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Educause, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the use of technology and data to support higher education, announced Friday the appointment of Virginia Tech Chief Information Officer Sharon Pitt as chair of its board of directors.
Pete joins the Board of Trustees at the same time he officially joins the Virginia Tech Governing Council. The university appointed her in late November to oversee its information technology operations.
“I am excited to return to my alma mater and the university where I began my IT career, and honored to serve in a leadership role at Virginia Tech and in education,” Pitt said in a release.
Pete earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Virginia Tech and holds a graduate certificate in higher education administration from George Mason University. She has held IT leadership positions at Brown University, University of Delaware, Binghamton University, and George Mason University.
Virginia Tech is currently transforming its IT operations, and Pete is leading the effort. The program aims to reshape and enhance the university’s IT operations, career paths, security and services, launching in 2022.
“By placing the IT Transformation Office under Sharon’s leadership, my goal is to facilitate the coordination of IT transformation initiatives with the day-to-day operations of the IT department,” Amy Sebring, Virginia Tech’s chief operating officer, said in the release.
The university is also changing licenses with Google and Microsoft and migrating its phone system from Avaya to Zoom for telephony and call centers.
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