Prior to joining the Apereo Foundation, Patrick served as General Manager for the Open Source Initiative after working within higher education IT for over twenty years, including roles as CIO within the State University of New York, and CTO at the University of Massachusetts' Office of the President. Before these, he served as the Director of Technology at the SUNY Learning Network and Director of the UCLA Media Lab.
Patrick is an adjunct instructor with SUNY Albany's College of Computing and Information and speaks frequently on topics related to open source software, open education, and educational technology. Patrick is the co-founder of EDUCAUSE's "Openness" Constituency Group and served on his local school board from 2014-2018.
Open-source projects engage a community of developers who collaborate and iterate to develop, grow, and improve software. Colleges and universities have long used open-source software for various applications, and the use of open-source code is expanding.
Patrick Masson ([email protected]) is Chief Technology Officer of UMassOnline, the online consortium of the University of Massachusetts.
On June 30th, 2009 SUNY Delhi requested information from both the State University of New York and EDUCUASE CIO lists for information on the creation and removal of student email accounts.
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