Biography

Chris Wessells is a Higher Education Strategist within the Unisys Higher Education Practice. He is a subject matter expert with more than 30 years of experience and depth of knowledge in the higher education sector, with a strong background of building successful relationships. Chris is a higher education technology leader with a passion for creating strategy, planning, and providing solutions that foster transformational change at universities and colleges. He’s worked in the technology sector at Dell, and Chris served for two decades as Vice Provost and Chief Information Officer at the University of San Diego and at the University of Rhode Island. He enjoys intellectual challenges of advancing exceptional experiences and outcomes that help advance the academic mission of higher education institutions, while also fostering business opportunities.

Prior to his work in higher education, Chris worked as a developer on various applications programming projects for engineering firms and global banking enterprises. He holds an MS degree from Montana State University and BS degree from the University of California at Davis.