Sample Test About

Objective: To be a leader in leveraging data analytic tools and processes to inform decision-making and be an example in the protection, management, and governance of data.

Data Excellence supports the Institute Strategic Plan’s Lead by Example focus area. Specifically, the initiative advances the following goal, objectives, and strategy:

Goal
To lead and inspire by example by creating a culture of deliberate innovation in all our practices and be an example of efficiency, sustainability, ethics, equity, and inclusion.

Objective
To be a leader in leveraging data analytic tools and processes to inform decision-making and be an example in the protection, management, and governance of data.

Strategy
Define and convene an Institute-wide team to finalize and launch a strategy and structure for strengthening data governance and protection.

Data Excellence is led by Executive Sponsors who represent our research, academic, administrative, and technology units. The initiative is guided by a diverse Steering Committee representative of key units across the Institute.

Executive Sponsors

Chaouki Abdallah

Chaouki Abdallah

Executive Vice President for Research

Steve McLaughlin

Steve McLaughlin

Provost & Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs

Steering Committee

Cas D’Angelo

Associate Vice President of IT & Chief Operating Officer

Office of Information Technology

Dwayne Palmer

Executive Director of IT Strategic Initiatives & Governance

Office of Information Technology

Malynda Dorsey Smith

Senior Director of IT Organizational Change Management & Communications

Office of Information Technology

Raj Vuchatu

Information Officer

GTRI

Zachary Hayes

Associate Director of Data Governance

Office of Information Technology

Daren Hubbard

Vice President, Information Technology & CIO

Office of Information Technology

Jennifer Rhodes

Director of Cybersecurity Programs

Office of Information Technology

Melissa Hall

Deputy Chief Ethics Compliance Officer & Director of Investigations

Investigations, Ethics, Compliance

Rashidah Bahar

Director of Strategic Business Project & Portfolio Management

Office of Information Technology

Leo Howell

Chief Information Security Officer

Office of Information Technology

Maria Hunter

Executive Director of Digital Business

Office of Information Technology

Michelle Thackray

Director of Assessment & Strategy

Georgia Tech Strategic Consulting

Susann Estroff

Assistant Chief Counsel, Privacy

Office of General Counsel