Scott Studham is the vice president and chief information officer (VPCIO) for the University of Minnesota. He will lead IT and plan for its long-term future at the University.
Studham has been the CIO at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He also served as chief technology officer for the National Center for Computational Sciences which is host to the world's fastest computer.
Studham has a bachelor's degree in chemistry, a master's degree in computer science, and a master's degree in business administration (MBA).
Six times in his career, Studham has been the program manager or architect for one of the world's top ten supercomputers. He won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Supercomputing Conference StorCloud Challenge award for the most innovative use of storage in 2004 and in 2003 was named the Computerworld Honors Laureate, the Smithsonian Institute's award for innovative technologies.
R. Scott Studham