Dr. Curt Carver, Vice Chancellor and CIO of the University System of Georgia, will present and discuss with the audience the current state of higher education in Georgia.

Organized by the Greater Atlanta Chapter of the American Society of Training and Development Learning and Development Special Interest Group, this event will focus on the exciting and ongoing transformation of education through massively open online courses, predictive analytics, intelligent agents, private clouds, learning management systems, intrusive advising, and flipped classrooms.

The onslaught of new terms and hype around education suggest an ongoing reexamination of how we educate and inspire our students. During this presentation, a number of initiatives within the University System of Georgia will be examined, setting the stage for audience engagement and a conversation on student success in the 21st century.

About Dr. Curt Carver

Curtis A. Carver Jr., Ph.D., is the vice chancellor and chief information officer for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG). In this capacity, he oversees a statewide educational infrastructure and service organization with more than 250 innovators and an annual investment in higher education of more than $70 million. He also provides technical oversight for the USG Shared Services Center.

With a mix of military and academic experience, Dr. Carver has led the transformation of USG Information Technology Services by partnering with USG business owners, institutions, and other state agencies. The introduction of private cloud services, entrepreneurial offerings, new learning management system, new data systems, social media, unified communications, strategic partner engagement, and a focused and aligned financial model has been well received in Georgia and around the nation.

Through his leadership, he’s garnered national recognition for the University System of Georgia including the 2012 Global CIO Break Away Leader Award, 2012 and 2013 Georgia State Technology Innovation Award, 2013 Information Week 500 Top Innovative Organizations (ranked in the top 10), 2013 InformationWeek 20 Best Ideas to Steal, 2013 N2N Champions of Innovation, 2013 Atlanta Telecommunications Professional Leadership Impact Award, 2013 InformationWeek “Chiefs of the Year” and the 2014 ComputerWorld Premiere 100 IT Leaders.

Prior to the USG, Dr. Carver served at the U.S. Military Academy – West Point in a number of positions including interim vice dean of education, vice dean for resources, associate dean for academic computing, and IT program director. Carver led efforts that were successful in more than doubling student participation in international experiences and substantially expanded programs addressing the needs of at-risk students. In addition, he coordinated significant revisions to the curriculum, facilitated the completion of the construction of a $72 million library and learning center, secured funding for a $182 million renovation of the science building, and supported efforts to accredit the institution regionally through the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

Carver’s 27-year military career includes appointments as platoon leader, senior signal officer, company commander, battalion operations officer, division deputy G6, and military mentor. He was assigned to Korea and Italy, and was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, where he served as a strategic mentor to build their respective national military academies.

Throughout his career, Carver has been engaged in the active leadership of military, academic, research, and service organizations. He has served as a member of a number of governing bodies or executive boards including the Computer Science Accreditation Board, Computer Accreditation Commission, multiple CIO Executive Summits, and the Federal Information Assurance Conference. He is a senior-level member in the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers professional societies and continues to play an active role in shaping the national agenda in technology, education, and the interaction between the two.

Carver has authored hundreds of journal articles and conference papers and has given numerous keynote presentations or other plenary presentations. He has received numerous national and international honors and awards for military, teaching, and research excellence throughout his career.