Kyle Johnson Named Director of Information Technology and Services
Kyle Johnson, who has managed information technology offices at Duke University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was appointed director of information technology and services effective Nov. 1. He succeeded Leah Kraus, who accepted an administrative position at UNC Wilmington this fall.
In his role, Johnson is responsible for leading 14 information technology staff members and overseeing the areas of administrative and instructional networks, systems, user services, media services and Web development. Reporting to President Kent Chabotar, IT&S supports all information technology initiatives on campus and provides a variety of training services.
“Kyle Johnson brings a wide range of technical and management experience to Guilford College,” commented President Chabotar. “He is knowledgeable, articulate, and committed to the use of administrative and instructional systems to improve every program we offer and service we deliver. Kyle seems as comfortable with server and network specifications as he is with capital budgeting and community education.”
From July to October of this year, Johnson assisted Duke University’s Student Affairs Division with its Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Affirmation of Accreditation process on a contracted basis. He worked with university departments to gather documentation and draft responses to specific SACs requirements.
He was executive director of student life technology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, from January to May of this year. He managed 20 staff members in a new IT organization within Student Life, recommended an organizational strategy, developed a new budget model for capital and operating expenses and created a strategic plan. At UNLV, he was a member of the Information Technology Coordination Committee and Building Steering Committee, focused on projects that included a new Student Union and Student Recreation Center.
Johnson was director of information technology services for Duke University Student Affairs from 1999-2006. While managing five staff members and contracted resources, he provided strategic and long-range planning for Student Affairs facilities, developed strategy for support of the division’s technology infrastructure and acted as manager for significant technology projects within the division and liaison for institutional projects. At Duke, he was a member of the Information Technology Advisory Council and several groups associated with the Student Information Services System. He was chair of the Division of Student Affairs Strategic Planning Committee.
Johnson was manager of information technology services at Duke from September 1997 to December 1998. Working with another staff member, he planned and managed desktop support for 200 computers and provided server support for the Student Affairs Division.
He earned a bachelor of arts in anthropology from Duke in 1991 and a master of education in higher education administration from N.C. State University in 2003. He studied technical theatre on the graduate level at the N.C. School of the Arts in 1992.
Johnson is author of several publications on information technology and has been a guest lecturer and panel presenter or faculty member for several IT conferences.
Nov. 1, 2007