Christopher Sedore was named Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer in 2009 after a brief term as Interim Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer. Sedore is responsible for Syracuse University's Information Technology and Services (ITS) department, which provides central technology support and services for the academic and administrative functions of the University. ITS's portfolio includes the campus network and Internet connectivity, enterprise academic and administrative systems, information technology security, telecommunications, and telephone and walk-in service centers.
In addition to leading the central computing organization, as CIO Sedore has responsibility to provide and promote cost effective and strategic application of information technology at the University; oversee IT disaster recovery, security, and privacy; and ensure that the University makes appropriate technology investments to support teaching, research, learning, and administration.
Mr. Sedore's leadership in IT at Syracuse began in 1994. He served first in the Maxwell School as Manager of Network Services, then as their Advanced Technology Director, and finally as Director of the Information and Computing Technology group. Sedore joined ITS in 2005 to become SU's Director of Network and Systems Management and Chief Technology Strategist. He was promoted to Associate Chief Information Officer in 2007, a position he held until being named to his current position in late 2008.
Sedore is an avid technologist and has contributed to the development of open-source operating systems and network applications, and more recently has focused on "greening" datacenter operations. In his various roles at the University, he has worked on the broader application of technology to collaboration, education and research with University partners in the United States, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Israel, Italy and Peru.
