Peter M. Siegel
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Peter Siegel
CIO & Vice Provost, Information & Educational Technology
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95618
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Peter Siegel, an expert in university information and learning technologies, became UC Davis' new vice provost for information and educational technology and chief information officer on August 15, 2006.
As vice provost, Siegel is responsible for providing the leadership necessary to assure the effective and strategic deployment of information and educational technology to the campus's academic and administrative operations. He also is responsible for coordinating technology between the Davis campus and the UC Davis Health System.
Siegel manages the myriad forms of information technology used throughout the campus, including computing systems and data, voice and video communication services. The position is part of the chancellor's cabinet, and reports to both the chancellor and provost.
Siegel has been CIO at the University of Illinois since August 2000. While there, he reorganized that campus's central computing, educational technologies, classroom technologies, computer labs, data and voice communications units into an integrated information technologies and educational services unit.
Throughout his career, Siegel has been involved in both national and state professional organizations, as well as in nationally recognized technology partnerships with other major research universities. He is a member of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Security Task Force Executive Committee, and is working with the American Council on Education and EDUCAUSE on security policy issues. He speaks regularly on computer privacy and security issues, collaboration technologies, and the role of technology planning in the academy.
Prior to joining Illinois, Siegel was director of Academic Information Technology at the Iowa State University of Science and Technology. Siegel also spent more than 25 years at Cornell University in positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as director of the Cornell National Supercomputer Facility and executive director of the Cornell Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering, a national high-performance computing resource.
As vice provost, Siegel is responsible for providing the leadership necessary to assure the effective and strategic deployment of information and educational technology to the campus's academic and administrative operations. He also is responsible for coordinating technology between the Davis campus and the UC Davis Health System.
Siegel manages the myriad forms of information technology used throughout the campus, including computing systems and data, voice and video communication services. The position is part of the chancellor's cabinet, and reports to both the chancellor and provost.
Siegel has been CIO at the University of Illinois since August 2000. While there, he reorganized that campus's central computing, educational technologies, classroom technologies, computer labs, data and voice communications units into an integrated information technologies and educational services unit.
Throughout his career, Siegel has been involved in both national and state professional organizations, as well as in nationally recognized technology partnerships with other major research universities. He is a member of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Security Task Force Executive Committee, and is working with the American Council on Education and EDUCAUSE on security policy issues. He speaks regularly on computer privacy and security issues, collaboration technologies, and the role of technology planning in the academy.
Prior to joining Illinois, Siegel was director of Academic Information Technology at the Iowa State University of Science and Technology. Siegel also spent more than 25 years at Cornell University in positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as director of the Cornell National Supercomputer Facility and executive director of the Cornell Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering, a national high-performance computing resource.
