About

Through information technology, we are committed to providing the highest quality technology resources to help enhance your experience at Penn State.

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Our Mission

IT serves the needs of Penn State’s students, faculty, and staff through responsive IT services and support, enabling infrastructure, effective administrative systems, and forward-looking innovation.

Our Behaviors

Our IT community strives to model these behaviors in all we do to support University operations.
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Accountability

Learn from mistakes and continually improve; be reliable when committing to a task and hold others to the same standard
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Adaptability

Make adjustments; try something different and seek new solutions
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Collaboration

Work together; share ideas to achieve goals; work seamlessly across organizational boundaries 
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Grit

Persevere when facing obstacles
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Respect

Foster inclusivity; embrace the unique backgrounds and abilities of all students, faculty, and staff

Penn State IT Senior Leadership Team

The Penn State IT Senior Leadership Team is responsible for Penn State IT. They focus on creating new initiatives, protecting University technology, collaborating with faculty and researchers, and cultivating operational excellence.
Chris Lucas

Chris Lucas

Interim Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Associate Vice President
Academic Technologies and Customer Experience

cll161@psu.edu

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Ben Battaglia

Interim Senior Director
Office of the CIO

beb144@psu.edu

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Mark Campbell

Associate Vice President
Infrastructure

mcc171@psu.edu

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Kyle Crain

Acting Chief Information Security Officer
Information Security

kdc12@psu.edu

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Tiffany Cunningham

Financial Officer
Strategic Partner

tac18@psu.edu

Dave Gindhart

Dave Gindhart

Associate Vice President
Business Technology Solutions

dcg102@psu.edu

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Shuchi Nalepa

Senior Director
Enterprise Services

shuchi@psu.edu

Scott Wong

Scott Wong

Human Resources
Strategic Partner

smw184@psu.edu

University IT Overview

Everyone in an IT unit is part of University IT (UIT). UIT stays connected through UIT Town Halls held several times each year and through messaging from the Vice President for IT/CIO.

Each IT unit is a member of one of five IT constituency groups: Administrative IT, Campus IT, College IT, Penn State IT, and Research IT. The senior IT manager or director from each unit participates in constituency group meetings, typically held monthly.

Current leaders of the five constituency groups are:

Administrative IT

Campus IT

John Hoh
Kari Williamson
Permanent leaders

Lloyd Painter
Jim Serafin
Rotating co-chairs

Representatives from the constituency groups also participate in the IT Advisory Council (ITAC), which meets several times each semester. Some of them also attend the monthly University IT Senior Partnership Team meetings.

For questions, please reach out to the appropriate constituency group leader representing your IT unit.

University IT Senior Partnership Team

The University IT Senior Partnership Team brings together leaders from multiple IT constituency groups to provide a forum for two-way communication on challenges and opportunities across Penn State, to share information on upcoming IT changes, and to offer updated progress reporting related to the University IT Strategic Plan’s goals and objectives.

Chris Lucas

Interim Vice President for Infomation Technology and Chief Information Officer
cll161@psu.edu

Kate Domico

IT Advisory Council
akd4@psu.edu

Dave Gindhart

Penn State IT
dcg102@psu.edu

John Hoh

Campus IT
jdh30@psu.edu

Jason Hughes

College of Medicine IT
jzh326@psu.edu

Veronica Longenecker

College IT
vll16@psu.edu

Mike Stedelin

Research IT
mjs926@psu.edu

Tom Weber

Administrative IT
thw@psu.edu