William Morse is Appointed Chief Technology Officer at Puget Sound
January 13, 2010
TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound is pleased to announce the appointment of William Morse as chief technology officer, following a nationwide candidate search. Morse, who comes to Puget Sound from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Ga., will start Feb. 1, 2010.
“Technology is a significant strategic resource for achieving goals and advancing mission and we are delighted to have such a highly qualified technology leader join our campus community,” said Sherry Mondou, vice president for finance and administration.
“Service is going to be the key focus,” Morse said. “After all, the reason technology services exists is to further the goals of the people in the community and the university itself. That means thinking ahead and being proactive.
“We want to help the campus community think about what it wants to do and where it wants to go, before a need is even realized,” he added. “That is the type of department I hope we will be.”
In his four years at Oglethorpe, Morse modernized and managed the university’s technology infrastructure, resulting in improved service and considerable savings, introduced automated tools to improve desktop computer maintenance, replaced the switch-based telecom system with Voice-Over-Internet Protocol, and turned a challenging enterprise resource planning system implementation into a functional asset. He achieved ambitious goals with relatively few resources, while focusing on implementing the best systems to serve the needs of faculty, students, and staff.
Prior to this, Morse was chief information officer at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta. Earlier roles included interim director of information services at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory, and director of information technology services at the School of Law at Emory. Morse earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science and a Juris Doctorate degree in law with honors from Emory University.
Morse is active in his profession and has written or contributed to numerous articles on information technology in higher education. While at Emory he helped develop a ground-breaking bio-informatics program and has taught in that program since its inception.
Morse is an experienced chief technology officer who brings a record of outstanding leadership and accomplishments to his new role at Puget Sound.
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