CI-whO?

I was debating whether or not to actually start a blog until two good friends, one a prolific—perhaps even powerful—blogger, Michael Feldstein and the other, Ken Udas who really values collaborative processes (and practices what he preaches, see Eduforge), convinced me to do so.

While they are both smarter and more successful than I, it was Michael’s point that, perhaps the conversations here would help others as we all struggle with the design, development and deployment of technology.

This is my first role as a CIO, and as one who has always embraced the tenets of community processes, collaboration and transparency, I would appreciate learning from the seasoned CIO, discovering their issues and sharing ideas: perhaps the experiences related here will help some future first-time CIO.

I also hope to learn from the larger technical and specifically academic communities. I have been fortunate enough to work with some very bright people during my time in the University of California and State University of New York systems, and my hope is that through future discussions I can meet, and learn from, even more.

I am currently serving as the Chief Information Officer at The New York State University of Technology at Delhi. My professional background includes medical/scientific visualization, application development, integration/interoperability, Service Oriented Architecture, portal development, Virtual Learning Environments, and computer generated imaging. Prior to Delhi, I was Director of Technology for SUNY Learning Environments and from 1993-2004 I served as the Director of the UCLA Media Lab developing scientific and medical applications for education, research and patient care. I began my career as a Medical Illustrator at UCLA.

Professional interests include Agile Project Management, LAMS, Sakai, JA-SIG’s uPortal, Bedework, OpenVES, The LMOS Project and Eduforge. Away from work, I enjoy ice hockey, playing in a variety of adult leagues and coaching youth and college teams, including the UCLA Bruins (1998-2004).

I live in Loudonville, New York with my wife Jamie, a physician, and my two boys Jack and Hank.

Thanks for visiting — Patrick Masson.

Articles & Presentations:
Your Career: The New CIO, First Year Shock and Awe, Campus Technology Magazine
Barriers to the Adoption of Open Source: Personal and Professional Observations, Terra Incognita
Developing an SOA at SUNY; Lessons Learned, JISC e-Learning Forum
Open Source Software: Should You Bet Your Career On It?, Campus Technology Magazine
Unbolting the Chairs: Making Learning Management Systems More Flexible, eLearn Magazine
SLN2.0 Whitepaper, SUNY Whitepaper

Previous Life as a Medical Illustrator
Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology
Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
Local Anesthesia of the Oral Cavity