Finalists named for UW-Madison technology post

Four finalists have been named in the search for a new director of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and campus chief information officer.

The finalists are: Lev S. Gonick, university dean, instructional technology and academic computing, California State Polytechnic University; M.S. Vijay Kumar, director of academic computing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Tad B. Pinkerton, interim director of DoIT and professor of computer sciences at UW–Madison; and Anne E. Stunden, director of academic technology services, Cornell University.

They were chosen by a 16-member search and screen committee chaired by Gregory Moses, professor in the College of Engineering.

The director of DoIT, reporting to Provost John Wiley, develops and carries out strategic plans for information technology applied to instruction, research and administration. The director also manages central information technology services at UW–Madison and oversees a staff of more than 700 and a budget of approximately $70 million to $80 million.