The Chief Information Officer 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 (COO) of the Division of Information Technology.
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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.
CIO (starting August 1, 2018)
Lois Brooks has been named as Chief Information Officer of University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She currently serves as Oregon State University’s vice provost for information services and chief information officer. She is active nationally in the higher education community, and has served in leadership and governance roles with the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, Unizin, Educause Learning Initiative, and Internet2.
CIO Office Functions
DoIT
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) provides technology services to the university, the UW System and other units of state government.
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.
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.
CIO Staff
CIO News
CIO Spring 2018 Campus Forum – Slides
May 16, 2018CIO Spring 2018 Campus Update
April 25, 2018Johnson Named Director of UW Cloud Strategy
April 25, 2018
Finalists chosen for CIO: Presentations April 19 & 20
April 12, 2018- More Office of the CIO posts