University at Buffalo Director of Network and Communications Systems Search About University at Buffalo www.buffalo.edu A flagship institution in the consistently ranking among the communities. UB’s North Campus, State University of New York nation’s top 20 universities for located in the Buffalo suburb of system, the University at the enrollment of international Amherst, is the university’s main Buffalo (UB) is the largest, most students. The university enjoys undergraduate campus, and home comprehensive campus in the a strong international presence, to the university’s primary athletics 64-campus SUNY system and an maintaining affiliation agreements and cultural facilities. Three miles internationally renowned center with over 80 universities in Asia, to the south, on the northern for academic excellence. Impactful Europe, Latin America, and Africa. edge of the City of Buffalo, is the research, scholarly distinction, UB’s approximately 240,000 alumni university’s historic South Campus, transformative student experiences, live in over 145 nations worldwide. which serves as the primary health and far-reaching service to local, sciences campus. UB also has a state, national, and international UB has a distinguished faculty rapidly developing third campus communities define UB’s mission of approximately 1,600 full-time center in downtown Buffalo. The as a premier research-intensive members and almost 750 part time focal point of UB’s downtown public university. UB was founded members. With more than 150 presence is the Buffalo Niagara in 1846 as a private medical college research centers and institutes, Medical Campus, on which UB’s located in downtown Buffalo and UB’s current annual research new medical school facility was joined SUNY in 1962. In 1990, expenditures, including affiliated opened in the fall of 2017. UB was the first public university institutions, exceed $386 million. in the Northeast to be admitted The Libraries hold four million With annual revenues that exceed into the Association of American volumes in eight libraries and $1.2 billion from all sources, UB Universities (AAU), joining North provide access to 100,000 full-text e and its affiliated entities generate America’s other leading research journals and 800,000 e-books. an estimated economic impact universities. of $2.18 billion annually in New Recognizing the key role that York State. The university’s total UB enrolls close to 30,000 a vibrant 21st century physical workforce of almost 6,800 full-time students (approximately 2/3 campus environment plays in equivalent employees makes it one undergraduate and 1/3 graduate enhancing education, research, and of the region’s largest employers. and professional students) and learning as part of the UB 2020 UB is also a leader and an active offers nearly 400 degree programs vision, UB is implementing a long- partner with the more than 20 at the baccalaureate, master’s, range plan for enhancing its North, public and private colleges and professional and doctoral levels South, and Downtown campus universities in the Buffalo-Niagara across its 12 decanal units. UB is spaces and connecting them more region. a global community of scholars effectively to their surrounding -2- About The Buffalo Niagara Region As a world-renowned research of Good Neighbors.” – Niagara Escarpment and the university, UB’s intellectual capital Buffalo offers an impressive Finger Lakes region. In addition, and innovation are playing a vital array of cultural and recreational the Adirondack Mountains are a role in Buffalo’s resurgence as a opportunities uncommon for half-day’s drive from Buffalo. Rich thriving city that is a magnet for a region of its size. Buffalo’s in natural resources and beauty, the talented professionals, artists, rich cultural resources reflect the Buffalo-Niagara area is a four- entrepreneurs, and innovators its distinguished history and a season region that offers the best who recognize the tremendous commitment to sustaining the arts, for seasonal sports enthusiasts. energy and momentum gathering including the Grammy-Award University at Buffalo fans enjoy a here. Home to one of the nation’s winning Buffalo Philharmonic full complement of NCAA division fastest growing populations of Orchestra; the world-class I sports with the UB Bulls, as well college graduates, the Buffalo- collection of modern paintings as the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, the NHL’s Niagara region, located on the and sculpture at the Albright-Knox Buffalo Sabres, Triple-A baseball’s shores of Lake Erie, with 1.5 Art Gallery; an extensive array Buffalo Bisons, and the National million residents, is the state’s of historic architectural treasures Lacrosse League’s Buffalo Bandits. second largest major metropolitan designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, area, exceeded only by New York H.H. Richardson, Louis Sullivan, Buffalo’s resurgence is making City. The region includes a diverse and Eero and Eliel Saarinen; and an national headlines, and UB is blend of communities, each with expansive park system (including playing a central role in the its own distinct personality, yet Delaware Park), considered to creation of a strong, sustainable commonly characterized by a be the very best work of designer knowledge economy and thriving distinctly neighborly way of life, Frederick Law Olmsted. The entrepreneurial culture that an unpretentious nature and city is home to the state’s largest are driving this revitalization. spirited loyalty among residents. concentration of theaters outside of Buffalo is experiencing a Buffalo’s own strong sense of New York City. Buffalo is a family- period of tremendous progress community, easy lifestyle, and friendly, livable and affordable and momentum as well as affordability regularly place it in top city, with Niagara Falls, one of the unprecedented regional ten lists from a variety of national major tourist attractions of the investments in the industries of the publications; its overall quality world, and Toronto Canada a short future and in the assets that ensure of life has led to the city being drive away. Buffalo is close to two a satisfying quality of life for all its affectionately nicknamed “the City significant wine growing regions citizens. -3- About The University at Buffalo Information Technology (UBIT) http://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/about.html

