Security Focus reports that Ohio University’s CIO, William Sams, has stepped down following security breaches that took place in April and May 2006 and that compromised 367,000 personal records. In a related announcement, the university suspended its director of computing and network services and its systems manager. Albert Prast joined Connextions, a provider of contact center and supply chain management services for businesses, as its EVP and CIO. Prast, 46, joined the Orlando, Fla.-based company from Rotech Healthcare, where he served as CIO and CTO. During his 13-year tenure at Rotech, the MIT Sloan School grad established the IT infrastructure that helped the company grow from 40 locations and $62 million in revenue to 500 locations and $560 million in revenue. American Banker reported earlier this week at BOK Financial hired Dennis Rygwalski as its CTO. After serving as CIO of FleetBoston Financial from 1999 to 2001, Rygwalski joined business process management software provider Exigen as the general manager of its finance industry solutions group.e-Smart Technologies elected Gary Messina to its board of directors. Messina is a former CIO of the Department of Homeland Security’s Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. He retired from that post in 2004 to join the private sector. Messina currently serves as a corporate director for L-3 Communications’ homeland security and defense operations. Related content feature We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well As products become more based in software, CIO roles will increasingly align with CIOs who’ve been selling software for decades, like Jim Palermo, CIO of open source solution provider Red Hat. By Martha Heller Nov 15, 2023 7 mins CIO Software Deployment Marketing feature New US CIO appointments, November 2023 Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role. By Martha Heller Nov 08, 2023 9 mins CIO Careers IT Leadership interview How Huber spurs innovation in a historically decentralized business With IT/OT convergence, digital technologies, and the growing importance of data, Huber CIO Dwain Wilcox leads the creation of a cross-functional, cross-business innovation engine. By Martha Heller Aug 23, 2023 6 mins CIO Enterprise Cloud Management interview CIO Ryan Snyder on the benefits of interpreting data as a layer cake Thermo Fisher Scientific CIO Ryan Snyder discusses a tiered model used to turn data into value at the $40 billion laboratory equipment and instrument maker. By Martha Heller Aug 02, 2023 8 mins CIO Data Architecture Data Governance Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe