Brice Bible (Ohio University)

Mr. J. Brice Bible has served as Chief Information Officer for The University of Tennessee since May 2003. The Chief Information Officer is responsible for system-wide IT policy and strategy as well as direct oversight of the UT Knoxville and UT Health Science Center (Memphis) IT operations. Prior to this position, Mr. Bible served as Assistant Vice President for Research and Information Technology. Brice has been with UT for 15 years working in the areas of information technology, technology transfer and laser applications research and development. He is named as co-inventor on 10 US patents in the laser technology area and has been involved in supporting the start-up of two companies based on these technologies.

Mr. Bible was co-author of the 1999 Statewide Assessment of IT at UT. He is co-chair of the Cyber Infrastructure Commission for Higher Education which has recently completed the statewide optical network roadmap entitled, OneTenn - A 21st Century Cyber-infrastructure for Research and Education in Tennessee, and has authored numerous papers. He is a Gartner/Chronicle of Higher Education panel member, serves on the NASULGC Commission on Infrastructure Technology, and is a member of the SURA IT Council. He serves on the TNII Executive Committee and chairs the Statewide Council of IT Directors. As Assistant Vice President for Statewide Services, Brice oversaw an upgrade of the Statewide Educational Network (EDNET), creation and implementation of the Statewide Web Services architectural plan, and consolidation of statewide network services.

Prior to coming to UT, Mr. Bible was responsible for engineering systems development and support at Texas Utilities in Dallas, Texas. He managed the HP mainframe and DEC VAX minicomputer systems as well as designed and built the first local area network within the fossil fuel division.

Mr. Bible has a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University and an MBA from UT Chattanooga. He is originally from South Pittsburg, Tennessee, and is married with three children.