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