1. Chief Information Officer Effectiveness in Higher Education Wayne Brown, Ph.D. Copyright Wayne Brown 2006. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author

2. Background Problem Approach Research

3. Survey Two-Step Survey 2,549 CIOs Surveyed 267 CIOs Responded 117 Institution Management Teams (IMT) Responded CIO Roles

4. CIO Attributes Communication Skills Political Savvy IT Knowledge Strategic Business Knowledge

5. Findings Role Effectiveness Ratings IMT and CIOs Ratings CIO Attributes Correlation IMT Membership/Organizational View IT Centralization Reporting

6. Attribute Mean Communication Skills 3.78 Political Savvy 3.78 IT Knowledge 3.75 Strategic Business Knowledge 3.85

7. CIO-IMT Effectiveness Ratings Business Partner –IMT 3.52 –CIO 3.43 Classic IT Support –IMT 3.85 –CIO 3.95 IT Educator –IMT 3.46 –CIO 3.21

8. CIO-IMT Effectiveness Ratings Informaticist/IT Strategist –IMT 3.68 –CIO 3.52 Integrator –IMT 3.69 –CIO 3.67 Contract Oversight –IMT 3.89 –CIO 3.84

9. CIO Reporting Levels from President NumberPercentage One16561.79 Zero9334.83 Two or More93.37

10. Other Findings Time in position Background Education Centralization

11. Conclusions Attributes Effectiveness Reporting and IMT Membership Demographics

12. Next? Article Study Replicated Two-Year Colleges Initial Thoughts Publish

13. Questions?