Rich Czarnecki, Associate VP for IT & Associate CIO
Richard Czarnecki, Associate Vice President for IT & Associate CIO
Rich Czarnecki is responsible for providing leadership support to the CIO, IT Portfolio Management, Business Analysis Services and works with campus leaders to deliver federated IT, executing the mission of providing high-quality dedicated, focused IT support to campus partners.
Prior to his current role, Rich served as the Assistant Vice President for IT and Assistant CIO. Before that he served as director of the Application Services enterprise organization, providing the university’s HR, finance, facilities, CRM, CMS, messaging, mobile, identity management, and student information platforms in support of the university missions of education, research, and global outreach. Application Services also operated numerous enterprise contracts with IT industry leaders and provided general software development, database administration, web development, e-commerce, enterprise integration, application engineering, managed hosting, and load-balancing services to campus partners.
Rich is a strategic leader and seasoned technologist bringing more than 30 years of experience leading the research design, development, and operation of educational and business systems. Rich’s research focused on incorporating real-time statistical analysis of learner performance into adaptive learning systems, earning awards including a Smithsonian award for Innovative Use of Technology in Education. He was also an early adopter of and participated in pilots of interoperability frameworks including SIF, SCORM, and IMS. Prior to joining MSU in 2011, Rich held corporate strategy, technology architecture, and systems engineering roles in award-winning companies including Jostens, Computer Curriculum Corporation, Pearson, Siboney Learning Group, and Educational Options. Rich has led through multiple corporate acquisitions, mergers, significant transformational change and enjoys leading through and leveraging the never-ending evolution of technology. Rich is a life-long Spartan, holding a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University.
