Chad is a Solutions Director within Blackboard Consulting and has a strategic focus on the effective use of educational technology. Chad’s professional background is rooted in two decades of exploring how information technology and digital media can best support the creation and sharing of ideas and knowledge, and how these technologies can be applied within virtual, mobile and physical settings. He graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a degree in communications and experience in academic computing, which he applied to roles in both advertising and healthcare. In 1992, he moved into higher education to launch a campus research data visualization and multimedia laboratory for faculty and students. Shortly thereafter, his role expanded to include support for teaching and learning, and in 1998 he became the director for instructional technology where his portfolio grew once again to include learning spaces and support for online learning. In later years, Chad became a senior leader for a broad portfolio of campus technology services that included learning, teaching, research, scholarship, communications, collaboration, and technology support. He participated in and was Vice-Chair of the IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee, was a subject matter expert and consultant on learning technology and learning spaces for DEGW North America and DEGW Europe, served on the international advisory board of CLARIN project within the European Union, and co-led and was co-PI on the Bamboo Planning Project, a multi-year global cyberinfrastructure design effort for the arts and humanities funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Prior to joining Blackboard, Chad served as the Assistant Chief Information Technology Officer and Executive Director for Campus & Academic Services at the University of Chicago.

He received his bachelor’s degree from Loyola University New Orleans and among his broad range of professional development activities over the years, completed both the EDUCAUSE Management Institute and ITLP, the Information Technology Leaders Program.

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