UBIT’s mission is “to advance UB’s implementation, and operation of Students, and Administration at mission of excellence in research, all IT services. UB. In addition, the professional teaching, and service through the IT staff are highly skilled and innovative and effective use of Review the detailed strategic plan motivated to succeed with cutting- Information Technology.” below: edge training and technical resources at their disposal. Given UBIT is a group of nearly 400 https://bit.ly/2VGa1EO this, UBIT is now positioned talented professionals throughout to move to the next phase and the university, working This is a great time to join the team fully develop and implement a collaboratively to provide and at UB and with UB Information digital business environment. This support campus use of information Technology. During the past digital environment will require technology to achieve academic several years, UBIT has focused implementation of a variety of and professional aspirations. UBIT on modernizing the core IT middleware and integration is also committed to understanding infrastructure. These strategic services as well as appropriate the ever-changing needs of the enhancements have resulted alignment of staff and resources. campus community striving to in a world-class technology partner and lead the evaluation, environment serving the Faculty,

The Position Director of Network & Communications Systems

The Director of Network and Com- running seamlessly, efficiently, and itoring, availability and disaster munications Systems leads the en- effectively while ensuring compli- recovery across all platforms is met. terprise-wide network and telecom- ance with established standards and munication strategy of the three UB policies. The successful candidate must campuses and student dorms. The demonstrate expertise in a variety Director reports directly to the Vice In meeting these responsibilities, of the field's concepts, practices, President and CIO (VPCIO) and the Director participates in the and procedures. She/he will rely on manages a team of professionals VPCIO’s IT planning processes. extensive experience and judgment responsible for the ongoing plan- To implement the relevant objec- to plan and accomplish goals. He/ ning, strategic design, engineering, tives and goals of these efforts, the she will lead and direct the work of development, and operation of Director works with the Directors others. A wide degree of creativity network and telecommunication of IT Customer Service, Enterprise and latitude is expected. services required to deliver neces- Infrastructure Services, Enterprise sary features, future performance, Application Services and the Infor- UBIT operates in a 24/7 environ- security, and availability to support mation Security Officer as well as ment, and therefore, working ex- the teaching, research, and service other academic/administrative IT tended hours, holidays, and varied activities of the University. He/she leadership across the institution to hours may be required for all staff. directs the activities necessary to ensure the highest levels of archi- keep the network infrastructure tectural guidelines, service mon-

-4- Key Responsibilities

∙■ Under the general direction of vendor, contracts, renewals and have development and training the VPCIO, provides vision and ROI business cases for network plans; strategic direction in the areas related activities; ■ Researches and implements within this position's portfolio; ■ Manages the Network & new technologies to serve the ■ Participates in strategic Communications Systems university’s emerging student, planning and development of budget, with responsibility faculty, and staff needs; annual goals and objectives for projecting, developing, ■ Promotes a culture that is open, for VPCIO division, with administering, and reconciling transparent, positive, friendly special attention to providing the budget consistent with and committed to the success leadership for those related campus and organizational of stakeholders and customers. to the areas within the goals; Maintains an organizational information security portfolio; ■ Provides annual operating plan environment that encourages ■ Serves as a member of the including annual budget. The team building, flexible VPCIO Senior Leadership Director will have the ability to collaboration and creative Team to work toward the apply for external funding to problem solving; achievement of division goals support innovative programs as ■ Participates, as appropriate, and objectives; needed; in internal and external ■ Ensures delivery of a suite ■ Oversees the Network & professional activities, such of highly aligned services Communications Systems as an author, committee including superior customer team comprised of ~30 member, search chair, meeting experience and support for professional staff. Develops or conference presenter, external and internal customers and implements appropriate staying abreast of emerging across on-premise, cloud, and professional development and developments within the fields. blended services network; training programs for direct Other duties or projects as ■ Negotiates and drives approval reports. Ensures all employees assigned as appropriate to rank process for statements of work, in this position's portfolio and department mission. -5- Required Qualifications

■ Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, ■ Experience successfully working independently as Computer Science or related fields, master's degree well as part of a team with a preferred; ■ collaborative approach to problem solving; ■ 10 years of full-time, enterprises information ■ Strategic and analytical thinking skills with an systems, and 5 years leadership in increasingly ability to solve problems and make complex network systems experience; ■ effective decisions; ■ Experience supervising and mentoring information ■ Experience successfully building consensus among technology a large number of diverse colleagues, senior ■ professionals. Demonstrated experience working, leadership and outside agencies to address and collaborating, and establishing resolve issues; ■ credibility and relationships with senior leadership, ■ Documented ability accomplishing major tasks and colleagues and customers; assignments with and through others; ■ Outstanding written, verbal, and interpersonal ■ Excellent customer service skills. communication skills;

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree; • Five years leadership in Network and Communication services experience in a complex, distributed Higher Education/Academic environment; • Demonstrated experience with developing enterprise-level network systems policy; • Experience presenting information technology information/concepts to senior- level executives.

-6- Procedure for Candidacy

Applications should include a letter of application and curriculum vitae. Applications and nominations will be accepted until the position is filled. Confidential review of materials and screening of candidates will begin immediately. Harris Search Associates is assisting UB for this search. Please send application to address below or contact Jeffrey Harris or Eric Christ for further details. Contact Info: Contact Info: Jeffrey Harris, Managing Partner Eric Christ Tel: 614-798-8500 ext. 125 Tel: 614-798-8500 ext., 140 Cell: 614-354-2100 Cell: 614-800-9974 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.harrisandassociates.com

The University at Buffalo (UB) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer/Recruiter. UB is interested in identifying prospective minority and women candidates. No person in whatever relationship with the University at Buffalo shall be subject to discrimination on the basis of age, creed, color, handicap, national origin, race, religion, sex, marital or veteran status.

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