Thomas Danford is the Vice Chancellor of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at Core Technology Services (CTS) at the North Dakota University System since July 2024. Tom has more than 25 years of experience in higher education. He served as the chief information officer for the Tennessee Board of Regents for 12 years, where he was responsible for the system technologies that supported 6 universities, 13 community colleges, and 26 schools of technology. He has also held leadership roles in academic, administrative, infrastructure, and research technologies at institutions ranging from community colleges to research institutions. Most recently, Tom has been employed as a senior principal strategic specialist and chief information officer for a private company where he served higher education institutions in improving the alignment of institutional IT assets to aid student success, business processes, compliance and data protection and privacy.
