Biography

David Steinour is an accomplished IT professional with more than 34 years of IT experience in a variety of positions and organizations. He has experience in ERP development, enterprise-level infrastructure systems, data center management, mainframe and client-server development, strategic planning, network infrastructure, project management and business re-engineering. Mr. Steinour's past positions include chief information officer at George Washngton University, vice provost of information technology and other senior positions at Gettysburg College, director of networking and information services at Mount Saint Mary's University and various IT positions at Westinghouse Electric, Inc. In his current position as Associate Vice President for the FurmanUniversity, he is responsible for implementing a range of strategic technology initiatives and for building a shared vision for the university's IT future. In addition, Mr. Steinour leads his staff in developing solutions to the daily IT challenges facing a top-tier university with more than 4000 users. Mr. Steinour manages by mentoring and motivating employees, envisioning innovative solutions to business challenges and effectively managing and executing IT strategies. He has received a number of IT awards, including Washington SmartCEO's SmartCXO Award, Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders award and CIO.com's CIO 100 Award, and he is a member of a number of user groups and councils in addition to serving on the EDUCAUSE Regional Planning Committee. Additionally, Mr. Steinour authored "Strategies for Maximizing Impact," a chapter from within the book Inside the Minds. He holds a B.S. from Mount Saint Mary's University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland University College.