

Lois Brooks joined UW–⁠Madison as vice provost for information technology and CIO in August 2018. Prior to that she served as Oregon State University’s vice provost for information services and chief information officer. She is active nationally in the higher education community, having served in leadership and governance roles with the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, Unizin, Educause Learning Initiative, and Internet2. She also served for many years at Stanford University, most recently as Director of Academic Computing. During her tenure at Stanford she co-founded the Sakai Foundation, serving on the Board of Directors and later as Executive Director.

Lois is also serving as DoIT’s interim chief operating officer.

CIO Office Areas of Responsibility

DoIT

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) provides technology services to the university, the UW System and other units of state government.

More about DoIT

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IT Projects

As of Oct 1 2017, a new process requires that IT project proposals—including new or modified IT services—be submitted to the IT Center of Excellence for review.

Project Intake & Prioritization

IT Policies

Here’s a complete list of IT Policies for faculty, staff, students and visitors. Each policy is linked to comprehensive details on the IT Policy KnowledgeBase.

List of IT Policies