Harvard CIO Council

Purpose Statement

To lead and advance university-wide IT strategies, policies, and standards, and to support the missions of both the individual schools and the University.

Vision

Vision

We aspire to empower the Harvard community through technology that enables:

Effortless access

Rapid and profound innovation

Seamless collaboration

See the Strategic Plan and the top initiatives for the CIO Council.

Delivering on Harvard's IT Vision

Watch the 2012 video that set Harvard's IT Vision.

	Stephen Ervin Assistant Dean for Information Technology, Graduate School of Design
	Stephen Gallagher Chief Information Officer, Harvard Business School
	Christian Hamer Chief Information Security Officer
	Dan Hawkins Director of Information Technology and Media Services, Harvard Divinity School
	Anne Margulies University Chief Information Officer
	Taso Markatos Chief for Information Technology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
	Robert Oatman Chief Information Officer, Harvard Graduate School of Education
	Don Oppenheimer Associate Dean and Chief Information Officer, Harvard Kennedy School
	Pratike Patel Chief Information Officer, Harvard Law School
	Jason Shaffner Managing Director, Administrative Technology Services, HUIT
	Jason Snyder Chief Technology Officer
	Jim Waldo Distinguished Engineer
	Alan Wolf Managing Director, Academic Technology Services, HUIT
	Suzanne Wones Director of Library Digital Strategies and Innovations

CORE VALUES: Team Oriented, Results Oriented, Creative, Open-Minded, and Respectful with a sense of humor

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS:

Leadership from the UCIO
Commitment from the members of the CIO Council
A clearly articulated technology strategy
Clear and measurable goals each year
Clear Modus Operandi (MO)

OPERATING PROCEDURES: Meetings: The CIO Council will meet every other Monday from 2 - 3:30PM. Meetings will be organized by the UCIO, who will provide an agenda and any other relevant documentation in advance of the meeting; links to the agenda and meeting materials will be on the CIO Council web pages.

CIO Council members' delegates are only allowed on an exception basis and if fully empowered to represent the School. Any substitutions must be pre-approved by the UCIO.

The Council will be flexible with additional meetings to accommodate urgent items (or walk-ons) as needed.

Working Groups:

We will be forming working groups around key issues and priorities.
Each working group will be chaired by a member of the CIO Council.
Each working group should have a clear charge and deliverables.
Membership on these working groups will include staff from throughout the University.
Staffing support will be provided for these working groups.

May 15, 2017	Agenda (5/15/17) Access to Institutional Data Launch Cloud Check-in
May 1, 2017	Agenda (5/1/17) Identity and Access Management Close-out Collaboration Check-in
April 21, 2017	Agenda (4/21/17) User Experience Launch
April 6, 2017	Agenda (4/6/17) - Joint Meeting with Financial Deans
April 3, 2017	Agenda (4/3/17) - IT Summit Program
March 21, 2017	Agenda (3/21/17) Student Information Systems Close-out HMS IT Dropbox Status Update
March 9, 2017	Agenda (3/9/17) Enterprise Architecture Check-In Data for Learning Analytics Close-out
February 23, 2017	Agenda (2/23/17) Information Security Review Panel Report Information Security Awareness
February 6, 2017	Agenda (2/6/17) Data Management Update
January 23, 2017	Agenda (1/23/17) OT, the other IT IAM Operations Transition
January 9, 2017	Agenda (1/9/17) Green IT Update Vendor Management Initiative Identity and Access Management (Grouper)

