Hyatt named Purdue’s chief information officer
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Purdue University announced Thursday (May 27) that Ian Hyatt will be the university’s next chief information officer, effective Tuesday (June 1).
As chief information officer, Hyatt joins the university leadership team and will oversee information technology throughout the Purdue system and head Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP), Purdue’s central IT organization. ITaP operates the Purdue System Cloud ‒ the IT infrastructure that spans three statewide campuses and offers a nationally recognized high-performance computing complex that supports Purdue’s computational research.
Hyatt will be charged with continuing to integrate software solutions – such as SAP, SuccessFactors and Brightspace – as well as building a robust information security strategy across the Purdue system. He will have responsibility for the annual systemwide IT spend of $160 million and staff of more than 1,100, and will