The Jazz Musician as CIO: Creativity in IT Leadership

Elizabeth Farrell |

Former Tambellini Author

Top of Mind Podcast: The Jazz Musician as CIO
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“Whether it’s at NASA or a university system level job, a CIO wants to be able to expand the scope of our technology and systems to impact the largest number of people.” In this month’s Top of Mind Podcast, host Jazz musician and CIO for the Georgia Tech Foundation, Dwight Dozier, joins the Top of Mind Podcast family to discuss creativity in leadership. Describing his role as more relational than transactional, Dwight, whose focus is on donor and alumni engagement, emphasizes relationships, staying connected with students beyond graduation, and recognizing that the philanthropic efforts of alumni are the preliminary steps to a particular recruitment cycle. Making relevant parallels to his career in music and hitting on topics such as mass personalization, trends emerging in AI and machine learning, frictionless experience, and more, listen in as Dwight shares gems to put CIOs and institutions on a path toward innovation. “Like music,” he shares, “technology is constantly changing and evolving.”

Highlights include:

  • What are significant changes shaping the current and future state of advancement?
  • How are younger generation alumni expectations differing from older generations?
  • Why is the goal a frictionless student experience?

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Elizabeth Farrell |
Former Tambellini Author
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Elizabeth Farrell is an award-winning communications leader with a proven track record of success in delivering high-impact results for national and global colleges and universities, Fortune 100 companies, dynamic start-ups, and influential nonprofits. She has collaborated closely with higher education institutions over the past two decades in numerous roles including media relations, branding, marketing, business development, and as a journalist for outlets including The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, and PBS Newshour.

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