December 19, 2016	Agenda (12/19/16) Data Management IT Summit Update
December 5, 2016	Agenda (12/5/16)
November 14, 2016	Agenda (11/14/16) IT Capital Organizational Impact Data Management Introduction
October 31, 2016	Agenda (10/31/16) Risk Management Video - Funding Model
October 17, 2016	Agenda (10/17/16) Two-Step Verification
October 3, 2016	Agenda (10/3/16) Strategic Programs Update: Video
September 19, 2016	Agenda (9/19/16) Update: Identity and Access Management Library Digital Strategy Two-Step Verification
September 14, 2016 (Annual Retreat)	Agenda (9/14/16)
September 6, 2016	Agenda (9/6/16) Update: my.harvard
August 8, 2016	Agenda (8/8/16) Update: Collaboration
July 25, 2016	Agenda (7/25/16) Two-Step Verification Communications Overview Harvard Training Portal Harvard Training Portal Update
June 27, 2016	Agenda (6/27/16) Contingent Labor Initiative Information Security Policy Changes Two-Step Verification
June 13, 2016	Agenda (6/13/16) Update: Cloud Video Camera Policy Video Camera Policy Presentation
May 16, 2016	Agenda (5/16/16) Update: Teaching and Learning Technologies
April 25, 2016	Agenda (4/25/16) Update: Harvard Phone
April 4, 2016	Agenda (4/4/16)
March 21, 2016	Agenda (3/21/16) Update: HERCULES Update: Enterprise Architecture
March 7, 2016	Agenda (3/7/16) Update: Business Continuity Update: IT Summit
February 22, 2016	Agenda (2/22/16) Update: Vendor Management Women in Technology Analysis
February 8, 2016 (Midyear Retreat)	Agenda (2/8/16)
January 25, 2016	Agenda (1/25/16) Update: Identity and Access Management
January 11, 2016	Agenda (1/11/16) Research Computing Update Network Strategy Update IT Summit Update

December 14, 2015	Agenda (12/14/15) Update: Digital Video and Harvard Web Publishing Security Remediation
November 30, 2015	Agenda (11/30/15) Update: Teaching and Learning Technologies
November 16, 2015	Agenda (11/16/15)
November 2, 2015	Agenda (11/2/15) Roundtable Questions
October 19, 2015	Agenda (10/19/15)
October 5, 2015	Agenda (10/5/15) MOR Leaders Program
September 21, 2015	Agenda (9/21/15) Green IT Standards ServiceNow/Fusion
September 11, 2015	Agenda (9/11/15) Update: my.harvard Update: Identity and Access Management
August 24, 2015	Agenda (8/24/15) Operations Manual - FAS Academic Term Start-Up Operations Manual - Service Delivery Overview
July 27, 2015	Agenda (7/27/15) Update: Harvard Key Harvard Key Communication Outline Update: Collaboration
July 9, 2015 (joint meeting with Financial Deans)	Agenda (7/9/15) Strategic Plan Update Integrated Planning for IT IT Capital Review Board
June 15, 2015	Agenda (6/15/15) Update: Identity and Access Management Update: Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery IT Summit Recap
June 1, 2015	Agenda (6/1/15)
May 18, 2015	Agenda (5/18/15) IT Academy
May 4, 2015	Agenda (5/4/15)
April 20, 2015	Agenda (4/20/15) Integrated Planning for IT Update: Teaching and Learning Technologies
April 6, 2015 (joint meeting with HR Deans)	Agenda (4/6/15) Strategic Plan Update HR Priorities HR IT Overview Workforce Development/IT Academy
March 23, 2015	Agenda (3/23/15) School or CADM IT Plan Template
March 9, 2015	Agenda (3/9/15) Harvard Phone Operational Planning Update: Vendor Management
February 24, 2015	Agenda (2/24/15)
January 26, 2015	Agenda (1/26/15) Collaboration Summit Summary Update: Enterprise Architecture

Purpose Statement

Vision

See the Strategic Plan and the top initiatives for the CIO Council.

Delivering on Harvard's IT Vision

About the Council

Stephen Ervin

Assistant Dean for Information Technology, Graduate School of Design

Stephen Gallagher

Chief Information Officer, Harvard Business School

Christian Hamer

Chief Information Security Officer

Dan Hawkins

Director of Information Technology and Media Services, Harvard Divinity School

Anne Margulies

University Chief Information Officer

Taso Markatos

Chief for Information Technology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Robert Oatman

Chief Information Officer, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Don Oppenheimer

Associate Dean and Chief Information Officer, Harvard Kennedy School

Pratike Patel

Chief Information Officer, Harvard Law School

Jason Shaffner

Managing Director, Administrative Technology Services, HUIT

Jason Snyder

Chief Technology Officer

Jim Waldo

Distinguished Engineer

Alan Wolf

Managing Director, Academic Technology Services, HUIT

Suzanne Wones

Director of Library Digital Strategies and Innovations

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