New DoIT director named

Ann Stunden of Cornell University will be the new director of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and campus chief information officer, Provost John Wiley announced Monday, Nov. 29.

Stunden has served as director of academic technology services at Cornell since 1996. She previously served as director of academic computing and network services at Northwestern University (1991-1995) and director of the university computing center at the University of Rochester (1986-1991).

Earlier in her career, Stunden directed hospital information technology organizations and worked as a consultant in health care management. Prior to that, she developed operating systems and compiler software. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UCLA.

“We are extremely fortunate to have Ann Stunden as our chief information officer,” Wiley says. “She brings a wealth of experience as both a manager and a leader, and she has consistently won high praise for her strong ‘customer focus.'”

As DoIT director, Stunden will develop and carry out strategic plans for information technology applied to instruction, research and administration. She also will manage information technology services and oversee a staff of more than 700 and a budget of more than $70 million. Her annual salary will be $165,000.

“I look forward to working with the fine technology organization at UW–Madison, DoIT, and with other people on campus,” Stunden says. “Nothing about information technology is steady-state at this time, so we will have adventures together as we continue to bring this technology to serve the learning, teaching, research and administrative goals of the university. It will be fun.”