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Suresh Balakrishnan

Suresh Balakrishnan
Asst Vice Chancellor & Deputy CIO
University System of Maryland
Adelphi, Maryland
UNITED STATES

Suresh Balakrishnan

Biography

Suresh Balakrishnan is currently the Deputy CIO and assistant vice chancellor at the 13-institution University System of Maryland. Suresh chairs or is involved with several system-wide initiatives, including IT security, identity management, innovations in the educational use of technology, grid computing, disaster recovery, IT policies, metrics and peer benchmarking, leveraged software procurements, collaborative services, and others. Prior to joining the university, Suresh worked as a manager for two major consulting firms: Deloitte & Touche and Andersen Consulting. Suresh worked primarily with Fortune 500 companies, advising senior management on issues related to IT strategies and architecture as well as IT governance, ROI and accountability. Suresh also performed operations reviews and managed large system implementation projects for those clients. Suresh has had considerable experience with using commercial SDLC methodologies to implement systems. Suresh’s earlier experience includes co-developing an enterprise-wide data and applications architecture for Raychem Corporation, a Fortune 500 polymer manufacturer that has since been acquired by NCR Corporation. Suresh holds an MBA with concentrations in information systems and finance from the Anderson School at UCLA as well as a BS degree in Chemical Engineering. Suresh also serves as a member of the EDUCAUSE Security Task Force Risk Assessment Working Group.

Publications

Publications
Climate Change, Campus Commitments, and IT
ECAR
September 2008
Changing Ideas of Campus Disaster Recovery: Designing Resiliency ...
ECAR
September 2007

Presentations

Upcoming Presentations
EventSessionDate
Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2010Green IT Lightning Round01/14/2010
Recent Presentations
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EDUCAUSE 2009 Face-to-Face ConferenceGreen IT Lightning Round11/06/2009
EDUCAUSE 2009 Face-to-Face ConferenceObservations on Climate Change, Campus Commitments, and IT at Maryland Higher Education Institutions11/06/2009
EDUCAUSE 2009 Face-to-Face ConferenceResearch Mission Support11/06/2009
EDUCAUSE 2008Green IT Initiatives10/31/2008
Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008Sustainability: Going Green01/17/2008
Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2007Identity Management Tales from the Trenches: Top Ten Recommendations for Working with Stakeholders01/19/2007
Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2006Seminar 05A - Data Security and Privacy: Incident Prevention and Response<br><b>PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee are required to attend this seminar.</b>01/12/2006

Membership Information

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