Professional Development and Staffing for the Cloud
Joanne Kossuth
Vice President for Operations and CIO, Franklin W Olin College
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Are You Ready?
• Cloud services will change the way we hire and educate our staff.
• What new skills will be required?
• What skills will be obsolete?
• How will technical work change?
• How will the changes impact the work of the CIO?
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Reworked Skills
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Technical Skills Example
• Microsoft server and administration skills• MS has stated that all Windows skills will be
transferrable to the cloud• Complexity may or may not increase
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Communication
• Transferring information in a way that translates for the listener
• Understanding the impact of styles• Global considerations
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Project Management
• Different way of planning and managing resources in the cloud
• Goal and objective focus• Understanding new timelines and
expectations
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Negotiation
• Contracts• Relationships• Collaborations
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Legalese
• Understanding the legal framework for agreements
• The role of non-disclosure agreements?
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Due Diligence
• When entering relationships– Financials– Resumes– RFPs– Guarantees– Incentives– References
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Obsolete Skill Sets?
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New/Increased Skills
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Creativity
• Thinking out of the box• Ability to focus on solution sets not just
technologies• Originality• Brainstorming
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Openness to Change
• Speed of change• Pressure to “keep up” • Build agile and flexible• Using operating funding as opposed to capital
funding• Comfort with failure
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Teamwork
• Value of collaboration• All of us are better than one of us• Owners of process or position are open and
receptive• Recognize, reward, model
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Collaboration
• Ability to accomplish joint work• Intersection of common goals• Consensus building
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Entrepreneurship
• Taking advantage of opportunities• Revenue generation potential• Reinvestment of cost savings
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Data Analysis
• Determining and tracking metrics• Highlighting useful information• Understanding trends
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Assessment
• What do we know?• What does it mean?• What do we do next?
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Budget Development
• Operating costs versus capital costs• On premise versus off premise• Hosting
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Compliance
• Insuring 3rd party compliance with institutional as well as regulatory and legislative mandates
• Enforcing policy• Enforcing contracts
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CIO Role
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Leadership
• Establishing a vision• Driving the vision to completion• Finding common ground
– With colleagues– With providers
• Engaging with integrity• Planning with people in mind
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Organizational Behavior
• Understanding your organization as an eco-system
• “Systems engineering”• What does your engine look like now?• How will your organization change as a result
of cloud services availability?
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Research
• Comparison shopping of the options• Emerging companies• Emerging laws • Precedent establishment• Do you have an organization that does this
already?• If not, how will you plan for one?
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Potential New Jobs
• Virtualization architect• Virtualization systems analyst• Cloud architect• Private cloud administrator• Cloud engineer• Cloud software architect• Cloud application developer• Others?
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Questions
• Can higher education create certification programs around new skill sets?
• What can EDUCAUSE do to help prepare your organization?
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