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“ No longer are we focused just on the students that are in our local area ”
RON HORN CIO AND ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR IT , GTCC
perspective ,” he says , “ I take the time to meet each one of my staff members and to spend time with them , asking them questions like : ' What is it that motivates you to come to work every day ?', ' What do you like ?', ' What don ' t you like ?', ' What leadership style do you like ?' and , essentially , I really want to help people to grow .”
Expansion of the educational environment through technology As CIO , Horn knows , of course , that behind the people – whether they be student or staff member – there is a technological and informational highway that allows them to connect and thrive in GTCC ’ s environment . And , precisely because of those technologies and innovations , the very concept of the educational environment itself expands beyond its mere physical boundaries , redefining the educational milieu altogether .
Horn observes that , while most higher education institutions have not traditionally looked at mobile-first and cloud-first environments , his approach from the start was – in terms of a data-based perspective – transformational from the beginning .
“ I think it ' s been an option for many higher education institutions and something that they initially wanted to merely dip their toes in , if you will , just a little bit at a time to test the temperature of the water . But when I came on board , I was immediately focused on moving as much data as I could to the cloud . That made sense for the business , and it didn ' t create any additional risk . So , I evaluated what data we were moving and how it was to be protected . That was my cloud-first strategy from the beginning .
234 July 2022