The recipient of the 2019 CUCCIO Community Award, Gayleen Gray, CTO and AVP IT at McMaster University exemplifies commitment to our community.  She has been active in CUCCIO almost since its inception – first as a deputy CIO and now as a CTO and AVP of IT in her own right.   She never shies away from sharing her knowledge and experiences – both good and bad.  And she is always ready to help a colleague in whatever way she can most recently by helping to refine and launch CUCCIO’s leadership development program.  She plays a mentorship role with a number of members in our community and with her participation in the leadership development program has taken a whole new group of future leaders under her wing.

What data do you keep your eye on?

Whether you obsessively track your performance metrics multiple times a day or peruse a weekly report, most workers in the knowledge economy are making a habit of watching some crucial APIs.

As we heard from many speakers at Long View System’s Activate Digital event in Mississauga last week, data is king. So what data points are C-suite technology executives watching with hawk-like attention? We asked five of them to share their favourite dashboard widgets with us

The launch of McMaster University’s IT Strategic Plan is the culmination of three years of innovative
review, analysis, and development that started with the award-winning IT Services Review*. The goal of the strategic plan is to outline a roadmap for the future state of technology at the university.

During a recent interview, I was asked a question regarding what digital transformation means to higher education and more specifically McMaster University. It was a timely question given where we are with our McMaster IT Strategy and one that I enjoyed answering.

Enjoyed you may be thinking, why enjoyed?

For anyone who has read my blog, they will tell you that as much as I oversee the technological elements and IT infrastructure of one of only four Canadian Universities consistently ranked in the world’s top 100 (McMaster’s most recent global ranking is 77th), I am very much about engagement and personal interaction with individuals all across our institution.

Because people as much as technology is at the centre of our strategy, our Digital Moments are a crucial part of our ability to realize both individually and collectively the full digital promise outlined in our IT Strategic Vision.