About

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Information Technology at Columbia College Chicago provides faculty, staff, and students with a variety of tools and technology applications that enable the campus community to engage in collaboration with the community. The staff listed below represent IT leadership and the functional areas for each IT department. For a full list of IT staff, please visit the directory.

Jerry Tarrer
Senior Vice President of Business Affairs
and Chief Financial Officer

Kathie Koch
Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Edgar Medina
Senior Director, IT Operations and Security

Managing senior director of infrastructure campuswide that includes: storage, server, network (wired and wireless), desktop and computer equipment and support, Client Services, telecommunications, and email operations.
Ray Gaida
Director, Enterprise Applications and Systems

Managing director of enterprise applications including MyColumbia/CX, external productivity applications and support, Feith and PeopleSoft along with all data systems integrations and database administration.
Dolores Marek
Director, Academic Technology

The director of Academic Technology is responsible for providing leadership and management of Columbia's academic and instructional technology initiatives. The director supervises the IT instructional design team, IT media services, library technology, and event management.
Kevin Wyderka
Director, Reporting and Analytics

Managing director of Analytics and Reporting who oversees data stewardship, data warehousing, reporting and analytics for administrative areas of the college.