President Louis Caldera appointed William “Bill” Adkins Chief Information Officer at the University of New Mexico recently. Adkins has been at UNM since 1980, most recently serving as interim associate vice president of IT. “It will take someone familiar with the University community to be able to quickly and effectively implement this new information structure and Mr. Adkins is the ideal person to take on this new leadership role,” said Caldera.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) is a new position at UNM created to provide university-wide leadership and integration for information systems. In addition, the CIO will chair an “IT Cabinet” put in place to bring together IT constituents from across the university to address this critical institutional issue. The new IT structure was put in place after an extensive campus review and represents a completely new approach to address the increasing needs for information technology across the campus.
Adkins received a BBA in Management from Lamar University (1973) in Beaumont, Texas and master’s of Computing Sciences from Texas A&M University (1974). Hired as an Analyst/Programmer III at UNM in 1980, Adkins has been interim associate vice president of IT since March 2002.
Moira Gerety will replace Adkins as UNM’s interim director of Information Technology Services. Gerety will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the university’s Computer Information Resources and Technology Center (CIRT). She has two degrees from UNM including a bachelor’s in university studies and a master’s in business administration from the Robert O. Anderson Graduate Schools of Management. Gerety also has 18 years of senior information technology experience.
For the last seven years, Gerety has held executive level positions with the State of New Mexico, the Public Service Company of New Mexico and Sunsoft Corporation. Adkins and Gerety both start their new positions Dec. 6, 2004.
Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989