Contents
- About Annie
- Professional Bio
- Alternative Bio
- Talks & Presentations
- Bionic CIO
- How times have changed...
Professional Bio
Annie Stunden served as Chief Information Officer and Director of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from February, 2000 to July, 2006. UW-Madison is a 40,000-student research university committed to transformational change of the teaching and learning environment through the use of technology. With about 550 permanent staff and 250 student workers, DoIT provides technology services and support to the UW-Madison community and selected services to some of the other colleges in the University of Wisconsin System.
From 1996 to 2000, Annie was Director of Academic Technology at Cornell University. At Cornell, she led an organization of 70 permanent and about 200 student staff, who supported the use of technology tools by faculty and students in their teaching and learning and by the campus community in their day-to-day work. Under Annie’s leadership, Cornell’s technology organization developed an effective distributed support provider model. She also redirected the Help Desk’s focus to supporting technology that was heavily used by the campus community, though not generally available from other sources. A focus on a user-friendly and smart Help Desk — primarily staffed with part-time student employees — was a paramount and successful initiative. Other initiatives included reemphasizing and rebuilding the faculty support center, supporting the Training group to focus on “Train the Trainer” programs, and expanding the skills and capabilities of the network and telephone service teams.
Annie was Director of Academic Technology and Network Services at Northwestern University from 1991-1996. From 1980-1991, she held key technology positions at the University of Rochester, first in the university’s hospital and then in university administration.
Annie served on the board of CREN, the Corporation for Research and Educational Networking. She was a vocal supporter of the change in CREN’s focus and is especially proud of CREN’s work with “Tech Talks,” the series of audio Web casts featuring interviews with experts on IT topics such as technology transfer, networking, security, course management systems, and professional development for the higher-education IT community.
Annie served on the board of CAUSE where, as head of the Professional Development Committee, she was active in supporting enhancements to the organization’s professional development activities. That Committee also spurred peer review of pre-conference programs and tighter relationships with other national organizations that engage in professional development. While on the CAUSE board, Annie helped to initiate, and continues to support, the decision that led to the merger of EDUCOM and CAUSE. Annie was also a member of the EDUCOM board nominating committee and chaired that committee for one year.
Annie has been deputy program chair and program chair for the SIGUCCS Management Symposium. She has served as a program track leader and a member of the program planning committee for the Seminars on Academic Computing.
Annie has been a faculty member at the CAUSE Management Institutes, a leader of pre-conference workshops at CAUSE, EDUCOM, and EDUCAUSE, and a speaker and/or workshop leader at many conferences. She is invited to give talks and lead workshops for IT organizations in higher education and obliges when possible.
Annie has been in the technology business since 1959 and considers herself grandmothered in the field. She started as a developer of operating systems and compilers, but now often needs technical support for her desktop computer, which has more power than the machines she knew well in the early 1960s when they were running the national air defense system. In addition to being grandmothered in technology, Annie is the grandmother of six beautiful little people; she enjoys them, her garden, trash novels and occasional quiltmaking.