Gregory A Jackson

http://gjackson.us/
gjackson@outlook.com
+1-202-596-9425

Summary
Starting out as a faculty member, I studied higher-education policy and taught mostly quantitative
research methodology, much of it computer-based. The Dean consulted me on technology choices,
which led her to appoint me Director of a national educational-technology research center, which
led to consulting for MIT's Project Athena, which led me to depart faculty life for leadership of the
Institute's academic computing, which led the University of Chicago to hire me as CIO, overseeing
the University's information technology. Recently I have drawn these threads together to once again
focus on higher-education policy, especially as it interacts with information technology.

Work
Policy & Advocacy

NBCUniversal (2013-15)
Vice President for University Outreach
EDUCAUSE (2009-12)
Vice President for Policy

Management

University of Chicago (1996-2009)

Vice President and Chief Information Office
Associate Provost
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990-96)
Director of Academic Computing
Director of Educational Studies and Special Projects
Harvard University (1979-90)
Director, Educational Technology Center
Assistant Director, Joint Center for Urban Studies
Senior Associate, Office for Information Technology

Faculty

Harvard University (1977-96)

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education
Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government
Lecturer in Management, University Extension
Stanford University (1977-79)
Assistant Professor, School of Education

Education

Harvard University
EdD, Administration, Planning, & Social Policy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SB, Engineering and History (XXIa)

Professional

National Science Foundation

co-Chair, Business and Operations Advisory Committee
Internet2
Board member
National LambdaRail
Board member
Chair, Audit & Trademark committees
EDUCAUSE
Board member
Apple, Dell, Microsoft, Sun, Gateway, & Sungard SCT
Higher education advisory board member

Writing
Examples

"Enterprise IT, E-Learning, and Transformation: Prospects in Higher Education"

"Leading an IT Organization Out of Control"
"A CIOs Question: Will You Still Need Me When Im 64?"
"Ya Can Talk All Ya Want, But ITs Different Than It Was: Conundrums in Support of Information
Technology"
"'Follow the Money' & Other Unsolicited Advice for CIOs"
Who Gets Ahead (with CS Jencks & others)
Regional Diversity: Growth in the United States, 1960-1990 (with others)

More

Blog posts, http://ruminations.gjackson.us

Books, http://jgackson.weebly.com/books.html
IT-related, see http://jgackson.weebly.com/books.html
Higher education & demography, http://jgackson.weebly.com/higher-education-demography.html
Statistics and methodology, http://jgackson.weebly.com/methodology.html

Teaching

Graduate (Stanford, Harvard, Penn)

Decision Analysis, Methods of Inquiry, Information Systems, Higher-Education Finance,
Information Technology Management & Policy
Undergraduate & other (Harvard, MIT)
The Murder Mystery: Science and Art, BASIC Programming

Other

Currently live in Washington DC

US citizen
Fluent Spanish, read some French

February 2015