Florida State University names new chief information officer

Florida State University, a public university in Tallahassee, has named Jonathan Fozard, a technologist with extensive experience in academia, to serve as its new vice president of information technology services and university-wide chief information officer.

As the university’s leading IT executive, Fozard is tasked with overseeing a technology portfolio of more than 1,000 employees and an annual budget greater than $275 million. With a career than includes more than 25 years in higher education, Fozard was selected because he “understands how technology can advance every part of our mission,” FSU President Richard McCullough said in a press release this month. Fozard is the first to hold the role at FSU.

“The creation of this new position recognizes Jonathan’s exceptional leadership and reflects the growing importance of technology in advancing every aspect of Florida State’s mission,” McCullough said. “Since arriving at FSU, he has helped position us for the future while strengthening the systems and infrastructure our faculty, staff and students rely on every day.”

Fozard joined FSU in 2020 as its deputy chief information officer after spending two years as The George Washington University, a private school in the District of Columbia. Before that, he spent three-and-a-half years at the University of Oklahoma and nearly eight years at Oklahoma State University, a land-grant institution in Stillwater. He started his career at Mid-America Christian University, a private school in Oklahoma City.

“I am honored by the opportunity to serve Florida State University in this role,” Fozard said in the announcement. “Technology touches every aspect of the university’s mission, and I look forward to working with our faculty, staff, students, and partners to continue building innovative, secure, and reliable systems that support learning, research, service, and the critical work we help enable across Florida and around the world.”