/news-archive/tag/chief-data-officer/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 02 Jul 2019 20:17:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/07/02/vc-student-affairs/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 20:17:11 +0000 /news/?p=74651 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock names interim vice chancellor of student affairs]]> Dr. William 鈥淐ody鈥� Decker has been named interim vice chancellor of student affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.聽 Decker, 35, of Little Rock, will fill the post to be vacated by Mark Allen Poisel on Aug. 8 after a two-year tenure. Decker will serve a one-year term while the university conducts a national search for a permanent vice chancellor. In the new post, Decker will oversee all units that work with student affairs, including recruitment, admissions, financial aid, and the overall student experience.聽 In addition, Decker will continue leading the Office of Institutional Research and Analytics as associate provost and chief data officer. That office facilitates the collection, analysis, and interpretation of institutional data to support planning, decision making, and regulatory reporting at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock.聽 鈥淒r. Decker has been instrumental in building data analytic capabilities at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and will bring his leadership and technical skillset to Student Affairs,鈥� said Dr. Andrew Rogerson, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock chancellor. Decker serves on several strategic committees, including the Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Steering Team, the Institutional Effectiveness Committee, University Enrollment Committee, University Retention Committee, and the Quality Initiative Task Force. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Information Science.聽聽 Decker joined 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock聽 in 2015 as director of Institutional Research and Analytics. He was promoted in 2018 to associate provost and named the university鈥檚 first chief data officer. Prior to joining 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, Decker worked as the assistant commissioner of education and chief information officer at the Arkansas Department of Education, network project manager in research and technology at Dawson Education Cooperative, and technical support manager at Environmental and Spatial Technology, Inc. (EAST).聽 He has a doctorate in philosophy in integrated computing, a Master of Science degree in information quality, and a Bachelor of Science degree in information science, all from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Photo of Dr. William “Cody” Decker by Benjamin Krain]]> /news-archive/2018/06/25/decker/ Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:08:19 +0000 /news/?p=70875 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock names Decker as associate provost and chief data officer]]> W. Cody Decker has been named associate provost and chief data officer聽at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, effective July聽 1. The new position encompasses the duties of the director of institutional research and additional responsibilities that address institutional priorities in regards to the outcomes-based funding formula, strategic plan metrics, and a new data governance initiative, among other duties. 鈥淒r. Decker鈥檚 work in information systems as well as his leadership experience will aid the university in achieving institutional priorities,鈥� said Velmer S. Burton Jr., executive vice chancellor and provost for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Decker received a Ph.D. in Integrated Computing from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. He is currently the director of institutional research in the Office of Institutional Research, which facilitates the collection, analysis, and interpretation of institutional data for administrators, faculty, and staff at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Decker specializes in enterprise data architectures, systems integration and implementation, and management dashboards/key performance indicators. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Information Science and has researched and published in the areas of information quality, entity resolution, and data privacy. Decker has more than 13 years of experience in information systems, research, and technology. Before coming to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, he was the assistant commissioner of education and chief information officer at the Arkansas Department of Education, where he implemented cost-saving measures to account for a reduction in department funding while simultaneously delivering award-winning information tools for Arkansas鈥� K-12 educators and students. Decker has also served as the network project manager in research and technology at Dawson Education Cooperative, and as technical support manager at Environmental and Spatial Technology, Inc. (EAST). 鈥淚 am honored to serve in this additional capacity and as the university’s first chief data officer,鈥� Decker said. 鈥淚’ve treasured my experiences thus far, especially the partnerships with faculty and staff, and I look forward to continued collaborations as we increase the quality, use, and capabilities of data analytics at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock.鈥� ]]> /news-archive/2017/11/02/chief-data-officer-arkansas/ Thu, 02 Nov 2017 14:03:05 +0000 /news/?p=68424 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Institute fills chief data officer role for state of Arkansas]]> The Institute for Chief Data Officers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will fill an important role to help protect and maximize big data within the state of Arkansas.聽 The Arkansas Department of Information Systems has contracted the Institute for Chief Data Officers, led by Executive Director Dr. Richard Wang, to serve as the state鈥檚 chief data officer. Wang also serves as a professor of information science at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Program. “The College of Engineering and Information Technology is proud to host the Institute for Chief Data Officers as it combines aspects of our mission to provide groundbreaking research and address the needs of our community,鈥� Dean Lawrence Whitman said. 鈥淭he public is served when the university’s research serves the community, both corporate and government. We want our state to use state-of-the-art practices in its use of data and to be a leader in this area. I am pleased that the iCDO is accomplishing this.” The state’s chief data officer position was created by Act 912 of 2017, which was sponsored by Rep. Austin McCollum, R-Bentonville. The act requires the director of the state Department of Information Systems to select a chief data officer as well as create an 18-member Data Transparency Panel that the chief data officer will chair. The Institute for Chief Data Officers will help the state analyze the state鈥檚 data needs, perform a feasibility and cost study on the development of a statewide data warehouse program, and evaluate and identify data that can be published. Wang wants to facilitate inter-agency data agreements and increase statewide data sharing and transparency. 鈥淲e have to make different data from different systems talk to each other,鈥� Wang said. 鈥淒uring my first 100 days as CDO, I want to host the inaugural Arkansas CDO forum so we can begin the discussion and exchange of ideas to achieve project outcomes beneficial to the people of Arkansas.鈥� Another central goal for Wang is the exploration of public/private partnerships whereby Arkansas can become a national example of an effective data-driven government to better address priority public needs. This approach would also create greater value for the taxpayer dollar through better allocation of existing data to meet the needs of Arkansans, Wang said. In recent years, state, city, and county governments have seen the value in adding a chief data officer to the workforce. Colorado was the first state to add a chief data officer in 2010. Arkansas becomes the in the U.S. to employ a chief data officer. At the Institute for Chief Data Officers, Wang and his employees are working to train new chief data officers and perform seminal research on the topic. The institute leads multiple certificate programs throughout the year. 鈥淚 want Little Rock and central Arkansas to be the center of data in training and conducting research on big data and chief data officers,鈥� Wang said. 鈥淲e are leading the path to promote the idea of chief data officers.鈥� The need for chief data officers is increasing. According to the Stamford, Connecticut-based information technology research company Gartner, will have a chief data officer by 2019. 鈥淚 believe that chief data officers are here to stay,鈥� Wang said. 鈥淲hen chief data officers show successful business results, that is when companies will demand a CDO. Our job at the Institute for Chief Data Officers is to envision a chief data officer in every major organization globally in the public and private sector.鈥�]]>