From Sherry Mondou, Vice President for Finance and Administration. As I've mentioned earlier, I've been on this committee and I'm excited about the candidates. Students, please meet the candidates and give your input--it matters! Alums and others off campus, we'll keep you posted...
Dear Members of the Campus Community,
The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) position for which we are recruiting is one of strategic importance to Puget Sound. After extensive conversation with campus members about the qualities we seek in our CTO, I have been working with a search firm and a campus search advisory group to identify highly qualified CTO candidates best positioned to help Puget Sound deliver its mission and achieve strategic goals. After interviewing and evaluating a number of semi-finalists recommended by search consultants Gary Kaplan & Associates, the search advisory group recommended two finalists to bring to campus. I write to invite you to meet the CTO finalists at open forums in Schneebeck Concert Hall on Monday, October 29, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and on Thursday, November 8, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. In each open forum, the candidate will make a brief statement and then invite your questions. During their visits, the candidates will also meet with the President, Cabinet members, Information Services staff, and small groups of faculty, staff, and students, including three campus technology groups.
To learn about the candidates, visit https://cascade.ups.edu/cascade/pres.main. In addition to information on each of the finalists, you will find a CTO position specification, which will be beneficial to you as you assess each candidate’s fit with Puget Sound. To continue to provide some level of confidentiality, which is important to our candidates, these pages will be accessible only from campus computers or when logged into Cascade. Please do not distribute or convey information about the finalists beyond our campus community.
This same site will also be used to solicit your feedback once you have met the candidates. The feedback links will be activated the morning of each visit.
After considering feedback from those who meet the finalists and considering information gained through extensive reference checks, I will appoint and announce our Chief Technology Officer.
I want to thank those who contributed early on in this process as we developed the CTO position specification and I also want to acknowledge the excellent work of our search consultants and the CTO Search Advisory Group. They worked with great focus and energy and offered important insights.
