The State of Technology and Advancement: Our framework for success with Data Technology
Channel: The DRIVE/conference
Date: 2014-03-19

New technologies are constantly emerging, and often disrupting, how we have been doing business -- and there are several lenses through which we have to evaluate them to plan and deliver better services and capabilities to ourselves and our partners.  How do we learn to love the constant change, and what are some core principles for evaluation, justification of resources, and coping with the pace of our work?

Karl Otto is the Vice President for Information Services at the University of Oregon Foundation, overseeing the team that runs the technical infrastructure necessary to support the Foundation and University in its fundraising efforts, including the Reporting group, Application Programming, Records Management, Information Technology and Training. When not focused on technical tasks, his work boils down to repeating basic mantras on making forward progress, projecting a sense of calm through the daily chaos, dodging face-to-face meetings that involve (other) VPs, and other duties as needed. He previously perfected those skills at Columbia University, University of Washington, Community Hospital of Monterey, and his alma mater, the College of William & Mary.