Leveraging IT as a Sustainable Strategic Change Catalyst

08/29/24 • 38 min

Join our guest, Christina Baum, CIO and VP of Digital Transformation at Utah Valley University as she details her perspective on the IT role in relation to sustainable strategic change. Across each institution, IT is uniquely positioned to serve as a catalyst because goals that translate to action have a vital IT component, and the craft and talent of IT has evolved to support those goals with a structured approach.
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Christina Baum

Utah Valley University

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Christina Baum

Utah Valley University

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Christina Baum00:00:00.265

You know, for example, it's kind of forcing some really good conversations, right? Where , um, perhaps within, so let's say student affairs really are right there on the front lines with our students. Um, for us, there's five associate vice presidents within that division. Each of them obviously have their goals, their priorities of things that they're working on.

Christina Baum00:00:18.605

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