Biography

Tom Barton is retired from the University of Chicago, where he was Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Director for Architecture, Integration, and Security. He continues as a contractor for Internet2 working in the intersection of federation, research enablement, and security. He had a prior role at the University of Memphis as Director of IT Infrastructure, and was originally a member of the mathematics faculty there before turning to administration. He's a member of Internet2/InCommon CTAB governance group, chairs the REFEDS Sirtfi Working Group, and created and formerly led the Internet2 Grouper project.