Robert Paterson
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Dr. Robert Paterson has been in the Information Technology field
since 1985. He began as a user support specialist, was promoted to
Director of Academic Computing and then to Dean for Computing and
Telecommunications at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. He
has also been Executive Director of Information Technology at the
University of San Francisco and Capital University in Columbus OH.
Dr. Paterson has served on the Cause Current Issues committee, the
Seminar for Academic Computing board and is currently Chair of ACM
SIGUCCS. Dr. Paterson is presently Chief Information Officer at
Salem State College, in Salem, MA, where he manages all phases of
academic, telecommunication and administrative support including the
successful implementation of an ERP product. He is also the
college's chief planning officer and is responsible for the
college-wide planning efforts. He has given numerous presentations
and published a number of papers on various aspects of the field. Dr
Paterson is an Avian Ecologist by training. He has published on bird
habitat selection and taught a wide range of Biology courses for 10
years before transitioning to Information Technology.
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