Leadership Team
Brian Nichols
Enterprise Chief Information Officer (CIO)
ITS supports the University’s colleges and professional schools, over 30,000 students, approximately 20,000 faculty and staff, visitors, members of the University community, citizens of the Commonwealth, and beyond. In support of UK’s Strategic Plan, IT provides through customer engagement, outstanding technology infrastructure, services and solutions that advance teaching and learning, enable research, empower staff to provide exceptional services, enrich the student experience, and effectively manage and protect institutional data.
Marci Adams
Assistant Director, Communications & Strategic Engagement
- Communications
- Marketing
- Brand Management
- Strategic Planning & Reporting
- Web Spaces
Andrew Blues
Executive Director, Customer Support & Enterprise Service Management
- Customer Services
- Classroom & AV Support
- Field Services
- Student Technology Services
- Programming
- Smart Campus (reporting line to VP for Partnerships)
Read more about Customer Support & Enterprise Service Management
Todd Brann
Executive Director, Institutional Research, Analytics, & Decision Support
- Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Institutional Research
- Student Analytics & Decision Support
- Finance & Administration Analytics & Decision Support
Read more about Institutional Research, Analytics & Decision Support
Stephen Burr
Associate CIO & Enterprise CISO
- Enterprise Cybersecurity
- Enterprise Data Privacy
- Enterprise Policy
- Incident Management
- Enterprise Projects
- Governance, Risk, & Compliance
Tyler Gayheart
Executive Director, Enterprise CRM & Salesforce
- CRM Operations
- Education Cloud CRM
- Health Cloud CRM
- Marketing Cloud
- Philanthropy & Alumni Cloud
Roger Hensley
Associate CIO, Enterprise Applications
- Product Development & Integrations Services
- Core Applications
- Implementation
- Business Process Improvement
Read more about Enterprise Applications
Lowell Pike
Director, Research Computing Infrastructure
- Research Computing
Adam Recktenwald
Associate CIO, Enterprise Chief Technology Officer
- Cloud Operations
- Systems Operations
- Data Center
- Directories, Messaging, & Collaboration
- ERP Security & Support
- Identity Management
Hector Rios
Associate CIO, Enterprise Networking & Infrastructure
- Enterprise Network Operations
- Enterprise Network Engineering
- Enterprise Infrastructure Operations
- Enterprise Infrastructure Project Management & Estimation
- Enterprise Geotechnical Services
Karen Willmott
Executive Director, Administration, Finance, & Human Resources
- Finance
- Vendor Management
- Human Resources
