
Associate Vice President for Technology
Chief Information Officer
Cedarville University
Education
- B. S. in Mathematics, Taylor University (IN)
- M.A.T. in Mathematics, Indiana University (IN)
- Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems, Nova Southeastern University (FL)
Biography
- Born and raised in Holland, Michigan
- Married Dorothy in 1968
- Two children (Debra and Douglas)
Professional
- Associate Vice President for Technology/Chief Information Officer at Cedarville, 2006-
- Director of Computer Services at Cedarville, 1986-2006
- Professor of Management Information Systems at Cedarville, on faculty since
1984
- Direct responsibility for Computer Services department, 1986-
- Consultant with Scott Howder
, specializing in Datatel/Unidata applications
- Member (1996-2001), Commission on Technology, Council
for Christian Colleges and Universities
- Member (1997-1999) and Chair (1999-2000), Network Awards Committee,
Educause
- Member (2002-2003), Midwest Regional Conference Planning Committee,
Educause
- Member (1991-1993, 1995-1997) and chair (1997-1998), Datatel User Group Technical Board
- Member (2004-2006), Datatel Information Technology Client Advisory Team
- Member (2003-2007), Events Committee, Greater Dayton IT Alliance
- Member (2008-present), OARnet (Ohio Academic Research Network) Governing Committee
- Current maintainer of "Cedarville DOWNLOAD", a data extraction utility for Unidata and
Universe environments (available at ftp.cedarville.edu).
Recent Presentations and Publications
- "Cedarville DOWNLOAD and Other Unidata Tools", Great Lakes (Datatel) User Group Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 2008
- "e-Discovery", CIO Council, Dayton, Ohio, June 2008 (with followup article in "Technology First", Volume 6, Number 7)
- "Legal Compliance and Security: A Conversation", Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Annual Technology Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2008
- "Cedarville DOWNLOAD and Other Unidata Tools", Datatel User Group Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2008
- "Selection and Implementation of a Ubiquitous Wireless Network", joint presentation with Nathan Hay, ACUTA Fall Seminar, Minneapolis, MN, October 2007
- "Compliance and Security", Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Annual Technology Conference, Grantham, Pennsylvania, June 2007
- "When Cars and Pigs Fly", article in Technology First Dayton, Greater Dayton IT Alliance, January 2007
- "CIO Forecast Forum", panel discussion, Greater Dayton IT Alliance, Dayton, Ohio, December 2006
- "Running Colleague on Linux", joint presentation with Scott Howder, Datatel User Group Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2006
- "Getting Excited before the Disaster Hits," joint presentation with Clark Hoopes, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Annual Technology Conference, Spokane, WA, June 2005
- "Enabling Data Access," Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Annual Technology Conference, Spokane, WA, June 2005
- "Moving Out of the Shadows: Shining a Light on Data," joint presentation with Mark Mazelin, Educause Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2005
- "Enabling Data Access," joint presentation with John Bourdeaux, Datatel User Group Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2005
- "XML for the Rest of Us," joint presentation with Scott Howder, Datatel User Group Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2005
Interests
- Participating in church activities
- Attending sporting events
- Bicycling
- Gardening
- Traveling
- Birthday Celebration
You can contact me at
rotmand@cedarville.edu
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