Jon Allen
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Higher Education IT Executive of the Year
Jon Allen is the chief information officer and chief information security officer at Baylor University. Allen is a leader for the HECVAT project for cloud security and deeply involved in the Internet2 Cloud Scorecard, NET+ Splunk program, and the EDUCAUSE Higher Education Information Security Council. Allen also regularly presents at conferences, program committees, and other activities in the community. All together, these activities spurn collaboration for the benefit of the community to make it more efficient and effective.