President Jack Wilson appointed David J. Gray Interim UMassOnline CEO in September, 2003 and permanent UMassOnline CEO in May, 2004. Gray has served the University as Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer since September 2000.
In Gray's dual role as UMassOnline CEO and University CIO, he is instrumental in fostering a seamless integration of UMassOnline into the University's infrastructure.
As CEO, he provides strategic leadership to the University's online education division, working closely with the five UMass campuses and managing the UMassOnline team.
As CIO, he coordinates and facilitates information technology planning, integration, and training across all University functions. He also provides leadership in the planning, acquisition, and implementation of information and instructional/administrative technologies. Gray provides day-to-day oversight of University Information Technology Services (ITS), the University's administrative information technology organization. ITS is responsible for the provision of high quality computing and information systems support to the five UMass campuses and the President's Office. In addition, ITS provides leadership and management support for the Massachusetts Information Turnpike Initiative (MITI), through which advanced network services are provided to the Massachusetts public higher education community and other constituents. Gray also provides oversight to the University's PeopleSoft enterprise resource planning initiative, through which the five campuses and the President's Office created a shared information systems environment that addresses the financial, human resource, and student information systems needs of the University in a highly integrated manner.
Prior to joining the University of Massachusetts, Gray served as the Vice Chancellor for Information Technology for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education for five years. In this capacity, Mr. Gray provided leadership to the formation of the Keystone Library Network, a virtual library service linking the fourteen State System campuses and the State Library of Pennsylvania. Gray also led the establishment of the System's Center for Distance Education and served as principal architect of the System's Instructional Technology Plan, adopted by the Board of Governors in April 1999. In addition, Gray represented the State System on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Technology Investment Authority, a group empowered to strategically invest state funds in economic development and university research initiatives. Previously, Gray served the Pennsylvania System as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Financial Management and in other administrative leadership posts since 1983.
Gray earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) and has been active in EDUCAUSE, NACUBO, and a variety of professional and community service organizations. Gray resides in Westborough, Massachusetts with his wife, Margaret, and two children.
Listen to David Gray discuss UMassOnline in an interview on The Business Station, AM1060, WBIX:
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