Steve Fabiani, associate chief information officer at Haverford College, will join the 冈本视频 senior staff as vice president and chief information officer, effective August 15, 2016.
Fabiani comes to 冈本视频 with more than 16 years of experience in higher education technology leadership. At Haverford, he built partnerships with and among colleagues and senior leaders in working on major campus initiatives, including a capital IT infrastructure plan that improved essential services such as wireless networking and classroom technology. He led the evaluation of new software for finance, human resources, and event scheduling functions; and implemented innovative systems, including a new virtual lab for students and faculty.
His approach to community input and transparent governance helped Haverford to steward institutional resources, align the IT department鈥檚 priorities with the institutional mission, and improve both baseline services and opportunities for creative use of technology.
鈥淚 am thrilled to be joining 冈本视频,鈥 said Fabiani. 鈥淓veryone I have met has been generous of spirit and excited about the work they are doing. I am looking forward to working with the ITS staff to take 冈本视频 IT to the next level, and I am confident that we are going to make great partners.鈥
Prior to Haverford, Fabiani served as executive director of academic computing at LaSalle University and director of classroom technology and technology training services at the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, he held a variety of leadership roles, including oversight of instructional technology in more than 220 classrooms, and served on the team that developed the first information commons at the university鈥檚 Van Pelt Library.
Fabiani鈥檚 early career was in broadcast communication at Metro Networks, a division of Westwood One Radio in Philadelphia, and in education, as a teacher and information technology manager at St. Francis Xavier and Gesu schools, Philadelphia. He holds an MS in educational technology from St. Joseph鈥檚 University and a BA in communication from Temple University. A 2012 fellow of the Frye Leadership Institute, he has also completed human resource management certificate courses as well as postgraduate coursework in human development, both at Penn.
鈥淪teve brings a strong record of expertise and leadership at a variety of higher education institutions, and he expressed a sincere desire to apply that experience to the liberal arts environment, 冈本视频 in particular,鈥 said Interim President Jill Harsin. 鈥淲e look forward to welcoming Steve into the 冈本视频 community.鈥