Pitt’s new chief information officer and vice chancellor, Mark D. Henderson, will arrive in early June.
Henderson, in a Pitt announcement, was lauded for his “30 years of experience in higher education and private sector information technology,” including his most recent half-decade as CIO at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. There, the University says, he “created and leveraged technologies to fulfill the university’s strategic plan, implemented efficiency initiatives and partnered IT staff with faculty members to improve support and also win research grants from government-based and private grant institutions.”
Prior to his Illinois stint, Henderson had similar roles at Case Western Reserve University, the University of Maryland and the University of Cincinnati. He also held IT leadership posts at General Electric, Westinghouse Electric Corp. and Proctor & Gamble.
Henderson succeeds Jinx Walton following her February retirement